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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Cultural interlude with Aldo Cibic
Magazine -> #18 Food for the mindThe 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, directed by architect and town planner Richard Burdett*, focuses on the theme of Cities: migration, growth, mobility and sustainable development. As part of the exhibition at the Corderie dell’Arsenale, architect Aldo Cibic will be interpreting the concept of density. Here, il...
continue..Vertical or Horizontal city?
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisThere is a famous story bandied about by the world’s leading historians. They say that, at a certain point in Babylon, part of the city was occupied by invaders and enemies, and the other parts knew nothing about it. In other words, there was no communication between the various parts of the city (...). The problem I’ve been feeling as a maj...
continue..The happy city
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisThe pre-industrial city was one in which classes mingled, where the aristocrats were on one floor, the middle class on another, and the working class on yet another, all in the same building. With the advent of the industrialised society, there was a shift in the functions of each social class. This led to the working class ghettos, upper class ...
continue..City: a history book
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisObviously, the imagination feeds on knowledge. You need to know things before you can imagine them. This is where it comes in handy to read books about that concentrated mass of human history: cities. In Europe, large cities are usually unsuitable, even to accommodate modernity. Even in a metropolis like London or Paris, where large avenues were ...
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