A Manifesto for XinWu Village

Figure 1 Collective masterplan A Manifesto for XinWu Village by Ralph Spencer Steenblik As the architectural cleansing continues in China, Continue reading →

Vida y muerte de un proyecto: La gestión urbana en 3 ejemplos

“Los proyectos que necesitan de mucho tiempo para ser ejecutados no tienen éxito casi nunca” ―Montesquieu Los planteamientos utópicos están Continue reading →

Living and dreaming a new city with two wheels

Every year, more than 7 million people die due to air pollution, and more than 2.4 million are killed in Continue reading →

Regeneración espontanea

Tal y como Aristóteles teorizo sobre la generación espontanea determinando que un “principio activo” en la materia puede originar vida Continue reading →

Fostering creative experiences in the city

Learning in the city has to go beyond schools and universities. Cities should built urban fabric and social interactions that make everyday Continue reading →

The bicycle uprising in cities 

Forty years ago, a group of citizens in Bogotá invaded the streets with bicycles. This citizen initiative was the beginning Continue reading →

Creativity is the medicine to move from ideas to action

Today in cities around the world people are mobilizing ideas to foster change. From the “indignados” in Madrid, to the Continue reading →