Biourbanism

    Invitation for Participating Membership 2012

    Please consider becoming a Participating Member of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BIOURBANISM for 2012. The membership fees for 2012: student member:  40,00 euro / year ordinary member: 60,00 euro / year supporting member: 200,00 euro / year corporate and institutional member: 500,00 euro  / year. Participating Members support the work of the International Society of [...]

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    4-The Living Technology of Christopher Alexander

    The Living Technology of Christopher Alexander

    By Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros The words “living” and “technology” do not often occur in the same sentence. We think of technology as something mechanical, inert, dead — very different from life, and even dangerous to living systems. And yet the word “technology” simply means “the knowledge of making” — that is, how to create [...]

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    How Peer to Peer Communities will change the World

    Many of you, while hearing the words “peer to peer”, would instantly remember Napster, eMule and the plethora of technologies and solutions for file sharing that allow the free exchange of files of any type, with the associated problems and controversies related to copyright protection.

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    Taipei from the river

    Marco Casagrande / Ruin Academy / 26.3.2011 Taipei is here because of the river. The clear, drinkable water of the Keelong, Danshui and Xindian Rivers is still in the living memory of the communities along the rivers. For these people and for Taipei the rivers have been the everyday source of life. This is time [...]

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    Sacred, profane and geometrical symbolism in architecture

    This paper start from two assumption: 1. the illuminist thought has represented a turning point in Western history, but its has “frozen” inside its “rational domain” part of our spirituality; 2. this cultural attitude is an intrinsic necessity that characterize the final time of culture, and we can read these aspect through the artistic, architectural, musical, [...]

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    Introduction to “Pattern Language”

    Using the work of Christopher Alexander and Nikos Salingaros, I present a paper that want discuss the philosophical structure that are behind The Pattern Language (PL). Through a simple way I’ll show you the intimate connection existing among the PL and other cultural aspect like painting as well as the fractal geometry. I have referred my philosophical approach especially to the work of Oswald Spengler and his work “Der Untergang des Abendlandes”

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    Body Conscious Design

    mar 20, 2011 | Discuss

    The effects of space on mind and body Sometimes we find that we have invested time and money to fina…

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    Comments on Ashraf Salama’s paper: “The New Vitruvius?”

    dic 29, 2011 | Discuss

    Comments on Ashraf Salama’s paper: “The New Vitruvius?” Nikos A. Salingaros While immensely fl…

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    Journal of Biourbanism (JBU)

    gen 23, 2012 | Discuss

    Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) – NEW ISSUE ON LINE !!!  www.journalofbiourbanism.org Journal o…

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    Summer School on “Neuroergonomics and Urban Design”

    mag 17, 2011 | Discuss

    International Society of Biourbanism Summer School on Neuroergonomics and Urban Design Biourbanism f…

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    CALL FOR IMAGES

    dic 30, 2011 | Discuss

    CALL FOR IMAGES of the Journal of Biourbanism www.journalofbiourbanism.org JBU is looking for photo …

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