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Let's Talk About Cities #9 — The City and the Countryside

In this episode we’ll take a deeper dive into the countryside and its relation to the city. An overview of city and countryside through the lens of urbanization is given, reports and research on the topic are presented, definitions and differences of terms used are explained and renewed interest for countryside within architectural discourse is examined before future outlooks are considered.

Urban Planning, Politics, ArchitectureStudio Incontro8 August 2023City, Countryside, Rural, Development, Politics

Let's Talk About Cities #7 – Participatory Planning

In the first episode of 2022 we’ll talk about participatory planning; why it’s relevant, its benefits and its potential risks and obstacles. We trace a shift from top-down to more democratic planning processes and discuss examples.

Let's Talk About Cities #2 – AirBnB and Its Discontents

In this post and podcast we discuss AirBnB: Its origins, success story and effects on cities where it is particularly prevalent. We link it to mass tourism and discuss that phenomenon in its own right and mention some possible solutions to the conflicts that can arise between locals and tourists.