Tag: Space
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From Hippies to Hipsters and Homelessness in Haight-Ashbury
San Francisco’s Haigh-Ashbury is known for 1967’s Summer of Love. The commodification of its ‘hippie heritage’ results in extreme micro-level inequalities. Iris van Gent takes us on a tour.
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Manchester’s Northern Quarter: Fostering or Exploiting Authenticity?
Authenticity is often considered as the magic ingredient for cultural and commercial regeneration of post-industrial neighbourhoods. But what is considered authentic and to what extent can authenticity be ‘used’? Valerie van Lieshout looks for answers in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
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Konza Technology City: Between Vision and Reality
Why are New Towns being developed and how feasible is their construction really? Author Eline Splinter examines these questions by taking a closer look at the plans for Konza Technology City, Kenya. .
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Polarised Tehran: Tea House vs. Coffee shop
Reza Shaker Ardekani critically explores the geographic polarisation of Tehran by looking at tea houses and coffee shops as gendered spaces.
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Spaces Left Over after Secularization
Dutch cities are redeveloping empty church buildings. What are these spaces used for and what initiated this trend? .
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Filming Cities: Urbanized (2011)
In this month’s Filming Cities, Jolien Groot reviews Urbanized, a documentary that takes us on an exciting world tour to teach about urban design.
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Public Space and Urban Planning: A Stepchild Relationship?
Public space in urban planning has long been a difficult relation. The ‘Seestadt Aspern’ project looks at public space in a particular, innovative way. bla
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When Planning Goes Awry: The Case of the Goese Schans
Leon van Keulen (@leonvkeulen) investigates Goese Schans, a large-scale real estate development in the southern Dutch city of Goes.
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Urban Exploring in Abandoned Vilnius
Jorn Koelemaij is taking you on an ‘urban exploration’ tour through Vilnius, Lithuania. Are cities able to benefit somehow from derelict sites?
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Dresden Victimised by Fury of UNESCO
Leon van Keulen (@leonvkeulen) explains why UNESCO delisted Dresden as heritage site, and why UNESCO’s perspective is detrimental to cities. .