The former central prison of Barcelona is undergoing a major transformation into something that is not decided yet, except for one clear thing: it will not be a top-down decision but the result of a participative process with residents and citizenship. Here you can follow it up, also finding a lot of documents. And here you can find our opinion about one of the mai aspect of the transformation: the memory and the arc
Barcelona is in a long-time struggle against the side effects of its touristic booming. Dynamics of substitution of population have started to be a real problem as a consequence of the increasing price of housing, strongly influenced by the extended presence of tourist flats. In the middle of such an effort not to be overwelmed by its own success, a sudden terror attack in its most emblematic public space, the Rambla
Everybody agrees: tourism is a great source of economic income for any city in the short term and a powerful boost for its growth and promotion in the long term. But what happens in terms of coexistence between the city as an urban reality with its social and structural needs and the city as a product mainly manifactured through architecture, urbanism, restoration and public space? Together with AxA association we
Along July 2014 two important conferences on urban matters took place: the 21th International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF) from 3 to 6 in Porto, Portugal, and the 16th International Planning History Society (IPHS) in St. Augustine, Florida. The subjects were «Our Common Future in Urban Morphology» for the ISUF and “Past as Guide to Sustainable Futures” for the IPHS. In both cases, we’ve had a perfect organizati
The number 120 of italian magazine Area is dedicated to Beirut. Alessandro Scarnato is the curator together with Charbel Maskineh and Nicola Santini. The «bride of Middle East» is explored about its current situation, focusing on the unstoppable real estate developments. An interview with Bernard Khoury and a photographic social trip by Edoardo Delille, enrich the publication. Check it out here, to purchase: AREA MAG
