The International Journal of E-Planning Research invites abstract submissions for its first annual conference to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 31 March to 1 April 2016, at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon. The conference will explore recent developments, emerging issues and future challenges in the field of urban e-planning. […] read more
by Nilly R. Harag and Yamit Cohen-Liberman Arch. Nilly R. Harag and Arch. Yamit Cohen-Liberman from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design Jerusalem, presented an intriguing work on mapping during the conference MaPS – Mastering Public Space on last May. The conference was held at the MAXXI Museum in Rome by City Space Architecture with the patronage […] read more
by Sara Bissen [ x ] Istanbul feels like metal, but tastes like tear gas. In the city itself, I find it safe to say there’s more gas in the air today than there was during the 2013 Gezi protests. We may not see the manifestation in its most obvious form, but we can rest […] read more
by Stefano Serafini Our friend Marco Fioretti is a former electronic engineer with much more interest in the ethical implications of Free Software than in coding. He focuses on the impact that open digital standards and Free Software have and may have on both society and environmental issues since the 90’s, and his mantra is: “Your civil rights […] read more
by Sinan Logie “Naturally, we were all there,—old Qwfwq said,—where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines? I say ‘packed like sardines,’ using a literary image: in reality there wasn’t even space to pack […] read more
We are very happy and proud to share the news that Professor Marco Casagrande, Vicepresident of the ISB, has been awarded the prestigious Global Award for Sustainable Architecture by LOCUS Foundation and Cité de l’Architecture & du patrimoine, under the patronage of UNESCO. The other recipients of this 9th Global Award are Jahn Gehl, Santiago […] read more
The research of the international committee directed by Professor T. M. Vinod Kumar for studying the effective results of cities “smartization” around the world keeps going. The ISB takes part in this working group with Antonio Caperna, Guglielmo Minervino, Gianluca Lecoque, Silvia Paldino, Eleni Ploumidi, Stefano Serafini, and Themis Pellas. Please find here the links to the March and April […] read more
by Stefano Serafini Everyone remembers the lucky slogan featured by Jane Jacobs in The Death and Life of Great American Cities: for the sake of safety, livability, and hence attractiveness of cities “there must be eyes upon the street”. Such a maxim seems to evidently match common sense, but yet some critics have been challenging […] read more
City Space Architecture is proud to announce a series of events for the presentation of first year’s results of the international research project “MaPS. Mastering Public Space“, that will take place next May 23-31, 2015 in Italy. MaPS is a collaborative research network involving more than 25 leading Universities and institutions all around the world. […] read more
Open call for papers With the impulse of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB), since 2011, the Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) has defined itself as one of the emerging peer-reviewed online international academic journals. Published twice a year, the JBU is active in fields related to architecture, design urban planning, the built environment and social […] read more