D'arquitectura i urbanisme
Publicació del Col·legi d'arquitectes de Catalunya
Saskia Sassen is Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and a member of its Committee on Global Thought. Her most recent books include Territory, Authority, Rights: from…
“Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality.” —Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind [1971-78]….
We all live in houses that are incomplete, always with room for improvement or emergencies that need resolving, arising from wear and tear or from the life changes that we…
Two young girls with pleated skirts and plaited hair play in a circle of sand containing a rectilinear seesaw. A month ago, this play area along with other playground structures…
The laundromat in my neighbourhood does something more than wash dirty laundry. It’s not a case of illegal goings on, quite the opposite. The workers at Bubbleworks, in New York’s…
What is our commons and how should it be renewed, sustained, enlarged, drawn down, and/or extended to others? —J.K. Gibson-Graham The creation of instituting society, as instituted society, is each…
At the end of 2015 two premises are being confirmed. One, that traditional homogeneous housing policies no longer make sense and are no longer useful in a context that is…
During the 1970’s and 1980’s Iraqi authorities fuelled urban planning to become a critical agent dealing with “the Kurdish affair”. The role of design shifted to perform as main character…
When talking about economy and politics, It is a fact that we’re living very controversial times worldwide. In Europe we have been facing what can be consider as a ‘political…
