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Landsberg: The kingfisher mural by VIDEO.SCKRE

by Vincent Gohlich | 17. March 2024 | Bavaria, Continents, Europe, Germany, Landsberg am Lech, The city-human relationship, Urban culture | 0 Comments

The artist duo VIDEO.SCKRE dropped by this small Bavarian town and created an incredible mural. We asked them some questions!

Urban development: 5 utopian cities of the future

by Vincent Gohlich | 9. September 2023 | Africa, Asia, Continents, Europe, Japan, The city-human relationship, Urbanism | 0 Comments

What does modern urban planning look like? Discover 5 utopian building projects and their approaches to the city of tomorrow…

Urbanism: What is urban resilience?

by Vincent Gohlich | 11. May 2023 | Africa, Asia, Continents, Europe, North America, The city-human relationship, Urbanism | 0 Comments

What is urban resilience, and why does it matter for building the cities of tomorrow?

Understanding the relationship of humans to cities

Paris: The wrapped Arc de Triomphe by Christo

by Vincent Gohlich | Mar 11, 2023 | Continents, Europe, France, Grand Paris, Ile de France, Paris, The city-human relationship, Urban culture

The famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris got wrapped in 2021 by a posthumous project of Christo. Discover more

RIP: these streetart and graffiti artists passed away in 2022

by Vincent Göhlich | Feb 8, 2023 | Berlin, Continents, Europe, France, Germany, Grand Paris, Ile de France, London, Montreuil, North America, Paris, Saint Denis, Seine Saint-Denis, The city-human relationship, United Kingdom, Urban culture, USA

Discover the urban artist who passed away in 2022 and discover more about their graffiti and streetart.

Design and the right to the city: iconography of public transport

by sofia villarreal | Mar 3, 2021 | Continents, Europe, The city-human relationship, The political city, USA

The design of public transport and the right to the city are deeply connected. Discover more…

Decrypting urbanism

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RV-ing in a risk zone

by Sofia Villarreal | Apr 19, 2023

Nancy is a Canadian who lives in a Recreational Vehicle (RV) in Baja California Sur (Mexico). There, she makes ornaments with seashells that she has...

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Urbanism is a way of life

by sofia villarreal | May 7, 2020

It is impossible to study the city from a single perspective; the contribution of several disciplines is necessary to arrive at an understanding of...

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Solutions for the urban water crisis

by sofia villarreal | Jan 9, 2020

Water stress is a global phenomenon and affects cities in Europe as well as in Asia, Africa or America. According to the UN, more than 3 billion...

When cities get hot: Urban Heat Islands

Duisburg: Autonomous inland waterway vessels?

Urbanism: What is urban resilience?

Munich: Did the time come for an urban & creative quarter?

by Vincent Gohlich | May 29, 2019 | Continents, Europe, Germany, Munich, The city-human relationship, Urbanism

Munich seeks new architecture. Munich wants to be creative.
And… Munich has a housing shortage. Is there a light in sight?

Duisburg: Autonomous inland waterway vessels?

by Anna Müller | Jan 30, 2019 | Continents, Europe, Germany, The city-human relationship, Urbanism

According to the results of a feasibility study conducted by the Duisburg Development Center for Ship Technology and Transport Systems, there will be autonomous inland waterway vessels in 15 years’ time. Is it a contribution to solving transport and environmental problems?

Saint Denis: JP Morgan invests in the Seine Saint-Denis

by Vincent Gohlich | Jan 21, 2019 | Continents, Europe, France, Grand Paris, Ile de France, Saint Denis, Seine Saint-Denis, The city-human relationship, Urbanism

Within the framework of the “Advancing Cities” initiative by the American bank JP Morgan, more than 27 million euros are expected to be invested in the greater Paris area over the next five years. The banlieue Seine-Saint-Denis (93) will receive most of the benefits.

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The relationship between the human and the urban studies the link between the inhabitants of a place, the production of space and its appropriation. Urbanauth thus brings together the study of cities in their physical mass and as a field of sociological research.

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RIP: these streetart and graffiti artists passed away in 2022

by Vincent Göhlich | Feb 8, 2023

Rest in Peace. Urbanauth presents you in this article the streetartist and graffiti artists who passed away in 2022. A retrospective of the urban...

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The literary beauty of graffiti

by karl muhlbach | Dec 11, 2019

Is it art or is it trash? We all know them, we all see them. In almost every city you can see walls, facades, bus stops or street signs painted with...

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Paris: Mit PTK wird das Haus besetzt

by Vincent Gohlich | Dec 10, 2019

PTK und sein Background-Rapper Tayler zum ersten Mal in Paris Von Berlin nach Paris: Am 15.11.2019 (Freitag) sowie den 16.11.2019 (Samstag) hat...

Landsberg: The kingfisher mural by VIDEO.SCKRE

by Vincent Gohlich | 17. March 2024 | Bavaria, Continents, Europe, Germany, Landsberg am Lech, The city-human relationship, Urban culture | 0 Comments

Germany / Bavaria. In June 2023, the artist duo VIDEO.SCKRE from Munich/Linz designed an enormous house façade in the tranquil Bavarian town of...

Munich: The museum Neue Pinakothek closes its doors until 2027

by Vincent Gohlich | 21. January 2019 | Bavaria, Continents, Europe, Germany, Munich, The city-human relationship, Urban culture, Urbanism | 0 Comments

The new Pinakothek in Munich, an emblematic cultural institution of the southern German state capital, closed its doors at the beginning of the...

The literary beauty of graffiti

by karl muhlbach | 11. December 2019 | Berlin, Continents, Europe, Germany, Italy, Rome, The city-human relationship, Urban culture | 0 Comments

Is it art or is it trash? We all know them, we all see them. In almost every city you can see walls, facades, bus stops or street signs painted with...

Paris: The wrapped Arc de Triomphe by Christo

by Vincent Gohlich | Mar 11, 2023 | Continents, Europe, France, Grand Paris, Ile de France, Paris, The city-human relationship, Urban culture

The famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris got wrapped in 2021 by a posthumous project of Christo. Discover more

RIP: these streetart and graffiti artists passed away in 2022

by Vincent Göhlich | Feb 8, 2023 | Berlin, Continents, Europe, France, Germany, Grand Paris, Ile de France, London, Montreuil, North America, Paris, Saint Denis, Seine Saint-Denis, The city-human relationship, United Kingdom, Urban culture, USA

Discover the urban artist who passed away in 2022 and discover more about their graffiti and streetart.

Design and the right to the city: iconography of public transport

by sofia villarreal | Mar 3, 2021 | Continents, Europe, The city-human relationship, The political city, USA

The design of public transport and the right to the city are deeply connected. Discover more…

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Urbanism: What is urban resilience?

by Vincent Gohlich | May 11, 2023 | Africa, Asia, Continents, Europe, North America, The city-human relationship, Urbanism

What is urban resilience, and why does it matter for building the cities of tomorrow?

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RV-ing in a risk zone

by Sofia Villarreal | Apr 19, 2023 | Continents, Latin America, Mexico, The city-human relationship, Urbanism

Recreational Vehicles are a very popular mode of transport among foreign tourists in Baja (MX). However, some are settling on risk zones.

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Marseille: Housing collapse claims eight lives

by Anna Müller | Jan 30, 2019 | Continents, Europe, France, Marseille, The city-human relationship, The political city

The dilapidation takes its toll: on 5 November 2018, two houses in the Noailles district of Marseille collapsed, costing the lives of eight residents.

Paris: Is it too expensive – are you too poor

by Vincent Gohlich | Feb 8, 2019 | Continents, Europe, France, Grand Paris, Paris, The city-human relationship, The political city

Paris – the city with the highest standard of living in France is becoming more and more homogeneous, entraining as well consequences for the suburbs…

Marseille: Housing collapse claims eight lives

by Anna Müller | Jan 30, 2019 | Continents, Europe, France, Marseille, The city-human relationship, The political city

The dilapidation takes its toll: on 5 November 2018, two houses in the Noailles district of Marseille collapsed, costing the lives of eight residents.

Paris: NGOs blaming over-proportional use of Flashballs and Dispersions-Grenades

by Vincent Gohlich | Jan 26, 2019 | Continents, Europe, France, Grand Paris, Ile de France, Paris, The city-human relationship, The political city

In France, calls are becoming louder to ban the use of flashballs and GLIF4 grenades by police officers. Among other things because they lead to serious injuries if used incorrectly. The LDH published its press release.