In this lecture, Luisa Bravo, president of City Space Architecture, advocates for that public space in cities is a common good, meant to be open, inclusive and democratic — a right for everybody.
The lecture addresses the following issues:
top-down approach vs bottom-up practices in the contemporary age
architecture/architects and urban design/designers as open-minded tools/actors
the relevance of public space in the urban discourse
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