Strage di alberi nella foresta in Nigeria
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Strage di alberi nella foresta nigeriana

Foreste e elefanti: stragi collegate in Nigeria Mentre in Sudafrica i politici dei Paesi emergenti discutono delle sorti del pianeta, in Nigeria si consumano due stragi collegate: quella delle foreste e quella degli elefanti in […]

Ai margini di Sharm el-Scheikh, il fallimento sul clima
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Ai margini di Sharm el-Scheikh, il fallimento sul clima

Combustibili fossili, obiettivo fallito Com’era ampiamente previsto i rappresentanti di quasi tutti gli Stati del mondo riuniti a Sharm el-Sheikh non sono stati in grado di cogliere l’obiettivo principale del summit, e cioè la riduzione […]

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Sustainability as Durabilité

As we all know, for some years now word ‘sustainability’ has unfortunately become so overused that it is losing its real meaning in relation to architecture and design projects. It has become vital to choose […]

in the color photo you can see two boys ice skating
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Us and Covid

Teenagers   In general, teenagers live not an easy condition; and this becomes extremely difficult in our time of coronavirus. Most contacts, which are of extreme importance in such life’s period, have been put apart: […]

the picture is a cartoon that represent a couple on a bed under a blanket. the woman has a big nose and her feet are out of the blanket, whille the man has beard, moustache and glasses. Around the bed there are several boxes and a cat on a small chair
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To Each Man his own Epiphany, with Irony and Art

Pandemic forced James Wines to move his SITE studio into his apartment, in New York City. With self-irony, and his incomparable sign in drawing, the architect-artist realized this scene in an almost Epiphany’s atmosphere and […]

in the color photo you can see many soldiers' helmets lined up with the typical colors of the military style, and, behind them, the uniforms of the soldiers.
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The rights and globalization

Pacifist theories and politics do not meet in the globalized world.   On December 10th, the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was celebrated all over the world. The signatures of the […]

The picture shows a plate full of meat skewers on a white and blue tablecloth
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Virus and biodiversity

Cattle and contagions Since the world is fighting against the current Covid-19 pandemic, public opinion has become more sensitive to issues that were previously discussed only by experienced researchers in the interaction between humans and […]

you can see a building designed with ink and many trees in front of it
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Thinking of Arch-art, between Past, Pandemic and Post

The coronavirus pandemic’s impact has left the design scene in a state of unique ambivalence, where all of the qualifying rituals for success appear to be in head-on collision with reality. As an artist/architect, dedicated […]

Drawing on a blue base, a rainbow in the upper left corner and two hands that clasp in the upper right corner
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Bomb-man, never approach pupils

If the Covid-19 pandemic spares the children (they are bound to be the least affected all over the globe), nevertheless they are hit by guns, as it has just happened in the city of Kumba, […]

The picture is a photography that represent a huge chimney in the middle of a clear blue sky. the framing of the picture allows us to see a big chunk of the grey asphalt and all its roughness
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Asphalt and the pollution

The world is inundated with a labyrinth of roads, many of which are paved with asphalt. Asphalt roads are the ‘life-line’ of developing economies and infrastructure. But, new research indicates that asphalt might be a […]

in this coloured photo you can see, on the right, a globe, and on the left, a stock chart like an electrocardiogram
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Earthquakes, natural and human causes

The human race causes  50% of all earthquakes. We can thank the coronavirus pandemic for making this fact into headline scientific news. There is the age-old question we all have been asked or thought: “What […]

Costa Rica
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Carbon, the Great Example of Costa Rica

At this moment, while the world discusses global warming, Costa Rica is decarbonising by producing 98% of its’ electricity from renewable sources (such as rivers, wind and solar). It is the result of choices made […]

Incrocio di binari ferroviari
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Covid, globalization, production

In recent months, we have heard several times that Covid-19 is acting as an accelerator of trends, in some cases well underway, in other cases barely evident. But, anyway, only history will say whether they […]

Economy after covid, picture of children sitting on the ground in a poor area of the world
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For Somebody it will not be ok

What about the global economy after covid? There is something terribly demented for the populations of poor countries of the world that are facing famine, in the optimistic signs that read “Everything will be OK” […]