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Rethinking La Rambla
Some years ago, La Rambla, a much-loved thoroughfare in the centre of Barcelona, ceased to be an everyday space for citizens to become an iconic street of the global metropolis devoted to tourist monoculture. Now, the crisis caused by COVID-19 and the absence of tourists has left it in critical...
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Pandemic adds greater urgency to outstanding challenges in humanisation of public space
Rebajar las emisiones de CO2, renaturalizar las ciudades, combatir a los efectos nocivos del monocultivo turístico y la economía digital que han alterado el tejido productivo de las ciudades, etc. Expertos internacionales analizan para el diario Ara los retos que el espacio público afrontaba...
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How post-pandemic architecture has always shaped our cities
"La historia de la arquitectura es la historia de las enfermedades infecciosas.”, afirma Beatriz Colomina, teórica de la relación entre arquitectura y sanidad en el vídeo de El Confidencial. La lucha contra las epidemias de colera que asolaron ciudades de todo el mundo en el siglo XIX impulsó...

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Balcony rights and wrongs
During the pandemics, balconies have offered a platform for display, solidarity, communication and protest across a planet. They have become a symbol of a developing global and local togetherness, says visual artist and writer Will Jennings in the essay published in the journal Landscape. He...
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Debate The Future of Cities: A View from the Global South
Teresa Caldeira, an anthropologist and Professor of the University of California-Berkley is a reference in contemporary urban thinking. She has spoken with Judit Carrera, director of the CCCB about the challenges confronting cities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the...
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Tearing Down Statues Doesn’t Erase History, It Makes Us See It More Clearly
Anti-racist movements, arisen worldwide after the killing of George Floyd, have put the past into question by targeting monuments, situated in symbolic place of public space, that represent the legacy of slavery and colonialism. Italian historian Enzo Traverso contextualizes the phenomenon and...

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What Is a Park Worth?
The concept of the environmental services that nature brings us has been evolving throughout history. Evaluating this is increasingly necessary so we can understand the worth of its conservation, maintenance, and adaptation, says an article in The Conversation. But can what has hitherto been...
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Public house: the city folds into the space of the home
El confinamiento nos ha hecho redescubrir el hogar como un lugar central en nuestras vidas. El ensayo de la Architectural Review analiza la transformación histórica de la casa, en sí misma y en relación con su papel en la ciudad, a partir de la revolución de género, la irrupción de la esfera...
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Public Spaces: Places of Protest, Expression and Social Engagement
El espacio público es un lugar de reunión e intercambio desde la época del ágora griega. También es un espacio de libertad de movimiento y expresión. A menudo acoge protestas y se transforma en lugar de resistencia, donde surgen revoluciones y levantamientos sociales. Este artículo de ArchDaily...