Recognizing how stories connect us with the built environment is a critical component in understanding how our socio-cultural identities are contextualized. In this paper, narrative is proposed as a conceptual link between wide-ranging typologies of contemporary urban design and planning...

Temporary urbanism is attracting worldwide attention and has been praised for its capacity to transform socio-political and physical spaces, while at the same time it has been criticized for its tacit instrumentality as vehicle for the progressive gentrification of the urban environment. A...

The Boston Greenway is an imposing urban regeneration programme in the centre of Boston, which is now free from the heavy road infrastucture of the early 1960s, and is considered against the backdrop of the planning system in the US. The paper focuses on the regulatory framework set forth by the...

The choice of the grid as a support for urban form composition is a strategy that has been applied in many situations throughout the world. Similarly, the meanings assigned to these orthogonal urban plans have featured distinct and often conflicting positions. This article explores the creative...