The Journal of Biourbanism is entering a new life stage, after the assessment of biourbanism as a relevant academic topic worldwide. We are very grateful to the former editor in chief, Professor Arch. Eleni Tracada (University of Derby), who launched the Journal and managed it along 4 years with the help of Antonio Caperna, Angelica […] read more
by Stefano Serafini I was worried that the symposium “Self-build processes and self-organising communities. Reflections after a year since the completion of B.E.S.T. Leonardo Partnership Project” could result in a terrifically boring and rhetorical academic event. In fact, what professor Eleni Tracada organized at the University of Derby last June 19th 2014 has been a […] 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
Issue 2nd, Year 2nd | 2012 www.journalofbiourbanism.org | ISSN 2240-2535 | Biannual review edited in Rome, Italy For this issue some distinguished authors have also submitted their work to be peer reviewed and eventually be published alongside with PhD scholars work. It is an honour for us in Biourbanism to get so much response to […] read more
by Eleni Tracada Landscape and Urban History leading to the Detection of Hidden Codes for Contemporary Urban Sprawl. Is this the Way Forward for the 21st Century Urbanism? For many years as a student at first and later as an architect, I had the opportunity to observe and study on specific areas inside the city […] read more
Issue 1st, Year 2nd | November 2012 www.journalofbiourbanism.org | ISSN 2240-2535 | Biannual review edited in Rome, Italy The contributions of the authors for the second issue have been conscientiously selected in order to initiate discussions on themes or issues that do not only relate to urban growth, but also to technological advancements enabling […] read more
Issue 1st, Year 1st | December 2011 www.journalofbiourbanism.org | ISSN 2240-2535 | Biannual review edited in Rome, Italy The contributions of the authors for this first issue have been selected attentively in order to facilitate the beginning of refined discussions on these themes; the main intention is to generate a fine line upon which, […] 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