Urban Lounge: The Recovery of Social-Spatial Cohesion

Focusing on the renewal, regeneration, and reinvention of spaces in the historic centre of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, this study investigates the impact that public space has on the formation of social unity, based on established practices of behaviour and appropriation. Furthermore, this research was developed within a specific framework for...

Public space not for sale! A public space regeneration strategy, aiming to balance the socio-cultural development and strengthen the identity of the city of Sofia.

The thesis is exploring the relation between 3 main elements, identified within the urban environment of the city of Sofia: the processes resulting from the political change in 1989, the unexploited cultural heritage and the ability of public space to regenerate urbanity. The project exploits the relation between those elements while finding a...

I solemnly pledge to public space - dualities in contemporary public space developments, applied in Brussels' European Quarter.

The european quarter in Brussels has become a monofunctional office district since the rapid development of the European Union in the second half of the twentieth century. Uncontrolled office expansion has led to a district characterised by the monotony of glass closed office blocks, empty streets and large infrastructure. This project is a...