In a time of increasing material abundance, more and more people are beginning to realise that mental health also plays an important part in everyday life and has a significant impact on the quality of life. In response to this phenomenon, as an urban designer I think we can think about the following questions： What Read the full article…

While the percentage of people residing in cities and towns is continually rising, with an estimated 80 percent of the world’s population living in urban areas in the years to come, the dilemma of urban waste persists and is not being addressed (Rynska, et al., 2016, pp.199). Concurrently, increased standards of living imply increased rates Read the full article…

Nowadays, more and more people own their own cars, which at first we may think is convenient, but is it really? What does it do for us? Do we really need so many cars? A sustainable community is a place where people want to live and work now and in the future, it meets the Read the full article…

During this trip to Manchester to conduct research on housing and urban space, I was struck by the many differences in the design and development of the city. Even though the designers have the best intentions at the beginning of the design process, the reality is that it does not always work out the way Read the full article…

This semester we started the study of the house alternative course. However, because my undergraduate studies are about landscape courses, there are still many deficiencies in the layout of architecture and interiors. So this course still has some difficulties for me in the learning process of this course. In order to get a better understanding Read the full article…

In recent years, massive urbanisation has brought with it a great number of challenges and cities have built many new buildings at an increasing rate, which has undoubtedly posed a challenge for the renovation of old buildings. This is especially true for the renovation of old urban residential facades. In my opinion, the very good Read the full article…

  For expressing my view on this I have to speak about my background.  I have done my bachelor’s in architecture for 5 years. Worked for few months as an architect. But didn’t get to explore further due to the pandemic.Writing blogs is a very new thing for me.  All i have written so far Read the full article…

My Blogging Experience In the pursuit of clarity I have structured this reflection into the following areas. First is my roles and contributions to the module and process was a whole. This is followed by my experience writing the blogs and comments. Then, I reflect on how this experience has been advantageous to other modules Read the full article…

 ‘Woonerf’: A Refuge Opportunity for Us All   “The modern street in the true sense of the word is a new type of organism, a sort of stretched out workshop, a home for many complex and delicate organs, such as gas, water and electric mains.” (Le Corbusier, 1929)   However, our streets are more than Read the full article…

  A Nation of Luddites: Active Travel as a UK Crises Solution   We are experiencing the aftermath of the modernist era. The complex, concrete networks we call roads comprise the cities we experience today. Cities were built around automobiles. The urban thread is therefore largely disconnected from human form, scale and need. The craze Read the full article…

3d model of Amaravathi master plan designed by Norman foster and group “We shape cities, and they shape us” – Jan Gehl. What are smart cities? Smart cities are the new generation of cities developing rapidly around the world. “The effective integration of physical, digital and human systems in the built environment to deliver sustainable, Read the full article…

Evacuated – Occupied – Fortified: the Only British Territory Captured by Nazi Germany It’s the 28th June 1940. Two weeks ago the British War Office left you and your fellow islanders defenceless. Yet today, you are at the mercy of German bombers raining havoc from above. Amidst your fear, confusion and anger the 1st of Read the full article…