Looking Over the Overlooked: Michael Bongiorno at TEDxColumbus

Some see opportunity where others see eyesores. As our city's infrastructure ages and industries shift, how do we adapt the physical objects and spaces once inhabited into uses they were never imagined to have while preserving their precious embodied energy? Informed by his travels and continual research, Michael will take you on a journey through leftover spaces and urban remnants around Columbus, proposing novel interventions and arguing for an opportunistic urbanism that re-imagines eyesores into places of both experiential dynamism and profound sustainability.

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