by Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy How Modernist Fundamentalism degrades the human and natural environment Many research studies show a remarkable divergence between the way architects see their work and the way non-architects do — to such a degree that it is not uncommon to hear ordinary people wondering aloud how it is that architects, […] read more
Call for contributions for the conference European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, 27th of April – 2nd of May 2014 a new editions of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly takes place in Vienna. More details are available from the site of the conference www.egu2014.eu and from the attached flyer (download). Researcher dr. arch. Maria […] read more
by Beju and Sherryl Muriente Abstract The town of Segni, Italy in conjunction with the International Society of Biourbanism invited Lejobart, international artist duet composed of Beju and Sherryl Muriente, to create a project based on the principles of biourban acupuncture during their 56th Sagra del Marrone Segnino Festival. Lejobart embarked on an art installation […] 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 Angelica Fortuzzi Placemaking is considered both a practice and a way of thinking. In other words, it is an approach to design and planning public spaces, including their management, which is becoming very widespread not only in the United States, but at international level. It is an extremely practical tool for community-driven processes to […] read more
by Antonio Caperna and Eleni Tracada Biourbanism introduces new conceptual and planning models for a new kind of city, valuing social and economical regeneration of the built environment through developing and healthy communities. Thus, it combines technical aspects, such as zero-emission, energy efficiency, information technology, etc. and the promotion of social sustainability and human well being. […] read more
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS ON THE SUBJECT “Participatory urban regeneration, rehabilitation of historical buildings and complex urban spaces: Florence, targeting Sant’Orsola” IDEA – The associations which promoted the popular petition “for the beauty and legality of the Central Market and San Lorenzo” ( santorsolaproject.blogspot.it ) signed in just 10 days by over 1000 Florentine citizens and […] read more
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