The Silestra Museum Forum is part of an intended strategy to reboot cultural and social life in the city by enhancing neglected historical sites and public spaces with new cultural and social functions. This new connective network makes clever use of the old city fabric, including the park bordering …

Aware of the consequences of their inactive lifestyles, many people still struggle to integrate enough physical activity into their busy lives. Interventions that nudge to reinforce existing active behaviour seem therefore more likely to be effective than those adding an activity to daily routines. To …

Aware of the consequences of their inactive lifestyles, many people still struggle to integrate enough physical activity into their busy lives. Interventions that nudge to reinforce existing active behaviour seem therefore more likely to be effective than those adding an activity to daily routines. To …

“An Echo To Revive” reintroduces the idea of sports in the heart of the city of Varna, Bulgaria by making it an approachable and interesting subject within the public domain of the urban fabric. Positioned in a key location in the City centre, this intervention aims to connect three distinct areas which …

People during this Covid-19 year were forced to spend more time at home due to the lockdown and extreme weather conditions. Before the crisis, people already spent approximately 90 percent of their time indoors and relied on nearby public outdoor spaces for social and physical activities to maintain …

Over my time spent at the Academy, I discovered the value of the public realm in the shaping of cities. With the high pressure on new housing areas, the quality of life in the city is becoming increasingly important, and along with this, the layout and the use of the public domain. Museums and other …

Increasingly, adding trees to the city is a new goal on the urban agenda in order to fight climate change. There is an interesting contrast when looking at the average lifespan of trees in the city: 30 years. The reason is that trees are still being seen from a utilitarian perspective and as urban furniture …

The rehabilitation clinic I designed for severe gaming addicts is conceived as an architectural antidote to the digital world and is based on the principles of social reintegration and physical reconnection. The rehabilitation clinic provides a 12-week programme for 13-25-year-old gaming addicts, …

Green urban parks play an important role in the urban environment nowadays as they are providing a lot of ecosystem service, improve health and well-­‐being of the population and mitigate effect of climate regulation. Therefore a green space is a place that will be loved andused if it is frequented by …

In urban planning, 3D modeling and virtual reality (VR) provide new means for involving citizens in the planning process. For municipal government, it is essential to know how effective these means are, to justify investments. In this study, we present a case of using VR in a municipal process of civic …