---
author: Jan Brennenstuhl
categories:
- Urbanism
cover: {}
credit: ''
date: '2010-01-22T16:37:39Z'
description: '“The Urban Guide for Alternate Use” by Scott Burnham is an open source city-specific field guide for alternate uses for existing urban infrastructure. '
tags:
- Scott Burnham
- Art Book
title: 'Urban Hacks: The Urban Guide for Alternate Use'
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-hacks-the-urban-guide-for-alternate-use/
---

# Urban Hacks: The Urban Guide for Alternate Use

Scott Burnham, a creative director, writer and consultant who is specialized in design, urbanism and open source methodologies, has recently created his “Urban Guide for Alternate Use” for the upcoming, brand-new and Europe-wide [“Exchange Radical Moments”](http://www.fabrikanten.at/index.php?depth=2&link=1&pro_id=93&page=&lang=en) live art festival.

It’s an open source city-specific field guide for alternate uses for existing urban infrastructure. As Burnham wrote on his website, he *“wanted to create a platform for exchange of ideas for alternate urban solutions based on existing structures and systems.”*

Those of you who are as curious as me to get insights into the urban guide, have still to wait - the release date has not been published yet...

> “From hacks such as using traffic bollards as ladders to gain a better view of a football training session, to re-imagining Amsterdam street sweepers as bird baths between shifts, the Urban Guide for Alternate Use is an open platform for people to explore and re-imagine the uses of their existing city’s objects and areas.”
> (Scott Burnham)

For more info, visit [scottburnham.com](http://scottburnham.com/2010/01/urban-hacks-and-re-use-for-2010-the-urban-guide-for-alternate-use/).

Via [rebelart.net](http://www.rebelart.net/diary/scott-burnham-the-urban-guide-for-alternate-use/002963/).