Critical Care. Architecture and Urbanism for a Broken Planet – Elke Krasny – January, 18th, 10am.

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

In medical terms critical care, also known as intensive care, is a specialized branch of medicine dedicated to diagnosing and treating life-threatening conditions. For this lecture, this term is borrowed to address the planet’s life-threatening condition. Throughout the twenty-first century the condition of the planet has made headlines. The news is not good. The diagnosis is bleak. We have come …

Cities in Conflict: Urban Space and Violence, 17 June 2019

Jacopo Turini EVENTS, SPATIAL HUMANITIES

An international, interdisciplinary conference on the theme of conflict in urban space. Speakers approach the theme from a number of fields, including urban planning, literature, film, music, sociology, among other areas. What happens to the urban fabric when conflict occurs? How does the built environment reflect, work against, or attempt to contain conflict? How are war and conflict in urban …