Town Planner with a background in ‘Land Management Engineering’, and ‘Sociology and Development Planning’.
Currently a PhD researcher at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL), researching in urban design, public space, environmental perceptions and sensory geographies.
When visiting the Lloyd’s Building as part of the Open House event I had the opportunity of enjoying an amazing view over London. However, while looking through the glass lifts I couldn’t help thinking of my own research where I try to understand the role of the senses in the perception of public space. As most of [...]
October 24, 2010 – 7:00 pm
When looking into the ‘This is not a Gateway Festival’ (TINAG) home page, in a somewhat confuse profusion of points, I found ‘hidden’ in the 10th line of topics an interesting analysis of some ‘keys to the city’… such important ‘keys’ shouldn’t be so secret.
One of the things that they illustrate (as shown above) is [...]
November 1, 2009 – 2:13 pm
In a yearning for urban modernization some European cities have been promoting processes of urban intervention and forgetting the existing ways of life and of use of those spaces. Processes of participatory democracy have been reduced to simple information/auscultation not allowing any kind of response to the needs of those who live (and sometime always [...]
October 6, 2009 – 11:55 pm
[REMEMBERANCE OF SMELLS PAST. A BBC World Service programme]
“How do smells impact on memories and emotions? Science is unraveling how a whiff of perfume or a newly mown lawn can offer us a free ticket back to our childhood.”
[SOUND ARCHITECTURE, A BBC World Service programme]
“Professor Trevor Cox, science broadcaster and acoustic engineer explores the idea of aural architecture – architecture for your ears.
Now, through new technology and a new way of thinking, acousticians and architects are working together to create spaces that both function better but also look good too.”
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