January 19, 2010 – 1:04 pm
The Bartlett Planning informal talks on places and cultures are back with ‘Galicia: (re)presenting a Spanish regional space’, by Diego García Mejuto, research student at the Bartlett School of Planning.
When: Wednesday 20th January at 4:30pm
Where: Room 5.17b, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB
All welcome
Contact information: Amparo Tarazona Vento, a.vento@ucl.ac.uk
December 14, 2009 – 4:37 pm
This month a new initiative was launched at the Bartlett School of Planning. The ‘Lonely Planner’ series consist of informal talks given by Bartlett Planning PhD students on places they are very familiar with, followed by questions and discussion. The aim of these talks is to learn and discuss about certain places through the speakers’ [...]
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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Aaron was away to Brno, Czech Republic for 6 months to do ethnographic studies for his research. Now he is back and is going to give us a presentation about this. Wednesday 25th March from 1700 to 1800, please find details below. After his presentation we are going to join the special occasion of All-Bartlett [...]