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You shall be urban
April 18, 2008The definition of an urban population varies widely from country to country. Of the 228 countries for which the United Nations compiles data, roughly half use administrative considerations, 51 distinguish urban populations based on the size or density, 39 rely on functional characteristics, 22 have no definition of ‘urban’...
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Opus Dei
April 18, 2008Religion and politics have always been dangerous bedfellows. As far apart as the EU and US seem to be in terms geo-politics, there is one common thread in their political agendas: the secularisation of Islamic countries.
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The Triumph of Cheapness
April 18, 2008A revolution is taking place in Europe: The European society is re-formatting itself at an unprecedented speed, aiming to become a cultural community. It is a unification process by means of consumerism where the inescapable allurement of cheapness of products grasps the masses of the European population and is leading...
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AdiAudiAldi
April 18, 2008This essay about the three essential periods of European modernity, with Germany as its case study, should contribute to a better understanding of spatial transformation and planning in Europe. Germany is Europe under a magnifying glass; all triumphs and disasters the continent went through in the last century happened to...
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European Central Park
April 18, 2008Today, 82 % of EU Europe is urbanized, which means that 364 million of the 455 million people in the EU live in urban areas. Europe is a city, or better yet: Europe is a modern city with a functional structure.
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(M)Ade in Germany
April 18, 2008This article is largely based on my own experience as neighbour. Being grown up in the Austrian alps and confronted with guests form all over Europe there was one group that dominated the scene and therefore my youth, "the Germans".
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The Beginning of Nothing & The End of Everything
April 18, 2008The North of the Netherlands is seen different to the rest. While the center is clearly defined as Randstad, North Netherlands (NN = Nomen Nescio) has even a mistakable name with North Holland, a part of the Randstad; while the rest of the Netherlands is loaded with international meaning highly...
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The Hague International
April 18, 2008‘The Hague International’ is a proposal for a long term, integral planning process which includes ideas about an international zone as well as all of The Hague’s inhabitants and businesses. It shows a city that could become the first exclusively international area where all nationalities are equally welcomed and regarded...
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Inside Phoenix
April 15, 2008The rediscovery of the contemporary American City.Phoenix is an ideal city, which is celebrated by the grid. Every part in a grid has the ability to be equally important and there is, in its very beginning, no defined hierarchy.