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Let's Talk About Cities #11 — Rebellions and Uprisings; or the Populism of Aesthetics in Architecture

In this episode, we'll delve into the rise of populist movements in architecture, and how they often exploit simplistic notions of beauty and tradition to promote exclusionary narratives.

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 #3 – Red Vienna

In this episode, we will talk about Red Vienna, starting by giving some historical background information and introducing the at the time revolutionary ideas that were implemented and are still relevant today. Furthermore, we will discuss how the projects were financed and also go into detail with the Karl-Marx-Hof as a well-known example for municipal housing in Vienna that still shapes the cityscape today.

Architecture, Politics, Urban PlanningMattias Kallin29 August 2021Vienna, Politics, Social Democracy, Civil War, Housing, Urban PlanningComment

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.

Let's Talk About Cities #1 – Gentrification

In this post and the accompanying podcast episode, we delve deeper into the stages of gentrification and discuss some possible measures that can be taken to deal with its effects.