7 principles of building better cities, by Peter Calthorpe
I am preparing a ‘Planning Theory and Governance’ course at USC, and as a warm up for my students I shared this TEDTalk by Peter Calthorpe. Read more…
Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial
On the 22nd February 2011 a large earthquake hit Christchurch (New Zealand). The earthquake took the lives of 185 people and destroyed large parts of the city. Exactly six years later, on the 22 February 2017, the ‘Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial’ was inaugurated. Read more…
Cal Newport on the damages of social media
I am a big fan of Cal Newport since I read his Deep Work book. If you don’t know his work, check out the TED talk below. His message is a powerful one for our overwhelming information times. Read more…
SILVIA TAVARES 