Boston Urban Lab

Boston University Laboratory for Creative Urban Response

Mapping can be a very effective way of discovering or re-introducing people to the resources already on their doorstep. The London project Fruit City maps the fruit trees that are in public spaces in the city. Few Londoners realize that they could pick mulberries, figs, pears and apples by simply knowing which streets to visit.

In addition to a constantly updated Google Map of public fruit trees, the team has also designed a series of objects for urban fruit farmers: an extendable picking arm, a picking backpack and mobile cider press and a fantastic photos series to show them off.

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