Humans are perceptive beings, greatly influenced and impacted by their surroundings. These surroundings are primarily made up of the natural and built environment. Architecture is the built environment that surrounds…
Sandro Galea, Andreas Heinz Psychological Risk and Urbanisation. Cities are usually recognised as laboratories of culture and innovation. They offer proximity, variety and choice. But in Cities and Mental Health,…
Why Do Today’s Cities Require New Urban Thinking? By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Urban space is no longer a passive container of life;…
In today’s world, the growing network and easy accessibility of digital media have transformed how architects engage with theory, precedent, and global practice. YouTube, for instance, has become an informal…
If a city could narrate, what would it say? Would it speak about the beauty of its roads, the skyline of its buildings, the rivers that cross its terrain, or…
The contemporary city is increasingly defined by a critical debate between vertical and horizontal urban growth. While vertically growing cities promise efficiency, density, and reduced land consumption, horizontally growing cities…
The first day at college was a bit uncertain. Even though I had decided to pursue my degree at Addis Ababa University, being in the exact place where I had…
Architecture and intimacy are arguably the most disconnected concepts. Architecture emphasises monumentality, creating structures intended to endure for centuries. It emphasises grand gestures, city skylines, and buildings that make a…
Cities have been the embodiment of the technologies and values present in a given time. The urban form has followed the growth of innovation of human beings, from the ordered…
Traffic is often treated as a surface-level problem. More vehicles on roads, longer waiting times at signals, and crowded junctions are usually answered with flyovers, road widening, or new lanes.…
Multifunctionality in architecture means incorporating a range of functions and user groups, either at the same time or at different times. Multifunctional spaces should encourage more optional activities, which enhance…
When we watch global sporting events, what we often remember are moments: a final goal, a record broken, a stadium erupting in collective sound. What we rarely pause to consider…