It has become almost cliche to suggest that we live in a fast-changing world, yet we continue to cling to ideas of permanence. Neo-nomadism challenges these suppositions, hinting at a future culture that is likely to be far less attached to the material and where networking—digital and social—become increasingly critical to how daily life functions. […] read more
Journal of Biourbanism (2015) Volume III #1&2/2014 A Letter from JBU Sinan Logie Editor in Chief, Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture, Turkey The Journal of Biourbanism is pleased to share with you our new issue. This latest issue compiles works and experiments by researcher, focusing on commons and participation as the core of contemporary […] read more
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