Monthly Archives: June 2014

Adolf Loos: Alternate Plan for the Vienna Ringstraße (1912)

Superposition of both the real situation in 1912 an Loos' alternative

In 1912, the Austrian architect Adolf Loos developed an alternate plan for the Vienna Ringstraße, as he was not satisfied with the “results” he saw in the beginning of the 20th century – starting from the situation in 1859, when …
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Mirages of the past: alternate histories for Bangalore – by Surasti Puri

Today, the new section of “Urban Variations” was added to the Urban Geofiction website. Surasti Puri’s diploma project “Mirages of the past” is the first project presented in this category. It describes three different histories for Bangalore (India): the real …
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New project added: Bremen-Hardcastle by Nicholas Deibler

A new project, including the twin-cities of Bremen and Hardcastle, was included to the Urban Geofiction collection today. Another wonderful, hand-drawn project by Nicholas Deibler. There’s even a quite new light-rail line connecting the two cities. Have a look and …
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Opengeofiction was presented at SotM-EU in Karlsruhe

On Friday, June 13, 2014 Thilo Stapff and Johannes Bouchain presented the Opengeofiction project in Karlsruhe. The presentation was part of the SotM-EU Openstreetmap Conference. See the video of our presentation here to learn about some details of the project …
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