Think of a city and what comes to mind? Its Streets. -Jacobs, 1961:39   © Copyright- Photo by Lisa Fotios from Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-walking-on-sidewalk-3703738/ Streets are an important part of city life. They serve as the foundation for the complex interactions that exist between the architectural fabric and human organisation. A “high street” is one such Read the full article…

Victoria Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland © Copyright Arundhati Chitnis The changing economic and social conditions result in people shaping their environments. With the rise in the urban population, the physical structure of the cities has changed. As the number of people increases, the infrastructure demand also increases affecting the cityscape and its open public spaces. Read the full article…

This post contains a review of the right to a neighborhood written by Emily Talen.     Before we start to talk about ‘The right to a neighborhood’, I would like to start looking into The right to the city that was first proposed by the French philosopher Henry Lefebvre. In general, it is accepted 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…

Metropolitan Workshop Metropolitan Workshop specialises in practice and research-based design programmes. It is a multidisciplinary team of architects and urban designers who work with a wide range of people (artists, carpenters, researchers, etc.). And they are highly skilled at working closely with client groups, local authorities, planners, community engagement consultants, and housing developers to ensure 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…