by Hikmet Şırlak How do you calculate the time t, needed to consume one glass of tea, provided the diameter d=4 cm, the height h=8 cm and a parabolic form where f(x)=x² ? Not a maths person? Then set your timer and just drink it. If you think you lack the knowledge to tell the quality […] read more
ISB’s Summer School programme in “Neuroergonomics and Sociogenesis”, Artena, Italy, July 13th-20th 2014. The program offers seven full days of lectures, practical workshops, and design studios with international experts for exploring how to design urban environments able to revive, support, nourish, and enhance sociality and human relationships. Below you can find all the lectures, and you can […] read more
by Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy How Modernist Fundamentalism degrades the human and natural environment Many research studies show a remarkable divergence between the way architects see their work and the way non-architects do — to such a degree that it is not uncommon to hear ordinary people wondering aloud how it is that architects, […] read more
by Angelica Fortuzzi Placemaking is considered both a practice and a way of thinking. In other words, it is an approach to design and planning public spaces, including their management, which is becoming very widespread not only in the United States, but at international level. It is an extremely practical tool for community-driven processes to […] read more
Vibhavari Jani, Diversity in Design: Perspectives from the Non-Western World, New York: Farichild, 2010 In his wonderful masterpiece The Nature of Order, Christopher Alexander refers often to Eastern architecture traditions and schools, both ancient and contemporary, e.g. indicating in Geoffrey Bawa one of the leading masters of a life-enhancing architecture (“the soul of our […] 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