A lot has been written about cities and their ties with people. Lineu Castello’s ‘Rethinking the Meaning of Place’ (Ashgate 2010) is one of the most comprehensive literature reviews of how human beings interact with their built environment I have come across (more of that in a later post). He provides the big picture and […]
Open Cities 8 Opening Across Open cities means more than harmony or cohabitation between ethnic minorities and native majorities. If the public realm provides a conducive physical setting for encounters they can take myriads of forms and reasons. Common ground can bring people together in the public realm across diverse groups, different cultures, ages, lifestyles, […]