THE TIMELESS AND VALIDITY CONCEPT OF THE SUBURBS
What type of landscape would we draw if we were invited to draw the suburbs? Which people, houses, streets would be part of that drawing…? How would they be placed in space? How far would they be…
DESIGNING PUBLIC SPACE IN REBUILDING THE CITY WITHOUT A PLAN
The issue or problem that is addressed in this paper relates mainly with recognizing the importance of public space in (re) building the contemporary city “without form” that, in general, is associated with urban peripheries…
OPTIMIST SUBURBIA
This article aims to be an introduction to research on contemporary territory, which is seen by many as a collection of fragments connected to a decaying center…
CRITICAL STATE
Urban intervention actions destined to reposition cities’ centrality cannot focus only on rehabilitation and revitalization of historic centres …
SUBURBANISM
Talking about the suburb from the point of view of its production, reproduction and consumption implies looking at its meaning in terms of representation.
NAKED CITY: THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUTHENTIC URBAN PLACES DE SHARON ZUKIN
Sharon Zukin is a sociologist and professor at Brooklyn College. Her books explore the most recent urban transformations that have been developed by deindustrialization…
TERRAIN VAGUE DE IGNASI BY SOLA-MORALES
It is mainly about the work of some photographers, who in the1970’s turn to urban spaces that are abandoned, obsolete, deactivated and forgotten in course of the urban expansion…