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Supercultura: espacio cultural en la superilla de Poblenou
(2021-06-29)
El proyecto que aquí se propone se enmarca en el modelo de supermanzanas planteado por el arquitecto Salvador Rueda, el cual abre nuevo espacio peatonal uniendo nueve de las tradicionales manzanas del ...
Residents’ perceptions: a collective critical cartography of gentrification in Vallcarca, Barcelona
(2018-05-29)
Displacement of low-income workers as a result of speculation processes is a challenge recognized by the current government of Barcelona. The physicality of speculation can be broadly noticed when a ...
Towards preventative urban health resilience: a case study of Cairo’s heliopolis
(2020-06-08)
The increasing prevalence of diseases in urban populations caused by poor living conditions and social inequities is a major concern for cities and their dwellers alike. This concern has become even ...
Memory space as symbolic repair in post-conflict situation: the case of Bojayá
(2020-05-29)
During the last fifty years of armed conflict in Colombia, the Pacific region was one of the most affected with both severity and frequency. The Bojayá massacre (May 2, 2002), marked forever the lives ...
Negotiating cultural identities in post-conflict spaces: the memorial landscapes of Nicosia
(2016-05-17)
During the last fortytwo years, Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus has been a city divided by the Green Line after a long period of intercommunal conflicts and the Turkish military invasion in 1974. ...
Integrating refugees in shrinking cities through adaptative reuse: architectural principles for refugee housing projects
(2020-05-29)
In the current European context, characterised by an already tight housing market, finding adequate affordable housing to ensure successful integration for a growing influx of refugees is a major ...
(IN)formal conquers: a critical assessment of manteros’ public space occupation in Barcelona
(2018-05-22)
Cities bonded to tourism in the global North are facing a series of issues in their public spaces that have to do with informality, materialized as unofficial street vending. This dynamic phenomenon is ...
The resilience balancing act: how New York has balanced built environment and community approaches in it’s resilience framework
(2019-05-27)
Ensuring that cities are resilient against increasing risks of flooding is one of the greatest challenges for planners, especially within coastal cities like New York. Current literature has examined ...
The temporal migrant city: a study on the relationship between sub-saharan migrants and the city of Algiers
(2019-05-20)
Over the last fifteen years, there has been an increase in migratory flows of West Africans to Maghreb and Europe. Studies indicate that the trans-Saharan migration to the Maghreb region by sub-Saharan ...
Spaces of cultural exchange: integration of migrant communities in urban life through commoning practices in Athens
(2019-05-20)
Greece is a country with a large number of immigrant populations having various integration needs. To a large extent, these needs are covered by facilities open to migrant communities that help them ...