[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Open Architecture Challenge targets abandoned, closed, and decommissioned military sites

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Repurposing Decommissioned Military Bases

By Chris Bystedt
Epoch Times
December 18, 2011

In former West Berlin, an artificial hill known as Devil's Mountain  
rises 375 feet above the Brandenburg plain. Constructed by the Allies  
after World War II, the hill contains an estimated 12 million cubic  
meters of debris gathered from the post-war Berlin wreckage.

...

For some, sites like Teufelsberg are eyesores of a long military  
presence. For others, they are a place of mysterious history and  
forbidden exploration. For Architecture for Humanity, an  
international design advocacy nonprofit based in San Francisco, these  
sites represent a world of creative opportunity waiting to be released.

Every other year, Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture  
Challenge brings international attention to issues in the built  
environment affecting the health, prosperity, and well-being of under- 
served communities. This year's Open Architecture Challenge targets  
abandoned, closed, and decommissioned military sites and asks how  
they can be repurposed to publicly serve the communities surrounding  
them.

 ...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/opinion/repurposing-decommissioned- 
military-bases-160693.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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