by Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros “Only connect,” the writer E. M. Forster said famously — and modern scientists working with network structures are learning how right he was. Forster was talking about how to tell a good story, but it turns out that the same principles for creating richly interconnected structures do apply to […] 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
http://progettoartena.com (in Italian) Progetto Artena is a service of analysis, strategy and action for the revival of the village of Artena (Rome). It works on both structural and infrastructural level, by caring of several aspects, from social innovation, to architectural regeneration. Progetto Artena is the first application of the principles of Biourbanism (p2p urbanism, neuroergonomics, biophilia, […] read more
Issue 2nd, Year 2nd | 2012 www.journalofbiourbanism.org | ISSN 2240-2535 | Biannual review edited in Rome, Italy For this issue some distinguished authors have also submitted their work to be peer reviewed and eventually be published alongside with PhD scholars work. It is an honour for us in Biourbanism to get so much response to […] read more
Marco Casagrande has been awarded the 2013 European Prize for Architecture. Finnish, Italian roots, 42, Marco is an original architect and environmental artist, urban philosopher, architectural theorist, writer, and professor of architecture. Principal at Casagrande Laboratory in Helsinki, Finland, at WEAK!, together with Hsieh Ying-Chun and Roan Ching-Yueh in Taipei, Taiwan, and founder of the […] read more
Marco Casagrande, Biourban Acupuncture. Treasure Hill of Taipei to Artena, Rome: International Society of Biourbanism 2013 [ Read & buy “Biourban Acupuncture. Treasure Hill of Taipei to Artena” on Google Books ] Science fiction has always confronted artificial and natural reality. Most of it has envisioned a future that is going to corner and minimize nature, echoing […] read more
![Participation and ICT—for a [Viable and] Living City](https://www.biourbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ICT+Partecipazione-70x70.jpg "Participation and ICT—for a [Viable and] Living City")
Antonio Caperna, Alessandro Giangrande, Paolo Mirabelli & Elena Mortola (2013) Partecipazione e ICT. Per una città vivibile, Rome: Gangemi editore The main purpose to select and connect together these chapters, papers and case studies is to link the concept of participatory urban and architectural designs to human oriented design processes, during which participants and […] read more
Alison G. Kwok, Walter T. Grondzik, The Green Studio Handbook. Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design, 2nd edition, New York: Architectural Press, 2011. Review by Angelica Fortuzzi Alison G. Kwok, AIA, architect and professor of architecture at the University of Oregon, she taught in architecture programs in California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan, and New York. Walter […] read more
Vibhavari Jani, Diversity in Design: Perspectives from the Non-Western World, New York: Farichild, 2010 In his wonderful masterpiece The Nature of Order, Christopher Alexander refers often to Eastern architecture traditions and schools, both ancient and contemporary, e.g. indicating in Geoffrey Bawa one of the leading masters of a life-enhancing architecture (“the soul of our […] read more
Designing in the Dark: multi-sensorial workshop reconnecting designers with visually impaired end-users The title ‘Designing in the Dark’ does not point to the rich and layered world of experience of persons that are blind, but on the contrary to the unknown and uncertain design attitude of designers without visual impairments. Ignorance and insecurity among architects, […] read more