Ruin Academy starts operating in Artena (Rome, Italy) in co-operation with the International Society of Biourbanism Artena (Rome), 20th July 2013, 6:00 pm Opening ceremony with Marco Casagrande (Founder of Ruin Academy) Stefano Serafini (Research Director of International Society of Biourbanism) As the launching event we will present our new book: “BIOURBAN ACUPUNCTURE – […] read more
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
by Marco Casagrande The current massive urban immigration movement in China, brings people from every areas of the country to the megalomaniac cities, that all are the same. These farmers’ hands are constructing the new anonymous cities. The same hands that know the rural Local Knowledge through physical labor and passing of traditions through generations, are […] read more
by Marco Casagrande Taipei is here because of the river. The clear, drinkable water of the Keelong, Danshui and Xindian Rivers is still in the living memory of the communities along the rivers. For these people and for Taipei the rivers have been the everyday source of life. This is time before the flood walls […] read more