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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines social health as: “The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.” The success of this sequence depends on the distribution…
Urban Nomadism was prominent in Japan in 1970s. Due to the sprawl of the metropolitan area of Tokyo, people were unable to return to their suburban homes during the week…