– Alan Marshall and Nanthawan Kaenkaew"/>
Frankencities: urban horrorscapes of our near future
– Alan Marshall and Nanthawan Kaenkaew
Happy 200th birthday to Frankenstein; thrown onto paper after a night of anguished thoughts by Mary Shelley in 1816 and first published in 1818. Sh…
– Petros Dermatas"/>
Hypercities: visual context in the postnocturnal city
– Petros Dermatas
The following research paper intends to examine the diffusion and reception of electric light within the context post-nocturnal city. Primarily focusing on…
Baffle Zone
– Urban Gorillas, Twenty Three, Natalie Konyalian
Nicosia: a divided capital of Europe, a vibrant platform for local and international discussion and a very complex and interesting urban case s…
– Transstruktura"/>
Reinventing basic urban shapes: DOME – Urban interventions made from recycled glass containers
– Transstruktura
Transstruktura created a series of temporary urban interventions using old glass containers as modules for spatial sculptures in public spaces. Sin…
– The Virginia Woolf Pack"/>
Postcards of Bloomsbury
– The Virginia Woolf Pack
“The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?” These words, from Virgi…
– Mario Trifuoggi"/>
Don’t play with fire: the burning sense of place of young Neapolitans
– Mario Trifuoggi
Many overcrowded neighbourhoods of Naples’ historic centre are still lacking in public services and recreational spaces. As a consequence, most kid…
– Rab Harling"/>
Balfron Tower: the artwash of an icon
– Rab Harling
It was with great excitement and optimism when in late 2010, at the cusp of attaining my MA in Photography from the London College of Communication…
Call for Submissions
The Space of the (Re)Public
Call for Submissions
closing 31.01.2018
As the public life of the city retreats into a spectrum of private-public hybrids, from shopping malls to privately owned and managed squares, onli…
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Urban Formats
Preface
It’s been a challenging but exciting few months since our launch. We have been slightly overwhelmed by the amount of high-quality work submitted in…
– Karine Dupre and Ruwan Fernando"/>
A Community Project: the students have their say, what can we learn?
– Karine Dupre and Ruwan Fernando
The Gold Coast of Australia is noted for its real estate development around artificial canals connected to the Pacific Ocean. The coastline has bee…
– Karin Grundström"/>
Urban Gating: a Swedish take on the Gated Community
– Karin Grundström
Gates and fences cut through and divide cities. In Paris, a fence is to be constructed around the Eiffel tower and in New York artist Ai Weiwei wil…
Spaces of care and spaces of insecurity: homelessness and precarity at a north London night shelter and beyond
– Ruth Ellenby
“I’m feeling like a bit of a regular now – the briefing – great news that Rodney (1) has been given accommodation by the council! – sad not to see …
Green Urban Lab
– Urban Gorillas
Green Urban Lab acts as a tool regenerating urban public spaces in Cyprus, and reclaiming public spaces in four main cities across the island. …
– Maria Kostareva"/>
Notes
– Maria Kostareva
Notes is a series of small format drawings which reflect my sense of the city. I was born in a village, yet most of my life so far has been set in …
– Virginia Garfunkel"/>
Moloch & Adventureland
– Virginia Garfunkel
The big city is both: risk and opportunity, the place of dreams and neuroses, the possibility of withdrawal or communication, Moloch and Adventurel…
What happened, Major Tom?
A fantastical vision of Cairo’s elevated highway
– Amin El-Didi
, Mina George,
Hussein Salem
Outdoor advertising has become a world-wide urban aesthetic in our modern societies. Businesses would call billboards a method of advertising w…
Call for Submissions
Tourism and the City
Call for Submissions
closing 31.10.2017
“Tourists go home” slogans were recently painted on the walls of Barcelona; they follow policies passed earlier this year at local level limiting t…
Publishing Editor
Vacancy
closing 29.09.2017
We are looking for a partner who shares our exhaustive curiosity about the urban world to join us as the Publishing Editor of The Urban Transcripts…
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Ceci n’est pas un journal
Preface
In the last decade the city and the urban have been reframing how we perceive the world and its challenges. Urban Studies programmes in universitie…
– Carlo Pisano and Giaime Meloni"/>
In search of the free-zone: a way to explore
– Carlo Pisano and Giaime Meloni
For a while now, the notions of use and appropriation, in spatial theory and practice, have been getting plenty of attention. Although this does no…