"In city planning, participatory democracy has largely increased inequality, not lessened it." (Badger, 2020)
The next failed Smart City: Saudi Arabia’s “The Line”
Saudi Arabia just presented it’s new megaproject: “THE LINE”, a linear development of smart cities connected without cars, is, according to the designboom site on 14.01.2021,
Architectural Democracy’s podcast
Recently we started the recordings of a series of discussions around Architecture and Democracy with invited guests.
Architectural Democracy with the Latvian Urban Institute
On Saturday 18th May 2019, from 12:00-17:00 PM, I lectured on Architectural Democracy at the "Encouraging Participatory Activities by Artistic & Innovative Public Practices" at the small, but cozy Third Space Gallery in the heart of Helsinki, Finland.
Cost comparison between renovation & new built
In building new or renovating an old building, costs are usually the decisive point, but costs for whom?
Here some considerations about it:
Architectural Democracy Tour in Nepal 2019
After a series of lectures in different Universities in Nepal, meeting several construction companies, politicians, landlords, super rich, it's daughters and researchers in the Kathmandu Valley in 2019, two things got confirmed:
