Journal of Biourbanism Volume VIII # 2/2019 Editor’s Note: Killing the God Janus by Stefano Serafini Editor in Chief, International Society of Biourbanism, Italy To Sylvan Janus By pioneering, among other views, biophilic design more than 15 years ago (Salingaros, 2006) biourbanism has been nonconformist and, I dare say, for the good. However, we […] read more
Journal of Biourbanism Volume VIII # 1/2019 Editor’s Note: The Politics of Murmur by Stefano Serafini Editor in Chief, International Society of Biourbanism, Italy The making of an independent journal requires an amount of freedom (first of all in the form of time), which is becoming increasingly scarce. This issue was supposed to come out […] read more
Journal of Biourbanism Volume VII # 2/2018 Editors’ Note: Architecture is a Common Good by Nando Bertolini Istituto Nazionale di Bioarchitettura, Italy & Stefano Serafini International Society of Biourbanism, Italy The first international conference of the National Institute of Bioarchitecture (Istituto Nazionale di Bioarchitettura – INBAR) and the University of Parma, “Architecture as common good: […] read more
Journal of Biourbanism Volume VII #1/2018 Letter from the Editor by Kay Pallaris Editor in Chief The links between the environmental conditions and human health have long been known and reported. In the last few years, we have seen a resurgence of efforts to rekindle the disciplines of public health and planning. Our early preoccupation […] read more
Journal of Biourbanism Volume VI #1&2/2017 Editor’s Note by Antonio Caperna Editor in Chief, International Society of Biourbanism, Italy In 1984, Edward O. Wilson’s book Biophilia introduced the hypothesis that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and living beings. Since then, many studies have been published about the role of natural […] read more
Editor’s Note: The Silence of Design by Stefano Serafini Editor in Chief, International Society of Biourbanism, Italy I. Marx and Engels were among the first to denounce the ugliness of the modern city. The notes by Engels on London as an expanded capitalistic plant that breaks human relations speak for the urban absence of beauty […] read more
Editor’s Note Sara Bissen Editor in Chief, The Ruralist Body, United States of America The city smells of decay. Not by chance, politics is dead. If politics is dead, it is because our words have become empty. As if we no longer inhabit them. As if they are no longer filled with soil. This issue […] 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
JBU Volume II (1&2/2013) Eleni Tracada, Editor in Chief On spatial structure and the 2013 International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) Summer School in Neuroergonomics and Urban Planning read more