Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Here are this week’s Friday Faves: Improving Urban Planning in Africa – In tune with our ongoing study of informal cities, here is an interesting interview with project coordinator for A.A.P.S. and a planning professor at the University of Cape Town, in South Africa on the association’s effort to reform planning education in Africa, … Read more
EXPO: Catalunya Visió
Este viernes 25 de noviembre a las 19.30 se inaugura la exposición Catalunya Visió en la Sala Oberta del Museu Comarcal de la Garrotxa en Olot, que propone una revisión de la colección de libros que entre 1968 y 1978 describieron el paisaje físico y humano de las comarcas catalanas a través de textos y … Read more
Planetizen’s Top 10 Books of 2012
Planetizen has released its latest picks of urbanism books! The list, which is mainly focused on the U.S., includes one of our Friday Faves, Gleaser’s Triumph of the City, but we would add two more recent titles: Ecological Urbanism and Human Settlements Formulations and (re)Calibrations, which we covered here and here. If you have any … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Detroit Wild City – This documentary on the boom-and-bust story of the Motor City promises for its focus on people rather than ruins. Amidst talk of urban agriculture and a return to pastoralism, what futures might actually be possible for places like Detroit? Here’s the trailer. South Africa: From Township to Town – Design Observer’s … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
This week in Friday Faves… Min Tent City, Mecca – This temporary tent city for 3 million people is quite possibly the largest ephemeral urban design in the world, erected each year to house Hajj pilgrims visiting Mecca during the last month of the lunar Islamic calendar. This spectacular feat of urbanism was featured in … Read more
10 Informal City Projects Around the World
In continuation of our case study roundups (check out our previous one on Waterfront Regeneration), this week our series focuses on upgrading the informal city, just one of the challenges our program addresses through the practice of urban design. Read on! 1. Belapur Incremental Housing. Navi Mumbai, India (1986-present) | Charles Correa – Designed as … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
This week’s Friday Faves: Cable-propelled Transit video roundup – This report on Medellín’s cable-car transit system is just one of a series of videos over at The Gondola Project documenting CPT technology around the world, including cities in South America, Africa, the U.S. and Canada. A Leste do Centro – We’re proud to have the … Read more
What are “Intermediate Landscapes”?
As a new program dedicated to this intricate field of design, our program aims to address the urgent demands on our planet’s urban condition with a holistic approach; one that does not compete with or alienate other schools of thought, but rather, works with them to generate the most effective solutions. That is why our … Read more
