– Maxime Le Calvé and Olivier Gaudin"/>
Both feet in murky waters: Fieldnotes from the Floating University in Berlin
– Maxime Le Calvé and Olivier Gaudin
The proposal is to connect a neighbourhood, the city’s infrastructure and a hybrid ecosystem through the exploration of a specific place.
with Neel Tamhane, Solar Strategy Lead from SPACE10"/>
Decentralising and Democratising Energy
with Neel Tamhane, Solar Strategy Lead from SPACE10
I first came across Neel Tamhane’s work when he was featured in the documentary 2040. He was working in Bangladesh helping villages to produce, consume, share or sell electricity.
– Riya Soni"/>
Fluid urbanism: Synthesising urban commons with water
– Riya Soni
The Mahakali lake lies on the Sabarmati river’s western side, as a part of the Tekra-Talav system in western Ahmedabad. Tekra-Talav system is the r…
reviewed by Maria Tzika"/>
Grassroots Rising by Ronnie Cummins
reviewed by Maria Tzika
Grassroots Rising by Ronnie Cummins is a guide for practical solutions for climate change reversal and building grassroots movements. In his own wo…
Call for Submissions
Emotions and the City
Call for Submissions
closing 15.06.2021
Emotions play a role in the way we see, inhabit and build cities. Whenever we avoid walking through dark parks at night, design uncomfortable bench…
– Anjali Karol Mohan, Mohan S. Rao and Rahul Paul"/>
Cities, eco-systems and embedded expressions: Towards performative regeneration
– Anjali Karol Mohan, Mohan S. Rao and Rahul Paul
This paper traces the shift from sustainability – argued to be an ‘exhausted term’ – to regenerative cities.
Preface"/>
What a year
Preface
Who would have thought back at the end of 2019 that only a few months later retreating from the social interactions that so fundamentally define ou…
– Xenia Kokoula, TU Berlin"/>
City: From home of microbes to coronavirus hotspot
– Xenia Kokoula, TU Berlin
Street, sidewalk, façade: What makes this picture instantly recognizable as a late 19th century urban setting is not its architecture but rather the crowds …
– Paul Bostanjoglo, TU Berlin"/>
Corona and its spatial metaphors
– Paul Bostanjoglo, TU Berlin
COVID-19 spreads best in enclosed and crowded rooms; according to this many potentially dangerous spaces have been detected. In case of outbreaks …
– Yuanzhihong Liu, TU Berlin"/>
Rethinking urban food systems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
– Yuanzhihong Liu, TU Berlin
During the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen several outbreaks related to the urban food supply system. The first known outbreak took place in a big f…
– Chiara Galimberti, TU Berlin"/>
Viruses, particles, and other matters in metropolitan Milan
– Chiara Galimberti, TU Berlin
During the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic the Metropolitan City of Milan was Italy’s most affected urban area. While people had to wear a mask …
– Mayra Luciana Diaz, TU Berlin"/>
Essential workers, caring, space and COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
– Mayra Luciana Diaz, TU Berlin
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first few months of 2020 different countries and cities of the world saw their commercial …
– Sima Bhattarai, TU Berlin"/>
Exposing the inequalities faced by Mumbai’s ‘informal’ residents
– Sima Bhattarai, TU Berlin
Throughout the world, public health measures of maintaining proper hygiene, physical distancing and self-isolation have been implemented to contain …
– Ana Villasenin, TU Berlin"/>
From the “disease of the rich” to the “disease of the poor”: Inequality, social perception and COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
– Ana Villasenin, TU Berlin
During the COVID-19 pandemic social and economic inequalities have become both more visible and more polarized, which can be seen in the different …
– Johanna Schacht and Philine von Zimmermann, TU Berlin"/>
Multi-species coexistence, COVID-19 & urban design
– Johanna Schacht and Philine von Zimmermann, TU Berlin
It remains unknown what species caused the spread of COVID-19, and where exactly it was transmitted from non-humans to humans in Wuhan, China, which …
with David Calas"/>
Learning from Quarantine
with David Calas
One story per day, many questions for the days to come. For 40 days, from March 19th to April 27th 2020, David Calas, Sven Wuttej and Clemens Horvath …
– 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 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 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 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…