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Political Line

Every Line Drawn is Political

By Andrea BatarseUrban NomadismNo Comments

Every line drawn is political. Whether drawn by a politician or an architect or an urban planner, the line defines the space. It designates certain individuals to inhabit the spaces it…

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September 24, 2020
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City Creatures

City Creatures

By Double HappinessMore in Less, Urban vs RuralOne Comment

The notion of “city life” typically signifies the vitality of human life, but rarely does it evoke the idea of “life” more holistically, as a web of diverse and interdependent…

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September 10, 2020
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Ernest Akayeu

Designing Environments for Loneliness

By Annette AlfaroCollective Housing2 Comments

Loneliness is a problem that we all deal with from time to time. As humans, we have an innate need that makes us crave connections to other people. Mounting research…

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June 24, 2020
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Suburbs, 2012. Image © Ben Tolman

Suburban Lawns: Ecologically Negligent Land Use

By Sara HarpoleReinvention of Suburbia7 Comments

Americana ascribes itself to the lawn. The verdant blades behind the white picket fence. The home beyond with a happy nuclear family inside. The lawn laid out empty over their…

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June 17, 2020
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Beyond the house: rethinking living during COVID-19

By Livia LoureiroThe House is the CityNo Comments

Under the new normal of COVID-19, every relevant subject in humanity needs an updated look. This subject adjustment should either cope or subvert from its previous definitions to be molded…

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June 9, 2020
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Paisaje Sensorial

Multi-sensorial landscapes

By Cristina PalmeseMore in LessOne Comment

In a culture submitted to the power of images, we hardly pay attention to the perceptual complexity of our bodies. Our perceptions are limited by geometry along with discreet and…

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June 3, 2020
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Louisa Bertman

The borders she carries

By Elizabeth Cummins MunozReinvention of SuburbiaNo Comments

It’s Friday evening, just before dinner. The house smells of citrus cleaner and a slow simmering stew. Two women stand on either side of the kitchen island. One leans her…

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May 27, 2020
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Office-less cities

Inhabiting the Facade in Office-less Cities: Recycling Ghost Buildings

By Marta RodriguezCollective Housing4 Comments

American cities are left with ghost buildings due to the new remote work conditions, dizzyingly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left office blocks empty. Downtown areas, landscapes of…

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May 22, 2020
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Collage Operários & Spencer Beebe I

Blue as a New Color for the Brazilian Women

By Paula IsmaelProductive City2 Comments

One of the main aspirations of Habitable.City is to rethink the ways we design, build and experience our cities. It’s possible to achieve this objective by analyzing the present and…

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May 12, 2020
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Literary Cities

Cities and the Literary Imagination

By Rebeca HernandezUrban vs RuralNo Comments

There exists a parallel life to every city, with invented people falling in love, conspiring, dreaming and wandering around the solid pavement of actual streets, parks, avenues and squares. Cities…

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May 9, 2020
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