– Elisa Diogo Andrade Silva & Cristina Roxana Lazăr "/>
Tourism in transformation: from a hectic urban environment to urban resilience in Barcelona
– Elisa Diogo Andrade Silva & Cristina Roxana Lazăr
The tourism industry has been growing worldwide since the first decades of the 20th century (Sezgin & Yolal, 2012), but particularly over the past …
– OPA!"/>
Sticking around: poster art as activism in Venice
– OPA!
This essay refers to street art practices as a creative tool for the critique of the touristification of the city of Venice. In it, we present a project of scattered…
with Sito Veracruz, co-founder of Fairbnb"/>
Fairbnb’s model for community-led tourism
with Sito Veracruz, co-founder of Fairbnb
Two prominent factors motivated me. Firstly, I am an urban planner, a “classic” urban planner from the Spanish perspective, because I graduate…
Preface"/>
One year old
Preface
With our fourth issue just published, we are now one year old. In these past 12 months we have published a total of 38 articles, projects, maps, dr…
– Negar Ahmadpoor"/>
Applied neuroscience in the research of place
– Negar Ahmadpoor
There is a continuous dialogue between the physical environment and the brain’s functions. The human constructs the physical environment and subseq…
– Philip Boos"/>
Spatial manifestation of mobility tactics
– Philip Boos
In 2017 we observe how access to walkable public spaces in urban areas is increasingly being restricted. One reason for this may be that motorized vehicles are usually granted…
– Rafik Patel"/>
Conflict, speech, and truth within the urban space of Tahrir square
– Rafik Patel
The Arab Spring began in December 2010, the catalyst being the self-immolation attempt of Tunisian citizen Mohamed Bouaziz (Lopez de Souza & Lipiet…
– Carolin Genz and Diana Lucas-Drogan"/>
Decoding mapping as practice: an interdisciplinary approach in architecture and urban anthropology
– Carolin Genz and Diana Lucas-Drogan
The main systematic research technique of urban anthropology is ethnography and its holistic approach to understand people within their social, spatial and…
– Patricia Capanema Alvares Fernandes"/>
Landscape as a mediator between mining and urbanisation: the case of Minas Gerais and Nova Lima, Brazil
– Patricia Capanema Alvares Fernandes
In Minas Gerais, centuries of resource extraction have resulted in a palimpsest landscape imbricated by layers of human settlements, mining and agr…
– Mohamad Abotera"/>
New space in Al-Kom Al-Ahmar: fitting community needs in leftover spaces
– Mohamad Abotera
This project aims to present a new model of urban development in Egypt. It came in the midst of unique political circumstances that we attempted to…
Call for Submissions
Visualising the City
Call for Submissions
closing 20.05.2018
Cities are in many ways the materialisation of the complexity of human societies: dynamic and evolving systems, made and remade, of buildings, spac…
Preface"/>
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…