Journal of Biourbanism Volume VIII # 1/2019 Editor’s Note: The Politics of Murmur by Stefano Serafini Editor in Chief, International Society of Biourbanism, Italy The making of an independent journal requires an amount of freedom (first of all in the form of time), which is becoming increasingly scarce. This issue was supposed to come out […] read more
The ISB has organized a 3 days conference on Biourbanism and small towns, in order to discuss the results of one year of activity over the Italian cities of Artena, Segni and Carpineto Romano. The conference has been held in Rome, at the Faculty of Architecture, Roma Tre University, on October 18th; in Artena, on […] read more
http://progettoartena.com (in Italian) Progetto Artena is a service of analysis, strategy and action for the revival of the village of Artena (Rome). It works on both structural and infrastructural level, by caring of several aspects, from social innovation, to architectural regeneration. Progetto Artena is the first application of the principles of Biourbanism (p2p urbanism, neuroergonomics, biophilia, […] read more
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
Extended service design for the development of the 18th “Comunità Montana dei Monti Lepini” (Mountain Communities of Lepini Mountains) Segni (Rome), 16th June 2013, 6:00 pm Organizers: International Society of Biourbanism & Progetto Artena, in collaboration with Comunità Montana dei Monti Lepini BIOURBANISM AND REVITALIZATION OF SPACES Biourbanism connects natural sciences, humanity, and architecture in order […] read more
Exploring New Ideas, Practices and Alliances ECC 2013 CONFERENCE Berlin, Germany, May 22–24, 2013 Conference Organizers: Commons Strategies Group, Heinrich Böll Foundation One of the most significant impediments to positive social change is the entrenched power of market-fundamentalism as an economic and political paradigm. The prevailing dogma is that only a scheme of individual self-interest, […] read more
RULES The International Society of Biourbanism, in cooperation with “Progetto Artena” and “Immaginari Urbani”, promotes the international photo contest “Sguardi su Artena” (“Glimpses of Artena”). TEMA The photo contest aims to promote Artena, by using pictures to tell its extraordinary historical centre, the landscapes, the “contrade”, the characters and the people, the festivals and the […] read more
Life in the Village—“Il Progetto Artena” The International Society of Biourbanism has organized a full-day conference, the “Project Artena: Reviving Italian villages”, in the city of Artena (Rome, Italy), on October the 21st, 2012. The small town has been the paradigmatic subject of a systemic study approach, aimed at analyzing and contrasting the urban, ecological, […] read more