Tactical Urbanism
Small-scale interventions and temporary strategies that activate and reshape urban spaces through community engagement and adaptive design.
Toolset for a City's Metabolism
We call for embracing voids within urban tissue, not necessarily meaning these should be neglected in planning but rather open for spontaneity. As a spatial tool we propose a structure that can grow and shrink according to the needs and engagement of its creators - the locals. Constructed out of simple scaffolding elements it is fully reusable.
"Transition In Need, Reconnecting Fragmented Urban Ecology", Domino Effect & Urban Rhythms
Abstract:
Reclaiming Forgotten Urban Edges: An Experimental Approach
This project reimagines fragmented urban edges as connected public space. Developed through experimental research at Kelham Island and applied to Manchester’s Northern Quarter, it proposes a transferable toolkit of interventions to activate inactive urban fragments into continuous inhabitable environments.
This is a strong and well-structured research-driven proposal that thoughtfully reframes neglected urban edges as active social infrastructure. The connection between site analysis, physical experimentation, the spatial toolkit, and its translation from a microsite to an urban-scale application is particularly convincing. The project demonstrates a clear critical position and a good balance between social, spatial, and temporal considerations. Further empirical evidence of the long-term impact of the proposed interventions would strengthen an already compelling proposition. Overall, a thoughtful, relevant, and professionally presented project.
The project addresses a common daily problem encountered in many cities, proposing an effective and well-conceived solution. The project concept is clearly articulated and successfully translated into the drawings and models. Overall, the work demonstrates a high level of clarity, creativity and professionalism in both its academic content and presentation. At the end, I would like to thank you for your hard work and best of luck with your upcoming projects.
Dear Professor Faragallah, thank you very much for your inspiring feedback and recognition. Creating better habitations and active spaces for people within cities is a topic I am deeply passionate about. It was the central focus throughout my master's research and represents a vital future trend. Your recognition of the clarity and professionalism of my project has given me confidence as I continue exploring urban regeneration directions. I truly appreciate your kind encouragement and warm wishes!
Living the unplanned, Informal urbanism & place-making in Karachi.
The research concluded that informal urban activities are not obstacles to city development but essential contributors to Karachi's social and spatial identity. It demonstrated that top-down urban renewal and commercialization often fragment established urban ecologies by displacing informal communities without providing meaningful alternatives. The study advocates for a re-urbanism approach that recognizes and integrates everyday urban practices into future planning.
CYBERPUNK-PUNK: Hacking Downtown Los Angeles
CYBERPUNK-PUNK is a speculative urbanism thesis imagining ten Downtown LA typologies built from the wreckage of a fictional failed startup. Grounded in Harney and Moten's conceptual undercommons, it translates revitalized cyberpunk aesthetics into critical infrastructure—mapping fugitive collectivity against the extractive logics of the neoliberal city.
CUBE(ish)
People are in a rush between their home and workplaces. They sometimes miss the opportunity to pause, look around and feel good. At this point in-between spaces (between home and workplace) in cities draw attention. Our concept is an in-between space which creates an escape point from daily rush.
Customized Instant City Module Operating System: Sustainable Architecture for Adaptive Urban Renewal in Barcelona
A modular urban operating system reimagines Barcelona through adaptive, sustainable architecture that grows with changing city needs.
METROPOLITAN SHELTER
We value the study of the conection with the city and the different levels of the void in wich we are working.
A very sensitive solution that keeps the site universally accessible.
Bend It
The more dense our urban environments become, the more valuable open and natural settings become. This struck me first when reviewing how the adjacent community has appropriated the abandoned train route to commune with nature and neighbors in ways that are informal, organic, creative, and productive.
We value very positvly the awareness of valuing the access to the space, something that we consider very importan in this project.
Overall an excellent response to the brief - very sophisticated yet humble.
Love the concept , love his originality and use of space . Good luck
Rolly
Project with the posibility of the creation of beautiful spaces but maybe because of the lack of development is missing the necessary conection to the city.
Cute idea - needs development
URBAN HAMMOCK
The Urban Hammock is a project of sustainable urban furniture.Both materials and structural solutions meet the highest requirements of the modern design direction of urban spaces. The furniture is versatile and adapted for a wide audience.The project defines a new form of idyllic relaxation in the city, combining elements of a bench, hammock and flower pot.
The post-carbon city
Moving beyond the question of decarbonizing transport, this article investigates the post-carbon transition as a catalyst for reconfiguring urban space. It examines how changing mobility paradigms reshape metropolitan structures, public space, and territorial organization, laying the foundations for a renewed architectural and urban model.
The end of expansionary urban planning
The article shows that the future of urban planning lies in transforming existing spaces rather than expanding cities, in order to address ecological, economic, and territorial challenges.
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A very good proposal. It keeps a perfect balance between preexisting respect and forward-thinking. the authors made a powerful analysis of the metabolism of the Eixample district nowadays. It assumes the goals of the competition (increasing density, for example) in a realistic way, feasable and equilibrate. there is also an interesting reflecction on how to "fulfill" the street spaces once the cars disappear. the proposal is very well explained, very clear and seductive. the drawings explain very well the concept, the ideas and the implementations, with nice axonometries.
A deep analysis and great infographics. Proposal respectful with the existing. I would only add that having a good synthesis capacity is important to transmit the clarest ideas... sometimes it was too complex to understand. Also, I would have appreciated seeing a more visual (more realistic perharps) photography of the impact of the proposal in the city.
What we talk about when we talk about Architecture? Do we talk about innovation, social behavior, nature, growth, time, change, sustainability, weather, citizenship, atmosphere, water, adaptability, welfare, environment…?. This project….yes.
Instant City: A Modular Architecture Approach to Mobile Urban Culture
A modular architecture system that transforms cities into dynamic cultural hubs through mobile infrastructure, participatory urbanism, and adaptive public spaces.
The Empty Space: Reimagining Urban Performance Through Modular Architecture
A modular architecture system transforming urban streets into adaptable performance spaces, merging street art, theater, and public life.
An urban social network
Our proposal implies a way to design the city thinking of all population segments, from little kids that start to discover their neighborhood to senior citizens that hardly go out anymore because their needs have changed. We designed a m
An urban social
Our proposal implies a way to design the city thinking of all population segments, from little kids that start to discover their neighborhood to senior citizens that hardly go out anymore because their needs have changed. We designed a main collective adaptable space for different programs accompanied by a series of niche public spaces within housing blocks.
Respectul proposal. Missing a more radical and visionary approach. I wonder if I may have understood the project better with more drawings and pictures.
The idea of increasing occupant connectivity to the natural environment, thanks to a system of interconnected people or things, is the cue. Exchange information, contacts, and experience for healthy purposes needs a dynamic structure. If we think this way, from scratch, we will learn that architecture is related to innovation and sustainability. The transformation of the historical city in the last century as a leisure space has to be replaced in the contemporary cities as a productive and connective cultural and natural space. The cities need to be thought as a dynamic structure where time is the matter to design new intelligent realities.
Linked Freedom
The Nomad word promises movement. A movement that conveys the dynamics of a set of behaviors. The concept of gesture is the main idea of the formation of this project. It has been used in different ways in the main parts of the design. The design of a tower that rises from the ground & residential modules
A thoughtful and socially engaged urban thesis that recognizes informal activity as an asset rather than a problem. Further architectural and implementation development could make the connective strategy even more powerful.
Thanks alot sir, glad you noticed and yes I agree that further tweakings can strengthen the connective path.
Amazing 👏
GREAT WORK 👍