The rise of cohousing communities In modern urbanization, co-housing is a new form of living. It is attracting wide attention. Co-housing communities advocate shared resources and collective decision-making. They aim to improve residents’ lives through close community relations and efficient use of resources. However, we enjoy these advantages. But, we also need to soberly look Read the full article…

After centuries of development, numerous areas surrounding the railway lines have abandoned which cannot satisfy people’s requirements for a higher quality of life. Therefore, I chose three typical railway surrounding renovation cases to analyze how to activate communities around old railways. 1. The Driebergen-Zeist railway station renewal project The project was located in the Netherlands. Read the full article…

The origin of co-living community Around 2013, major cities around the world began another O2O revolution under the sharing economy: co-living community[1]. From London, New York and San Francisco in the West. Go to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tokyo, and Seoul in the east. In addition to the high cost of living, most of its residents are Read the full article…

If you design only for the young, then you exclude the old; but if you design for the old, then you also take the young into account. 1.1 Familiarity Familiar outdoor situations can help older persons overcome memory issues, and this is especially true for older adults who have a hazy sense of spatial direction. Read the full article…

Introduction   Walking in the community is seen as a healthy way of life and a sustainable form of transportation. To enhance neighbourhood walkability, it is essential to comprehend the primary determinants of walkability. According to Friedman’s (2017) analysis, mixed neighbourhoods are one of the built environment characteristics that contribute to walkable communities.   Mixed Land Read the full article…

Public spaces are the beating heart of our communities, serving as essential hubs for social interaction, leisure, and contemplation. Not to mentioned the well-designed public spaces. Figure 1. Domino Park is a privately-owned public space in Brooklyn, developed by real estate firm Two Trees Management. (Harrouk, 2019) They are more than just physical objects; they Read the full article…

A city’s quality of life is directly reflected in how sensitive its urban design is to public health. And why? As it would eventually by all means have an impact on the general public during a crisis. Certainly, this claim is supported by a number of historical events. So, let’s start from its origins. (Kuvar, Read the full article…

Blog entry published by Georgina Walker on 07 December 2023 [FIG. 1] Ventus Naturalised Gardens, Singapore (Joson, 2022) Theorists and urban designers, such as Ebenezer Howard, have long understood and promoted the benefits of the integration of nature into the urban setting to move towards a healthy urban environment. The benefits extend beyond the visual Read the full article…

“Gender equality is the goal that will help abolish poverty, that will create more equal economies, fairer societies, and happier men, women, and children.” Graça Machel (2015) As a former freedom fighter, prominent educator, and philanthropist, Machel was the only woman in modern times to serve as the first lady of two nations – Mozambique Read the full article…

The High Street is Dead, Long Live the High Street. Lockdown – March 2020. This mandate single-handedly halved footfall across UK High Streets (Enoch et al, 2021). However, the decline of our High Streets was a reality that predated the pandemic. The ‘death of the high street’ is a notion being used by many experts Read the full article…

In the last post, I was talking about What is the right to a neighbourhood and where that idea came from. I would like to go further steps from there and sharing of this Idea suggested by French philosopher Henry Lefebvre and built up by Emily Talen.     What we’ve been taught in Global 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…