FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards

part 3: December 2013

The winners of the 2013 FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards: Urban Ideas in Action

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Dec 11, 2013

Introduction: Flawed visions

A man walks near the National Congress building, designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in the Ministries Esplanade in Brasilia December 6, 2012

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Rigid planning often creates inhuman cities, but only history decides what makes for a successful city

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FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards announced

Sanergy has been named global winner

The awards night

See pictures from the Ingenuity Awards 2013, held at the Time Warner Center in New York City

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Foreword: Proud winners

They have found ways of solving the apparently intractable problems of masses of urban dwellers

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Overall winner: Sanergy

Pay-per-go toilets and their by-products are providing a useful living for residents of Nairobi’s slums

©Mariella Furrer

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Comment: Fresh approaches

Originality of thinking was one of the most important criteria to occupy the minds of judges this year

©Ayush Ranka

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Asia-Pacific winner: Parinaam Foundation

A project to help Bangalore’s poorest slum dwellers targets what they say are their most pressing concerns

Tenants occupying a empty building on Oxford Street, organised by the charity, 3space

©Charlie Bibby

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Europe winner: 3Space

A charity that brokers empty offices aids tenants and landlords

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Insead, the business school, is the research partner for the awards

women and children outside an old building

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Latin America winner: Fundación Calicanto

A programme in Panama provides a route out of poverty and gang violence

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N America / Caribbean winner: SeeClickFix

The website and app to report urban blight is gaining in popularity among citizens around the world

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Awards: Runners-up

Projects around the world are changing lives, improving surroundings and fostering people’s entrepreneurial spirit

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Middle East: Safe haven in Jordan

Amman has long welcomed new arrivals but Syrian refugees are testing the city’s resources to the limit

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Comment: Back to nature

Palestinians are showing how traditional rural design can be reinterpreted to create secure modern urban spaces

Dec 11, 2013

Asia-Pacific: India’s murky worlds

Among the biggest obstacles to improving the lives of people in India’s megacities are bureaucracy and corruption

Dec 11, 2013

Comment: A metropolis of natural harmony

In India an entirely new city is being built, providing a template for energy efficiency and recycling resources

Dec 11, 2013

Europe: Growing pains of cities

The continent’s cities continue to struggle with the integration of the ancient and modern, and with migration-related ethnic tensions

Dec 11, 2013

Latin America: Bridging the wealth gap in Colombia

Enlightened planners are trying to reverse the trend towards the segregation of rich and poor

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Comment: Information future

Cities can run more efficiently by analysing data they already generate and applying that knowledge better

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Edward Luce

North America: Cyclical moves

Young high-earners are flocking back to US cities while the poor are now more likely to be found in the suburbs

Dec 11, 2013

Comment: Detroit’s road to ruin

How the suburbs accelerated Detroit’s downfall

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part 3: December 2013

Rigid planning often creates inhuman cities, but only history decides what makes for a successful city

Video

They have found ways of solving the apparently intractable problems of masses of urban dwellers

Pay-per-go toilets and their by-products are providing a useful living for residents of Nairobi’s slums

Originality of thinking was one of the most important criteria to occupy the minds of judges this year

A project to help Bangalore’s poorest slum dwellers targets what they say are their most pressing concerns

A charity that brokers empty offices aids tenants and landlords

Citi

Insead

A programme in Panama provides a route out of poverty and gang violence

The website and app to report urban blight is gaining in popularity among citizens around the world

Projects around the world are changing lives, improving surroundings and fostering people’s entrepreneurial spirit

Amman has long welcomed new arrivals but Syrian refugees are testing the city’s resources to the limit

Palestinians are showing how traditional rural design can be reinterpreted to create secure modern urban spaces

Among the biggest obstacles to improving the lives of people in India’s megacities are bureaucracy and corruption

In India an entirely new city is being built, providing a template for energy efficiency and recycling resources

The continent’s cities continue to struggle with the integration of the ancient and modern, and with migration-related ethnic tensions

Enlightened planners are trying to reverse the trend towards the segregation of rich and poor

Cities can run more efficiently by analysing data they already generate and applying that knowledge better

Young high-earners are flocking back to US cities while the poor are now more likely to be found in the suburbs

How the suburbs accelerated Detroit’s downfall

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URBAN INGENUITY ON FLIPBOARD AND PAST WINNERS

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