Conclusion of the 2019 Biourbanism Summer School in Artena The 4th International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) Summer School, “Designing a Home of Language” (Artena, Italy, July 13–20, 2019), started by acknowledging the problematic situation of communication among humans and humans and their natural and cultural environment. This includes the effects of human relation impoverishment, economic […] read more
by Sergio Los Originally published June 15, 2019 on Biourbanistica Many Italians are desperate. They leave Italy, thinking that it sucks. They do not want to have children in this country. Although they are born here, they come to hate it. This contributes to a difficult demographic crisis, abandoning it to a rather worrying extent (quantity […] read more
Language The power to transmit is skyrocketing while our human capability to communicate is dying. This global phenomenon is accelerating to the point of deteriorating communities and adversely affecting social relations, politics, and justice, along with the symbolic systems of cities, rurality, and landscape. Design We need design to build real communication among human beings, […] read more
The International Society of Biourbanism will once again be joining forces in Artena, Italy with Prof. Arch. Marco Casagrande, Founder of Ruin Academy and Casagrande Lab, at the 2019 Summer School. read more
“WHAT IF, INSTEAD OF BREAKING THEM, THE DESIGN OF CITIES COULD NATURALLY FEED SOCIAL TIES? THERE MUST BE A WAY FOR URBAN PLANNERS TO MAKE CITIES MORE HUMAN-CENTRED AND HAPPY, BY FOCUSING ON THE EFFECTS THAT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT HAS ON SOCIALITY.„ This ISB Summer School presents a challenging programme in “Neuroergonomics and Sociogenesis”, to be held in Artena, Italy, […] read more
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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