The International Society of Biourbanism is pleased to offer the following titles: Current Bissen, S. (Ed.). (2016). The city smells of decay. Journal of Biourbanism, IV(1&2/2015). Forthcoming Al-Sabouni, M. (2019). La battaglia per la casa [The Battle for Home]. (S. Serafini, Trans.). Artena: Artena Anarchist Press. Bissen, S. (Ed.). (2019). This is not Topsoil. Artena: […] read more
Language The power to transmit is skyrocketing while our human capability to communicate is dying. This global phenomenon is accelerating to the point of deteriorating communities and adversely affecting social relations, politics, and justice, along with the symbolic systems of cities, rurality, and landscape. Design We need design to build real communication among human beings, […] read more
The International Society of Biourbanism will once again be joining forces in Artena, Italy with Prof. Arch. Marco Casagrande, Founder of Ruin Academy and Casagrande Lab, at the 2019 Summer School. read more
“What would happen if all the architectures of the past were destroyed, as it happened in Homs, first with the French colonial urban plans, then with modernistic real estate development, and finally with war? The courageous answer of Marwa Al-Sabouni is: there will be people able to rebuild it because the human, ethical, and social […] read more
by Sergio Los Lecture from the first international conference of the National Institute of Bioarchitecture (Istituto Nazionale di Bioarchitettura – INBAR) and the University of Parma, “Architecture as Common Good: Recovering Urban Quality and Well-being” in Parma, Italy, May 3–4, 2018. Originally published in the Journal of Biourbanism Volume VII, 2/2018 1. SYMBOLIC COMMUNICATION IS […] read more
by Marwa Al-Sabouni This important paper was first published as part of the Journal of Biourbanism Volume V, 1&2/2016 devoted to the epistemology of design (pp. 81–97). We share it separately from those 310 pages volumes, wishing for a discussion on the specific problems presented by the Author. ABSTRACT: We live in a world that suffers […] read more
by Stefano Serafini An important principle of biourbanism is that nature and culture do not belong to separated aims but interact on a common ground, whose center is the human body. After the great influence of Robin George Collingwood and of his idealism (Collingwood, 1958), 20th century critics tended to regard art and architecture as […] read more
by Robin Monotti Architects Sustainability. The magic ingredient that added to any project makes it more palatable, or is intended to do so. However, even when we talk about sustainability, certain categories of sustainability seem to trump all the others, betraying the deep bias in our post enlightenment society. The first category that is implied is […] read more
May 3–5, 2019 The Istituto Nazionale Bioarchitettura (INBAR) will meet in Messina, Italy for its 2019 Convention. Its members will discuss a new, important document released by the Istituto, which is the Manifesto for Integrated Territorial Planning. The International Society of Biourbanism will host INBAR’s Presidents, Arch. Anna Carulli and Arch. Nando Bertolini, at its […] read more
Journal of Biourbanism Volume VII # 2/2018 Editors’ Note: Architecture is a Common Good by Nando Bertolini Istituto Nazionale di Bioarchitettura, Italy & Stefano Serafini International Society of Biourbanism, Italy The first international conference of the National Institute of Bioarchitecture (Istituto Nazionale di Bioarchitettura – INBAR) and the University of Parma, “Architecture as common good: […] read more