(In)Accessible Passages: Inclusive Strategies for Post-Railway Mobility Spaces in Small Towns
In many small towns in northeastern Poland, the closure of railways has contributed to the neglect of public spaces, particularly those related to residents mobility. Former railway stations – o…
Ancona station to be
In the context of climate change affecting Europe, the Adriatic coast represents an interesting case study due to its continuous urbanization. One of the most pressing issues is the relocation of the …
From Idle to Connected
In İzmir, cultural life remains heavily concentrated in the city centre and along the coastline, despite dispersed yet underused civic spaces and an expanding mobility network. Many industrial heritag…
Mobility and the CityScape
The widespread poor quality of living that characterizes many cities and urbanization today is often closely linked to what lies outside the domestic space. On the one hand, the lack of common sp…
Mobility as Spatial Agency
“Mobility” as a conventional concept typically refers to transportation systems and infrastructure. Instead, in this research, it is granted a new perspective: mobility is approached as a form of spat…
On speed and resonance
Today, speed is no longer merely a spatio-temporal metric: it has become a dominant cultural imaginary, a social device that deeply shapes our perception of the world. In the field of mobility, speed …
Railway Infrastructure [liminal]scape
Interface between the infrastructure and the territories it crosses, the railway edge is a physical border that assumes a role in their architectural and spatial definition. Its longitudinal dimension…
Shared Streetscapes: Rethinking the Street through Ground Design
Paraphrasing the thought of Allan B. Jacobs (1993), it is possible to say that the street is the framework that shapes urban experience and architecture. Indeed, streets have always played a primary r…
Streets / Oases
“It simply never occurs to us to make streets into oases rather than deserts.”1 What if we think of the streets of our cities as places of wellness rather than vehicular tubes?What if we describe them…
Transport station, market and urban vitality
The intersection between the field of urban mobility and the disciplines of architecture and urbanism has recently been expanded, with a deepening understanding of the impacts of mobility and infrastr…