Cities will endure, but urban design must adapt to coronavirus risks and fears
Silvia Tavares, Author provided
Silvia Tavares, University of the Sunshine Coast and Nicholas Stevens, University of the Sunshine Coast
The long-term impacts of coronavirus on our cities are difficult to predict, but one thing is certain: cities won’t die. Diseases have been hugely influential in shaping our cities, history shows. Cities represent continuity regardless of crises – they endure, adapt and grow. Read more…
Sensing Cities: Smart Thermal Comfort for Climate Adaptation
Quite unexpectedly, last week I was interviewed by Channel 7 (Cairns) and WINNEWS. The interviews aired on the 26th November. Read more…
JCU postgraduate scholarships
Applications for postgraduate research scholarships at James Cook University are now open and I’d love to hear from candidates interested in urban design, planning, urban microclimates, sensing cities, climate responsive urban design, architecture design and performance and any related topics.
Urban Planning & Design for the Sustainable Development Goals
Dr Taha Chaiechi and I are delivering a presentation this Thursday (29th August) about the JCU Urban Thinkers Campus and their related topics. Read more…
TUDLab Opening Day – 20th October 2017
This is a very exciting week at JCU. A week where our Tropical Urbanism and Design Lab (TUDLab) will come to life. Read more…
Joining James Cook University as a Lecturer in Urban Design
I am very proud to share some recent good news: On 30 January 2017 I will join James Cook University as a Lecturer in Urban Design. James Cook is Australia’s leading tropical research university, with campuses in Townsville, Cairns and Singapore. Read more…
Turning up the heat on climate change strategies
Lincoln University has recently published a media release about a project that is bringing a New Zealand perspective to an international study on how urban planners and designers are dealing with the threat of climate change. Read more…
News: PhD Thesis available
In the past four years I have been talking to many different people and in many different places about the research I was doing, the questions I was pursuing, the fieldwork, the challenges… So many things. Read more…
Post-PhD life: Short-term visiting researcher position in the opposite side of the world
In August last year, I applied for a visiting researcher position in the ILS – Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung (or in English: Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development). Read more…
Four seasons in one day: creating a liveable city through microclimate design
This article (without the images) was originally published at the Lincoln University news website.
Comfortable, pleasant and lively city streets attract people, and people mean better business. If the rebuilt Central City is to attract people, then architects and urban designers must consider how to make the streets and spaces not only ‘pedestrian-friendly’ but also ‘microclimate-friendly’. Read more…
14 months later… This blog is changing its domain
When this blog was created, over a year ago, it was a sort of test. I always liked the virtual life – actually my interest started in 1995, a long time ago! As I have written earlier here, I had a ‘personal’ blog for a few years, which used to be written in my mother language: Portuguese. That was the start. Read more…
Twitter for Academics Workshop
Today Lincoln University (@LincolnUniNZ) is running a workshop for academics that will discuss what Twitter is, why it’s important and how to tweet. Read more…
Coming up lecture in Brazil: “Conforto urbano e o projeto da paisagem: o exemplo de Christchurch (Nova Zelândia)”
Happy New Year! After an unplanned break, the blog is back! Read more…
The new “translate” tool
When I decided to write this blog I had all the ideas described in the first post, including bi-lingual publications. I have to confess that the very idea of bi-lingual publications was what stopped me writing here for the past five months. It is a ‘big-enough’ challenge to write in English being English my second language, and having to write everything twice was just too much. Read more…
