The recent acceleration of the world’s mobility has no doubt affected city streets. This is manifested in the increased rate of transactions, communication channels, trans-nationalism, and the unprecedented influx of refugees within ‘new’ contexts. Within this context, a pertinent question on transitional streets seeks to highlight their status quo and examine embedded stories reflecting realities, potentials and possibilities for conviviality.
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Now available the conferences of the course “Paisajes urbanos. La imagen artística de las ciudades portuarias atlánticas (siglos XVI-XXI)”. UIMP 2017
RCUB Pre-Publish:Sculptures track. Bahía Blanca. República Argentina
Second part of “Public Art and Regional Railway Remembrance” by Diana I Ribas. Centro de Estudios Regionales-Departamento de Humanidades-Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), pre-publish in RCUB
Continue reading RCUB Pre-Publish:Sculptures track. Bahía Blanca. República Argentina
International workshop “Public Space and Sustainable Facilities”
Organization: Universidad de la Costa (Barranquilla. Colombia)
Faculty of Architecture. Urban Laboratory.
VIIIth International Seminar and Workshop in Urban and Architectonic Environements. Barranquilla 25 to 27th Octobre 2017 Continue reading International workshop “Public Space and Sustainable Facilities”
Round table “Urban Governance and Citizen Participation”, at the UIU “Smarts Cities: Innovation, Climate Change, Urban Planning, Governance and Creative Participation” (07/14/2017)
Last week (10th-14th july) the UIU organized the “Smart cities: innovation, climate change, urban planning, governance and creative participation” course in Barcelona, attended by about 30 students from Five Universities that make up the UIU.
Water and Public Space International Symposium
Now available videos of the presentations delivered at the Symposium.
You can choose to consult in our site
http://www.ub.edu/escult/aigua/index_aigua.htm
Or in the site of the Water Research Institute (Universitat de Barcelona)
http://www.ub.edu/aigua/es/activities/show/objects_id/1647
Continue reading Water and Public Space International Symposium
On the w@terfront 55 in RACO
Architettura e arte pubblicain Italia dopo il 1945. (II)
Dalla “legge del 2%” alle nuove declinazioni dell’arte pubblica
Veronica Crousse New Dean, Faculty of Arts and Design
Since July the 1st, Veronica Crousse, is the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Artist and academic she was awarded with a CUM LAUDE to ther doctoral dissertation (2011) Reencontrando la Espacialidad para el arte público en el Perú. Barcelona: TDR (tesis doctorales en red). Recuperado de http://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/1551, Continue reading Veronica Crousse New Dean, Faculty of Arts and Design
Public space design for flooding: Facing the challenges presented by climate change adaptation
by Matos Silva Cabral, Maria (Ph.D. Dissertation)
Directors: Costa, João Pedro; Castel-Branco, Cristina
The urban phenomenon of floods is recurrent and is expected to be aggravated in the near and distant future, not only in light of climate change projections, but also if flood management approaches continue the path of “business as usual”. Facing this problem-matter, this research proposes the design of public spaces as a key component in the adaptation to current and expected urban flood events. Continue reading Public space design for flooding: Facing the challenges presented by climate change adaptation
Polis Research Centre. Universitat de Barcelona 
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