The Acoustics of Belonging: Who Is Allowed to Begin?
What if democratic architecture is not primarily about participation, but about leaving enough of the city unfinished for somebody else to begin?
From Heritage to Agency: Why Architectural Democracy Matters Now
Heritage is not democratic simply because it is preserved. Drawing on a conversation with Mona Schalin, Pedro Aibéo asks how conservation, reuse and participation can give people real agency over the places they inherit.
Democracy in Urban Planning. Power, Participation, and the Future of Helsinki: A conversation with Mona Schalin
Finnish architect Mona Schalin dives into the evolving challenges of democratic city
The Intersections of Jurisprudence and Urban Planning: A discussion with Prof. Panu Minkkinen
The Intersections of Jurisprudence and Urban Planning: A discussion with Prof. Panu
The Future of Construction, Democratic or Autocratic?
The Future of Construction, Democratic or Autocratic? The Keynote speech by Pedro Aibéo, at BILT EUR conference in Riga, 2024
The Power of “Play-off and Playground” in Urban Planning
Talk at the National Museum of Architecture, Helsinki, Finland by Pedro Aibéo & Mark Linder (Architectural Democracy),
Architectural Democracy in China
I have been going to China for several years now to teach in Shanghai and Wuhan, usually around the work of Gamified Cohousing
Architectural Democracy’s podcast
We started the recordings of a series of discussions around Architecture and Democracy with invited guests.
Today’s Master Plans benefits the masters
“In city planning, participatory democracy has largely increased inequality, not lessened it.” (Badger, 2020) There is a new masterplan
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.