Exhibit looking at ten international cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo through five thematic lenses – speed, size, density, diversity and form – but not 'safety'.
Research initiative bringing together applied research from a variety of disciplines, including economics, planning, finance, architecture, and engineering in researching housing affordability problems exist in the Boston metropolitan area.
"... in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some architects and urban planners are contemplating the larger question of what form the city should take - whether restored, reimagined or something in between."
A bilingual manual develoepd by students and their partners in the University of New South Wales BENV2131 Design Studio in Banda Aceh and Nias designed to help NGOs and communities work together on immediate and long term reconstruction tasks.
Suggestion for using Christopher Alexander's concept of a "Pattern Language" in a wiki-like way to encourage participatory revision of rebuilding plans toward a consensus view or vision.
