Volume 1, no. 3 Autumn 2017
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Letters from the City
Preface
Cities have stories to tell. While Urban Transcripts is in the midst of such a storytelling, unravelling public space in Athens in our Transforming…
– Mohamad Abotera and Safa Ashoub"/>
Billboard Space in Egypt: reproducing nature and dominating spaces of representation
– Mohamad Abotera and Safa Ashoub
In the last couple of decades, billboards have dominated Cairo’s skylines with a substantial and noticeable increase after 2011. This has come with…
– Michael Jasper"/>
Diagonal Futures: remarks on a contribution to utopian thought by John Hejduk
– Michael Jasper
This paper comments on John Hejduk’s introduction of a diagonal method to city design. It does this by analysing a previously unpublished manuscript…
– 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…