– from Taher Abdel-Ghani, Cairo, 20.05.2020"/>
The spontaneity of the lights
– from Taher Abdel-Ghani, Cairo, 20.05.2020
I was invited for a break-of-a-fast meal (Iftar) on the rooftop of a friend of mine. We did not have a table, but we used the reinforced concrete c…
– from Friederike Landau, Berlin/Vancouver, 19.05.2020"/>
Pandemic (post-)politics
– from Friederike Landau, Berlin/Vancouver, 19.05.2020
is the pandemic infecting us with post-politics
or how long has this virus in politics lingered
is passivity or printing money the winning face …
– from Safa Ashoub, Berlin, 07.05.2020"/>
Ramadan in corona times
– from Safa Ashoub, Berlin, 07.05.2020
Berlin – March 23rd
At the peak of Covid-19 … food shops are offering free products due to closure, disinfectants are triple the price, U-Bahns …
– from Nataliya Sukhova (Transstruktura architects) and Anton (10 Years old), Berlin, 20.05.2020"/>
Open spaces or cubicles?
– from Nataliya Sukhova (Transstruktura architects) and Anton (10 Years old), Berlin, 20.05.2020
In the past few months I shared my home office with my son’s home school. One day we drew a couple of pictures together that illustrated our ideas …
– from Julian Dobson, Sheffield, 19.05.2020"/>
A reward for resilience
– from Julian Dobson, Sheffield, 19.05.2020
My weekend run usually takes me west from my home, away from suburban Sheffield to the moorland that gives rise to the city’s tumbling streams and …
– from Kevin Bennett, Pittsburgh, 10.05.2020"/>
Post-pandemic design and well-being
– from Kevin Bennett, Pittsburgh, 10.05.2020
This is a photo of a sensational rainbow that flashed before my eyes on a recent run to fetch some food and supplies. Unexpected and gone-too-soon,…
– from Camilla Lade, Vancouver, 07.05.2020"/>
Shifting in place
– from Camilla Lade, Vancouver, 07.05.2020
The city is quieter, the birds are chirping, and the streets are clear of cars. As our government aims to increase sidewalk widths through ‘tactica…
– from Patrick Düblin, Basel, 11.05.2020"/>
Borderland: Drift interrupted
– from Patrick Düblin, Basel, 11.05.2020
A stone’s throw away from my apartment lies the river Rhine. It naturally parts Switzerland and France from Germany. The city of Basel, however, ex…
– from Isabella Rossen, Amsterdam, 11.05.2020"/>
The local retreat
– from Isabella Rossen, Amsterdam, 11.05.2020
A postcard from a retreat: Usually this would imply a card sent from a location far away from the hustle and bustle of our “everyday life”. People …
Editorial"/>
The Space of the (Re)Public
Editorial
In October 2011 a group of around 2000–3000 protesters gathered around Paternoster Square in London, shrouded in the shadow cast by St Paul’s Cathe…
– Christina Petkopoulou"/>
Athens Report: a collective archive of life and protest
– Christina Petkopoulou
athensreport.org is an interactive digital platform that maps the urban space through the route of trolley bus No. 11. It collects and archives vid…
– Anthony Maniscalco"/>
A little island on Pier 55: urban austerity and the eclipse of publicly made public space?
– Anthony Maniscalco
They say history is written by the winners. When public space is constructed and regulated at the behest of park conservancies, public-private part…
– Sonja Jankov"/>
Rooftop of the Total Palace
– Sonja Jankov
Total palaces were built all over socialist countries mostly during the 1980s, although examples can be found in prior decades. Originating from sp…
– Stephanie Newcomb"/>
Coopelluvia: facilitating urban water commoning
– Stephanie Newcomb
Southern California—specifically Los Angeles—is no stranger to water scarcity. To sustain a growing population, a hyper-centralized infrastructural…
– Spilios Iliopoulos and Michaela Loukia Litsardaki"/>
Pocket parks as spaces of “Re-public”: the experience of the Alexandrou Svolou initiative
– Spilios Iliopoulos and Michaela Loukia Litsardaki
It is very common in modern cities to find, within the urban fabric, forgotten/neglected parts,which are pieces of land that have either been abandoned in relation to an earlier…
– Elisa Privitera and Filippo Gravagno"/>
A street-explorative and interactive-designing laboratory
– Elisa Privitera and Filippo Gravagno
The current state of participatory planning in Italy tells us that, until now there are few aware and empowered experiences of urban transformative processes…
with Kevin Bennett, Fellow at the Center for Urban Design and Mental Health"/>
To be in a good place
with Kevin Bennett, Fellow at the Center for Urban Design and Mental Health
I am fascinated by the link between biophilic design and well-being. The research linking green spaces and mental health is compelling…
– Patrick Foong Chan and Camilla Lade"/>
Space activation and re-territorialisation
– Patrick Foong Chan and Camilla Lade
“Space Activation and Re-Territorialisation” examines how alleyways and lanes are transformed through the current trend of space activation. Furthe…
– Melissa Harrison"/>
The (market-) state of the “public”: reappropriating the urban as common(s)
– Melissa Harrison
Over the past decades, intensified following the 2008 financial crisis, we have witnessed geographically and qualitatively diverse assaults on the …
– Benjamin T. Busch"/>
Tusheti, Georgia
– Benjamin T. Busch
Glyphs crawl and scrawl over
ambivalent flux
History reddened with
wine and blood