Sustainability may well determine the future of the human race. However, despite its importance, it often lacks one essential quality for success: seduction. An anthropic place must, as the name suggests, appeal to people. Sustainability has to find...

"Made in Taiwan" oscillates between the description of a specific place and a broader critical reflection regarding the relationship between space and modes of production. Taiwan stands as an exceptional case of a newly developed country where the di...

Once, water defined the layout and structure of many cities and their architecture. These cities existed in symbiosis with water itself: depending on it and developing alongside it. Over time however, scientific techniques and progresses introduced s...

This book documents the development of the 'Charter of Public Space', adopted during the Second Biennial of Public Space. The Charter, translated into eight languages, aspires to be a document for all those who believe in the city and its extraordin...

This book examines a number of European terriories that are both fragile and affected by climate change. These characteristics – one inherent to the regions under study, the other caused by their transformation over time – produce significant effects...

Landscape Urbanism emerged in the late 1990s, as a critique of urban design's inability to deal wtih the expanded character of urbanization. Intended as a medium through which to interpret the contemporary city, Landscape Urbanism hopes to develop a...