Every time I come across the topic of sustainable urban mobility, walkability is treated as a key factor to improve our experience in cities. However, my feeling is that more often than […]
Walkable Cities, a matter of geometry
In Search of Eco-Storytellers
On certain occasions, words used in the mass media capture the spirit of the times. The term Eco-Anxiety is all over the news. It is treated as a raising psychological condition that […]
Sustainable Orientalism: Western Fantasies of Mexico and their Representations
Sustainable Orientalism. I have explored this concept since 2011. It has helped me to identify and expose discourses, representations, and institutions that separate the notion of Sustainable Development in ‘advanced’ (Western Europe, […]
Sustainable Cartographies: Organic, Gentle, and Hybrid Maps in Urban and Rural Design
Sustainable Development, Ecological Design, Smart Cities, BioArchitecture, BioMimicry, Green Urbanism. Noble terminology, yet empty concepts. They are, if not accompanied by credible roadmaps to upgrade and sustain biodiversity (non-human and human) in […]
Human Scale in Hong Kong 2: The tale of the hidden warrior (3 videos)
Human Scale in Hong Kong: The tale of Grandfather and Grandson (3 videos)
The Art of Research: Words, Stories & Diagrams in the Design Process
Architecture and design belong to an anxious world. Thousands of design alternatives in thousands of cities and villages around the globe. Architecture and design students are exposed to infinite tools of research, […]
Measuring the Unmeasurable: Human Scale in Chinese Cities
Urban Constellations. This is a common metaphor that I have encountered in the fields of human geography and urban studies. The most comprehensive set of global data about urban expansion in the […]
Sustainable Architecture in Rural China
Architecture-Ecology-Cities
Environmental Sciences-Architecture-Urban Design. Over the last two years, I have explored this approach with my experience as Research Fellow at Project Drawdown, and as Senior Lecturer in China. The book Ecology and the Architectural Imagination has […]
