by Nikos A. Salingaros “Traditional architecture and urbanism require a sense of modesty and humility from the individual creator towards the sacred creation of the universe, as well as a basic intuition that concepts of beauty, harmony, justice, truth, and rightness are permanent and universal” — Lucien Steil. For the past few years, I have […] read more
Apple Inc. June 14, 2011 Dear Mr Jobs,Due to the wonders of the iPad, I came across your June 7th presentation to the Cupertino council of the plans for the new Apple campus. My excitement at the start of your presentation — expecting Apple’s cutting edge tradition to appear in the Architecture and Planning — […] read more
On RMJM, or the fall of gods The monstrous project of building a 403 meters skyscraper in the centre of St. Petersburg, Russia, has been dismissed by a presidential ukaz ( http://rt.com/politics/gazprom-skyscraper-moved-petersburg/ ).According to Guardian, company in charge of realizing the Okhta Centre, the Scotland-based multinational RMJM, is sailing in troubled waters. Newspaper points out […] read more
BIOURBANISM FOR A HUMAN-CENTERED SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Artena (Rome, Italy) – July 21st/28th 2013 summerschool-artena.tumblr.com | summerschool@biourbanism.org After the success of the first interdisciplinary Summer School in Neuroergonomics and Urban Design which gathered fantastic people from 11 Countries into a deeply […] read more
Summer School 2012 inNeuroergonomics and Urban DesignBiourbanism for a Human-Centered Sustainability and Effectiveness Artena (Rome, Italy) – 15–23 July 2012 MAIN ISSUES I. Mimesis and Environment Students will be introduced by practical experiments and scientific literature review to the acknowledgment of how forms and space affect cognitive abilities and psycho-biological conditions in order […] read more
Issue 1st, Year 2nd | November 2012 www.journalofbiourbanism.org | ISSN 2240-2535 | Biannual review edited in Rome, Italy The contributions of the authors for the second issue have been conscientiously selected in order to initiate discussions on themes or issues that do not only relate to urban growth, but also to technological advancements enabling […] read more
Issue 1st, Year 1st | December 2011 www.journalofbiourbanism.org | ISSN 2240-2535 | Biannual review edited in Rome, Italy The contributions of the authors for this first issue have been selected attentively in order to facilitate the beginning of refined discussions on these themes; the main intention is to generate a fine line upon which, […] read more
by Antonio Caperna Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in […] read more
a book Edited by Prof. T. M. VINOD KUMAR Info: Copal Publishing ISBN: 9788 1924 73352Publication Date: May 2013Dimension: 6 x 9 in.Binding: HardboundPages: 450 Smart cities are knowledge based cities, that develop extra ordinary capabilities to be selfaware, function 24 hours and 7 days a week, and communicate, selectively, in real time knowledge to citizen […] read more
An Interview with Nikos Salingaros by Michael Bauwens The peer-to-peer relational dynamic represents the basic human freedom for humans to connect to each other and to engage in actions without permissions. It can flourish in global cyber-collectives, but also on a local scale, particularly in the interstices of the mainstream system, in places where control […] read more