Urban planning: lessons from history for today’s cities
In the distant past, other civilisations developed architectural and urban planning strategies to combat extreme heat.
Urban planning: neither street nor road, “complete street”
“Planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining (…) that enables safe access for all people”.
Future cities, today
Cities adopt smart technologies to improve quality of life and promote urban sustainability.
Induced demand and urban traffic
Increased traffic capacity on a road will attract drivers who previously avoided it because of congestion.
Design of the Mindfulness City, Bhutan
A good number of inhabitable bridges, with traditional architecture, will connect the 11 neighborhoods of Mindfulness City.
Social urbanism: Medellín, Colombia (+VIDEO)
An urban plan, of which the city is a pioneer in the world, that seeks solutions to "socio-spatial" inequality.
Urban design: the sponge-city
Gardens, permeable pavements, parks and wetlands to manage water naturally and efficiently.
Integration of sporting activities through architecture and design
Design and architectural inclusive orientation that democratises sporting activities in urban environments.
The Greenhouses; the architecture of the future, Lausanne, Switzerland (+VIDEO)
With a conscious "architectural bias", its architects designed from the inside out.
Urban planning (and urbanity) against loneliness
Initiatives to encourage citizens to break out of the forced solitude to which modern life often condemns them.
