Journal of Biourbanism Volume VI #1&2/2017 Editor’s Note by Antonio Caperna Editor in Chief, International Society of Biourbanism, Italy In 1984, Edward O. Wilson’s book Biophilia introduced the hypothesis that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and living beings. Since then, many studies have been published about the role of natural […] read more
The Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) is an open peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, international online journal, and the official journal of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB). Picking up a word coined by Edward Wilson, we define biophilic that kind of architecture, which is capable to supply our inborn need of connection to life and to vital processes. […] read more
The Journal of Biourbanism is entering a new life stage, after the assessment of biourbanism as a relevant academic topic worldwide. We are very grateful to the former editor in chief, Professor Arch. Eleni Tracada (University of Derby), who launched the Journal and managed it along 4 years with the help of Antonio Caperna, Angelica […] read more
The President of ISB Professor Antonio Caperna took part at the UN-Habitat Urban Thinkers Campus, last October 15-18. The Urban Thinkers Campus is an initiative of UN-Habitat in association with the Universal Forum of Cultures of Naples and Campania. It is organized in the city of Caserta, a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site in the region […] read more
by Stefano Serafini I was worried that the symposium “Self-build processes and self-organising communities. Reflections after a year since the completion of B.E.S.T. Leonardo Partnership Project” could result in a terrifically boring and rhetorical academic event. In fact, what professor Eleni Tracada organized at the University of Derby last June 19th 2014 has been a […] read more
by Antonio Caperna We’d like to thank Professor Besim Hakim for this interview and for his participation to the ISB’s Summer School in Neuroergonomics and sociogenesis that will be held in Artena (Rome), July 13th-20th 2014. Besim S. Hakim (FAICP, AIA) is a consultant in urban design and an independent scholar. He is Fellow at the American […] read more
I. Professor Nikos Salingaros (USA) appointed Honorary President of the ISB The renowned urban theorist Nikos Salingaros, currently professor of Mathematics at The Texas University at San Antonio, is our Honorary President. We are proud and happy to be able of relying on his exceptional expertise and visionary inspiration. Nikos Salingaros has published some of […] read more
The ISB has organized a 3 days conference on Biourbanism and small towns, in order to discuss the results of one year of activity over the Italian cities of Artena, Segni and Carpineto Romano. The conference has been held in Rome, at the Faculty of Architecture, Roma Tre University, on October 18th; in Artena, on […] read more
by Antonio Caperna and Eleni Tracada Vital elements in urban fabric have been often suppressed for reasons of ‘style’. Recent theories, such as Biourbanism, suggest that cities risk becoming unstable and deprived of healthy social interactions. Our paper aims at exploring the reasons for which, fractal cities, which have being conceived as symmetries and patterns, […] read more
by Antonio Caperna Tatjana Capuder Vidmar obtained a MA in Architecture and Urban Design at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture in 1991. In 1994, she was awarded a PhD in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Ljubljana. In 1994, she studied at the AA School of Architecture, London, UK in a postgraduate […] read more