To Green Or Not To Green: Four stories of urban (in)justice in Barcelona

New parks and redevelopment projects are exacerbating gentrification in some areas of Barcelona, driving prices up and pushing out vulnerable residents. Other areas lack green space altogether, depriving certain communities of benefits to physical and mental health. This documentary produced by...

Sarah Ichioka comments the Islamic Cemetery

• Sarah Ichioka

Islamic Cemetery. Altach (Austria), 2012 Special Mention 2014 Prize by Sarah Mineko Ichioka (Director AF, London)

The Pandemic Emptied Europe’s Cities. What Will Bring People Back?

When the coronavirus exploded across Europe in March 2020, city dwellers throughout Europe began to leave, some to avoid the virus, others to escape cramped and pricey apartments or to connect more with the natural world. Now, nearly a year after the first lockdowns, this The New York Times...

What It Takes to Make a Home

The documentary film produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture follows a conversation between two architects, from Vienna and Los Angeles, who have been searching for long-term strategies for housing the homeless. Focussing on some causes and conditions of homelessness, the film questions...

Post-Covid architecture policy: towards a “great shared space”

The effect that COVID-19 is having on urban planning—promotion of active mobility or renaturalisation of cities—essentially means an acceleration of already existing trends. The urban planner Alain Guiheux would like to go even further and, in this AOC article, calls for a great shared space, an...

In Defence of Walking

La colección de ensayos del escritor británico Matthew Beaumont, The Walker: On Losing and Finding Yourself in the Modern City, recomendada por el Financial Times como uno de los mejores libros sobre arquitectura publicados este año explora la relación entre el caminar, pensar y escribir....

The Tactical Reconquest of Asphalt

Barcelona, which has been introducing measures to gain public space for pedestrians and bicycles for some years now, has intensified its tactical urbanism activity during the pandemic. These swift, economical projects, some one-off and others more systemic, are not exempt of controversy. El País...

"Practising the politics of difference in a shared space enriches coexistence"

• Tim Ingold

In the Shared Spaces capsule, Tim Ingold argues in favour of physical presence in personal contacts at a time when our communication is increasingly indirect and through digital means.

What is the future of cities faced with heat waves?

Según las previsiones para el año 2100 y a causa del cambio climático, las condiciones climatológicas se desplazarán al sur aproximadamente 6º en relación con las zonas geográficas. Eso significa, argumenta el artículo de la revista AOC, que Ginebra pre-alpina tendrá el clima actual de Palermo y...