Time flies and I’ve already spent my second academic year at Newcastle. It’s like I’ve only just arrived at the school and nine months have gone by in the blink of an eye, I think it’s because life here has been full and memorable, with all sorts of hardships but no shortage of joy, and Read the full article…

Fig.1.0. photo by Huangyunzhou My changes First of all, I am grateful to the teachers and students who helped me during my time in the UK, I really feel that I have gained a lot. I would also like to thank all those who have read my blogs and I hope they have been of value Read the full article…

I can’t believe it’s been nine months since I first arrived in Newcastle. It just feels like yesterday when I visited Newcastle University for the first time. And yet here I am almost done with my second semester of the course. The pleasant and thrilling process of creating blogs was a constant thread that ran Read the full article…

Firstly, I would like to appreciate everyone that has read or found my blogs to contain valuable information. The blogs for me have been a good platform to contemplate current conundrums in our urban world. Blogging has been a socially motivated event, so therefore I also take this moment to congratulate my colleagues. The tutors Read the full article…

Time flies and I can’t believe it’s been nine months since I arrived in Newcastle. I would like to thank all of you who have read my blog, I am still a novice when it comes to blogging. But blog writing has also been a great help to me, I use it as a record Read the full article…

Urban design is about creating cities, or improving existing cities, as vibrant and sustainable places that are relevant to the uses and needs of people, especially pedestrians (Sim and Gehl, 2019). It is about creating promising and resilient places that can adapt and respond to different social, environmental, and economic needs and create positive change Read the full article…

  As Europeans have gradually lost their religious faith, countless grand and culturally interesting ecclesiastical buildings all over Europe have progressively become vacant and disused (Fiorani, et al., 2017). While these contain great heritage, numerous European countries have fought to maintain them afloat as expenses as well as other obstacles arise. As the quantity of Read the full article…

In public places, women have long been subjected to street harassment. According to a study conducted by the UN Women National Committee UK (2021, pp.6), only 3% of women in the UK claim to have never been subjected to any forms of street harassment in public places. As a result, when commuting in an urban Read the full article…

A political affair Urban politics, synonymous to national politics determines how resources are allocated in a city and by extension those whom are served. Government programs perform a crucial role in establishing the welfare of its people. In many countries, national governments make policies that directly affect local authorities who will then transmit and interpret Read the full article…

Violence Urban graffiti is Commonly seen as either street art or vandalism, thus through this lens cities perceive it as either artistic practice or a violation of the law. Governments often use street art campaigns to beautify economically devastated neighbourhoods. Street art action and graffiti action employed this way may be incontrovertibly violent. As described Read the full article…

I had never blogged in my previous studies, so when I first learned we needed to blog, I was confused and nervous. Because I’m not very interested in blogging, I haven’t even read blogs written by others. The first attempt was very challenging for me and the experience was very rewarding for me. Attending the Read the full article…

During my time in the UK, it became clear to me that different professions handle and respond to a wide range of designs in different ways. It is important to note that the different areas of specialisation I am referring to here are not as different as product design and spatial design, for example, but Read the full article…