ArchDaily’s Monthly Topic: Equity

Equity. A selection of articles, interviews and projects. [View it in your browser]( MONTHLY TOPIC: "It’s Not Because You Are Limited in Resources That You Should Accept Mediocrity" - Francis Kéré One of the central themes of the 4th edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, "The available city" was equity in our cities, and how nations don’t have the same access to services such as transportation, health, and education. And while cities are addressing the climate crisis by fostering a green transition, their actions are counteracted by an increase in carbon emissions elsewhere. The same is observed in today’s urban fabric, where differences in demographic patterns are observed. Throughout September, we focused on architectural, social, environmental, and urban equity, highlighting how architecture and design can answer the question of whether the world is built for everyone. [SEE MORE »]( Power, Inequity, and Maps: An Urban Analysis The way our world looks like today is a result of centuries and centuries of human migration, of complex natural phenomena that has resulted in the geographic appearance of the world’s continents today. We understand this world through our lived experiences, but we also understand this world through a two-dimensional man-made invention – maps. Maps define the many contested borders of the world and have been used in an oppressive capacity, in particular places, for example, segmenting off sections of a place from marginalised societal groups. [Read More »]( Construction Begins on Focketyn Del Rio's "Porous" Kaserne Cultural Center African architecture has received deserved international attention in the last decade and one of the main responsible for this is, undoubtedly, Diébédo Francis Kéré. Born in Gando, Burkina Faso, Kéré graduated in architecture at the Technische Universität Berlin, in Germany. Today, he maintains branches of his firm, Kéré Architecture, in both countries, through which he seeks to develop works in the "intersection of utopia and pragmatism", exploring the border between Western architecture and local practice. [Read More »]( Are Our Cities Built for the Youth? Cities we live in today have been built on principles designed decades ago, with prospects of ensuring that they are habitable by everyone. Throughout history, cities have been catalysts of economic growth, serving as focal points for businesses and migration. However, in the last decade, particularly during the last couple of years, the world has witnessed drastic reconfigurations in the way societies work, live, and commute. [Read More »]( Equitable Cities Through the Lens of Environmental Neuroscience Environmental neuroscience is an emerging field devoted to studying the impact of social and physical environments on brain processes and behaviour. From the various opportunities for social interaction to noise levels and access to green spaces, the characteristics of the urban environment have important implications for neural mechanisms and brain functioning, thus influencing our physical state. The field paints a different image of how cities impact our health and well-being, thus providing a new, scientific layer of understanding that could help architects, urban planners, and decision-makers create more equitable urban environments. [Read More »]( The Cost of Climate Change: Who is Really Protected by Urban Mitigation Efforts? The impact that the climate crisis has had on the globe over the last decade is a critical influence on how architects and urban planners design future cities. It’s clear that both at an individual and corporate level, it’s important to take action and protect the earth before the negative impacts change our familiar environments forever- and time is running out fast. When it comes to creating ways to save our cities from “the next big one”, whether it be a hurricane, flood, snowstorm, or fire, the way that we design the preventative infrastructure neglects a significant number of people. Climate change doesn’t just impact the wealthiest places in the world, it actually has greater effects on the most impoverished. [Read More »]( ArchDaily’s upcoming monthly topics: -Adaptive Reuse -New Practices -Year in Review If you’d like to submit content related to these themes, send us a [message](. [Submit »]( Follow Us: [ArchDaily Twitter]( [ArchDaily Instagram]( [ArchDaily Pinterest]( [ArchDaily Youtube]( [ArchDaily Facebook]( [Unsubscribe / Update Preferences]( [Privacy Policy]( [Contact us](mailto:support@archdaily.com) [Unsubscribe / Update Preferences]( [Privacy Policy]( [Contact us](mailto:support@archdaily.com) [ArchDaily logo]  © All rights reserved. ArchDaily 2021. Monseñor Carlos Casanueva 237, Providencia, Santiago 7510131, Chile. This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( ArchDaily · Monseñor Carlos Casanueva 0237 · Providencia · Santiago 7520253 · Chile