A recast debate would focus on either: (1) the underlying conceptual framework required for proper discussion of any normative planning; (2) the specific normative principles of new urbanism; (3) the descriptive assumptions used by new urbanists; or (4) the specific experiences of, to date, ...
While the transdisciplinary context might certainly lead to an intensified look, in the last decades architecture has engaged in a process of expansion and adjustment led, in part, by new combinations of old keywords (ecology, landscape, urbanism, infrastructure, logistics…). Beyond disciplinary disc...
Laura Oldfield Fordis a London based artist and writer concerned with issues surrounding contested space, urbanism, architecture and memory. Her multidisciplinary practice investigates new forms of socio-political discourse that have arisen as a result of the radical reordering of urban spa...
Lewis Mumford was an American architectural critic, urban planner, and historian who analyzed the effects of technology and urbanization on human societies throughout history. Mumford studied at the City College of New York and at the New School for Soci