About ancient ruins in urban spaces.
Should you search online the meaning of derelict places in urban environments, there is a fair chance to be directed towards brownfields, the way they… Read More »About ancient ruins in urban spaces.
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Orders and disorders of urban resilience.
What is the meaning of urban morphologies and how resilient are they? What do cities and modern art have in common? How relevant is the… Read More »Orders and disorders of urban resilience.
Exploring spirituality in the urban frame.
You may like it or not, you cannot escape religious monuments and the way they impose their presence in the urban frame. They contribute to… Read More »Exploring spirituality in the urban frame.
How resilient is radical housing?
The current pandemic sheds a new light on affordable housing and how it may strengthen urban resilience. The “stay home” injunction confronts with the political… Read More »How resilient is radical housing?
Public transport in times of (post) Covid.
In April 2020, Jeffrey E. Harris, a professor of Economics at the MIT, published a study placing responsibility for the Covid spread on the NYC… Read More »Public transport in times of (post) Covid.
Urban resilience and Culture in times of Covid.
A new paradigm is emerging: the nature and scale of risks are changing. The assumption that past observations may help to better appraise future developments… Read More »Urban resilience and Culture in times of Covid.
The Sense of Vulnerability.
The Anthropocene awareness and its induced damages strengthen the concept of (urban) resilience, often presented as the new panacea for improving our daily lives. Much… Read More »The Sense of Vulnerability.
Droughts: the ultimate challenge.
More than 800 million people in the world lack basic drinking water. Government budgets may increase; still, the UN 2019 report highlights financial resources as… Read More »Droughts: the ultimate challenge.
How resilient is cultural heritage?
Far from mass tourism attractions, a narrow cobble-stoned Parisian alley tells us the story of carpenters who came from Holland and Germany during the sixteenth… Read More »How resilient is cultural heritage?
Connecting art, urban grid and vulnerability.
Little attention is given to the way urban morphology echoes resilience and how urban fabric can be linked to social construction. The connection between urban… Read More »Connecting art, urban grid and vulnerability.