“What would happen if all the architectures of the past were destroyed, as it happened in Homs, first with the French colonial urban plans, then with modernistic real estate development, and finally with war? The courageous answer of Marwa Al-Sabouni is: there will be people able to rebuild it because the human, ethical, and social […] read more
by Marwa Al-Sabouni This important paper was first published as part of the Journal of Biourbanism Volume V, 1&2/2016 devoted to the epistemology of design (pp. 81–97). We share it separately from that 310-page volume, wishing for a discussion on the specific problems presented by the Author. ABSTRACT: We live in a world that suffers from […] read more
by Stefano Serafini Originally published November 15, 2017 in the Journal of Biourbanism Volume V Issue 1&2/2016 One cannot reduce biourbanism to design techniques, a tool, or a style. Biourbanism aims at a deep understanding of culture and nature as a whole, which allows for designing accordingly. It is about the human intentionality of […] 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