What influences do physical spaces have on human connections? In 2019 we began a new research project exploring the relationship between urban loneliness and the built environment. Find out about our research in this article 👇
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Not to overshadow the #PritzkerPrize... but the winner of our Sydney student design competition on urban loneliness will be announced this Friday! #FSFloneliness
Best of luck to our teams @Sydney_Arch @UNSWBuiltEnv@UTSArchitecture
Round one of our design competition in Sydney with teams from @Sydney_Arch @UNSWBuiltEnv@UTSArchitecture!
They'll be coming up with fresh built environment solutions to the issue of loneliness in our cities.
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It's a bigger killer than coronavirus, and we can cure it if we want to. So why aren't we talking about this public health crisis? theguardian.com/commentisfre…
New Year's resolution idea for architects:
“We need to unlock our design studios to invite in complementary perspectives if we are to succeed in alleviating loneliness in urban spaces.”
Dr Claire McAndrew @BartlettUCL
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"Localised schemes are important, like high streets that give people shared spaces where they can feel a sense of ownership and interact with small clusters of people. Cities are a relatively new idea, and the scale presents problems."
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