In more than 25 years of practice, I have worked on projects that reached four billion dollars in cost. In all that time, urbanism never came up in a meeting with a developer or an authority. No brief asked for it. No approval depended on it. Yet I have also written 17 articles on urbanism, […]
Urbanism
Urbanism: urban design, & public art and space quality
The article explores the relationship between architecture and urban design in urban planning, focusing on the creation and analysis of urban public spaces. It discusses the functions of urban public spaces, their role in urban renewal, and the integration of public art. The location and significance of public art in urban spaces are also examined.
Urbanism: townscape is about urban change or process?
Urbanism: townscape is about urban change or process? Is the fifth article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. Article assessing the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field? I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. Table of […]
Urbanism: urban regeneration and the architecture crisis
Urbanism: urban regeneration and the architecture crisis is the fourth article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. It assesses the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field. I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. Table of contents […]
Urbanism: challenges of city design or planning?
Urbanism: challenges of city design or planning? is the second article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. Articles assessing the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field. I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism, the city, to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. Table of Contents Origins […]
Urbanism: the dialectic of architecture and urban design
Urbanism: the dialectic of architecture and urban design is the first article and an introductory article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. Urbanism is a word that appeared in many areas of research and professional critic reports. Surely, a massive number of papers, journal articles, and even online articles addressed urbanism. Specifically, from many fields of specialty and […]
Urbanism: Density,Compactness & Transit Oriented Development
Urbanism: Density, Compactness & Transit Oriented Development. Video shows one example of compactness of development in Dubai.
Urbanism: How does political governance create urban change?
Urbanism: How does political governance create urban change? is the thirteenth article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 . It assesses the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field. I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. In […]
Urbanism: Does environment governance impact city urban form?
Urbanism: Does Environment Governance Impact City Urban Form? is the fourteenth article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 . It assesses the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field. I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. In […]
Urbanism: gentrification towards modern political governance
Urbanism: gentrification towards modern political governance is the sixth article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. It assesses the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field. I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. In order to identify […]