Springer has finally released the masterpiece and ultimate book on the traditional urban heritage of Southern Europe by professor Besim Hakim, a must-read work that will impress scholars and practitioners. This outstanding book brings together historic urban/building rules and codes for the geographic areas including Greece, Italy, and Spain. The author achieved his ambitious goal of finding pertinent […] read more
by Stefano Serafini “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 livable, by focusing on how the built environment affects sociality.” ABSTRACT The International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) is organizing a Summer school in […] read more
by Antonio Caperna We’d like to thank Professor Besim Hakim for this interview and for his participation to the ISB’s Summer School in Neuroergonomics and sociogenesis that will be held in Artena (Rome), July 13th-20th 2014. Besim S. Hakim (FAICP, AIA) is a consultant in urban design and an independent scholar. He is Fellow at the American […] read more
by Besim S. Hakim The mind set and associated skills of the contemporary architect whose ideology is rooted in modernism and post-modernism does not provide her or him with the outlook and skills necessary to intervene intelligently in habitat. Developers and home builders have taken the role of habitat producers, driven by the notion that […] read more
by Besim S. Hakim My primary motivation in undertaking research on traditional Islamic environments was to derive principles and lessons from the past which can be used today to improve the quality of our contemporary built environment, regardless of location; and to learn how to develop the framework and mechanisms necessary to allow a culture’s […] read more