MONU MAG, Rotterdam (2024)

14/10/2024

MONU #37 ON CONFLICT-DRIVEN URBANISM RELEASED

“To Eradicate Urban Conflict, Eradicate Urban Interaction” as Benjamin van Loon states in his satirical article that is structured as a memo to the members of a fictitious association: the North American Alliance for Gated Communities. Because urbanism is inherently conflict-driven as Eve Blau points out in our interview with her entitled “Conflict as Condition”. According to her, processes of urbanization involve a certain amount of violence and destruction as cities are places of power, representation, and contestation, which she thinks is both positive and negative... continue reading at http://www.monu-magazine.com/issues.htm.

(Cover: Image is part of the Interview with Ai Weiwei on page 109 and courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio. ©Ai Weiwei Studio)

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26/08/2024

NEW? SOCIAL? URBANISM? BY BASTIAN BENTRUP

Throughout the past pandemic years most people would argue that our social life has not only changed, but a new understanding developed of how important our social fabric actually is. Some municipalities realised that our cities need to adapt to be able to foster a socially sustainable environment for city dwellers. A lot of small urban interventions were realised throughout the world, improving the living conditions, parklet by parklet. But is this enough to constitute a "New Social Urbanism"? Is it possible to make the good life accessible to everyone?... read the entire article at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Bastian Bentrup is an Urban Studies student at Bauhaus-University Weimar. His research interests include marginalized groups in the built environment and the impact data-extracting and surveillance-capitalist entities have on cities.

Images:

1. New social urbanism: Outdoor dining, University Place, Manhattan, 2021, photo by Sharon Zukin, from interview "Social by Definition", page 19.
2. Crearqció members Júlia and Pau interviewing Álex, a resident of València, in La Creu del Grau neighborhood. August 2022, photo by Maria Blau, from article "New Rights, New Needs, New Rules" by Nuria Ribas Costa, pages 48-49.
3. Photo by Maxime Matthys, from article "2091: The Ministry of Privacy", page 81.
4. A Timeline of the Hong Kong's Municipal Services Buildings' development, graphic by Ying Zhou, from article "The Municipal Services Buildings of Hong Kong" by Ying Zhou, page 116.

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12/06/2024

DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE LAYERS OF “NEW SOCIAL URBANISM” BY MALEEN RÜTHERS

Reviewing the 36th issue of MONU from a perspective of an Urban Geographer, with a background in Earth- and Environmental Sciences, my attention got caught by an illustration resembling a lithospheric diagram featured in Tatjana Schneider's contribution "Do Nothing for as Long as Possible", … read the entire article at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Maleen Paula Rüthers (she/her) is an urban geographer and a postgraduate at the HU Berlin. She is engaged in studying and working in the field of urbanism, with special attention to regenerative architecture, urban green infrastructure, critical cartography and transdisciplinary formats for collaborative discourse and practice.

Images:

1. The architecture of the modern project relied on extractive and combustive processes to such an extent that fuel has come to dictate form. Shown here as sedimentary layers are the forces that have accelerated the production of CO2 in relation to the production of the built environment. From article “Do Nothing for as Long as Possible” by Tatjana Schneider, page 27.
Illustration: MOULD – Sarah Bovelett, Anthony Powis, Tatjana Schneider, Christina Serifi, Jeremy Till, and Becca Voelcker, “Architecture is Climate,” 2023. Published on e-flux Architecture, commissioned by the Jencks Foundation in the series ‚Chronograms of Architecture‘.
2. The Life Within Buildings: Towards a New Housing Policy by Christoffer Jusélius and Helen Runting, pages 30-31.
3. Sant Llorenç, València. August 2022, Photo by Maria Blau, from article “New Rights, New Needs, New Rules” by Nuria Ribas Costa, page 48.
4. Parkcycle Swarm, Copenhagen 2013, from article “Spatial Reappropriation through Transformative Practices” by Valentina Rizzi, page 54.
5. Post Disaster Rooftops, Taranto 2022, from article “Spatial Reappropriation through Transformative Practices” by Valentina Rizzi, page 52
6. Post-Public Space by Francisco Silva, pages 65- 67.

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12/04/2024

MEDIATING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS IN THE NEW AGE OF URBANISM BY CHIARA CATALINI

[...]

After thoroughly reading MONU #36, it is clear that interviews and essays all agree on the importance of meaningful connections in design thinking. This agreement requires a radical rethinking of social dynamics, emphasizing the need to build emotional bonds that can truly reconnect people on a deep level, creating a genuine sense of 'neighborhood'. This concept is the theme around which the entire discourse revolves... read the entire review of MONU #36 at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Chiara Catalini is a designer and photographer originally from Italy. She moved to the Netherlands to further her education in Product Design with a Master's Degree in Interior Architecture and Research at the Piet Zwart Institute of Rotterdam. Currently, she works independently as a freelancer through her own practice, Chiaramente Studio, specializing in interior and product design as well as photography.

Images:

1. Cover of MONU #36: New Social Urbanism.
2. The beautiful concept of "vulnerability", introduced by Maria Reitano in her article "Vulnerable City", pages 4-5.
3. The photos of Maxime Matthys invite us to reflect on the nature of our interconnectedness and how it is mediated by technology, page 82.
4. Interview with Izaskun Chinchilla by Bernd Upmeyer, page 107.

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15/03/2024

2 WEEKS LEFT TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR MONU #37 - CONFLICT-DRIVEN URBANISM

… to define what "Conflict-driven Urbanism" (http://www.monu-magazine.com/submit.htm) means today, how it appears, and where and how it is most powerful these days, we invite you to submit conflict-driving projects, conflict-solving strategies, visionary theories, creative thinking, historical analysis, future outlooks, powerful images, illuminating photography, and courageous artworks. Abstracts of around 400 words, and images and illustrations in low resolution, should be sent, together with a short biography and a list of publications, as one single pdf-file that is not bigger than 1mb to [email protected] before March 31, 2024. MONU's issue #37 will be published in October 2024.

Image: S.A.C.R.E.D., 2013, Ai Weiwei

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16/02/2024

OPTIMISM ABOUT THE FUTURE OF URBANISM BY NISHI SHAH

Ever since the genesis of city planning, the concept of "social" urbanism has permeated the lexicon of every architect and planner. Yet, the pandemic has thrust "new" urbanism into the limelight, highlighting the sheer mess, fractured deficits, and anti-sociability inherent within spatial design. BOARD's annual journal, MONU - Magazine on Urbanism, Issue #36, accentuates the imperative for a nuanced comprehension of New Social Urbanism... read the entire review of MONU #36 at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Nishi Shah is an alumna of The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design. Currently living in the Netherlands, she is employed as an architect, working as a freelance writer, and serving as a co-curator for VOLUME's biweekly newsletter.

This review was first published on World-Architects on February 13, 2024 (https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/insight/optimism-about-the-future-of-urbanism).

Images:

1. Sociologist Sharon Zukin, in an interview with MONU editor in chief Bernd Upmeyer, is rather pessimistic about whether a “new social urbanism” is rising, p. 13-14.
2. Maxime Matthys's image on the cover of MONU #36: New Social Urbanism captures the emergence of an omnipresent techno-centric urban future.
3. Centre: 'Piggybacking'-showcasing how undercapitalized ventures intertwine with established developments, disrupting the monotony of today's urban planning landscape."The Strange Bedfellows of Contemporary Urbanism" by Brian Holland, p. 92.
4. In the wake of San Francisco's post-pandemic shift into a ghost town, this contribution examines inclusive strategies, aiming to revitalize the city's downtown into a vibrant "social hub." "San Francisco: From 'Ghost Town' to a New Social City?" by Agnes Katharina Müller, p. 98.
5. Architect Izaskun Chinchilla, in another interview with Upmeyer, believes we are heading toward a hybrid situation in which we will socialize both physically and digitally, multiplying the spectrum of the ways of meeting and socializing, p. 101-102.
6. Reimagining our social priorities towards joy and playfulness, this image underscores cities as the true home for the human spirit. "The Opportunity for Joyful Cities' by Paul Kalbfleisch, p. 110.

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11/12/2023

NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MONU #37 - CONFLICT-DRIVEN URBANISM

When recently we initiated a debate on the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on cities that led to MONU's issue #33, we had the hope that the crisis would make people and governments cooperate more strongly with each other and thus enable them to tackle major problems of all sorts making our cities more habitable and affordable than ever… continue reading at http://www.monu-magazine.com/submit.htm.

Image: Study of Perspective, Tiananmen Square, 1998, Ai Weiwei

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16/10/2023

MONU #36 ON NEW SOCIAL URBANISM RELEASED

How is a “New Social Urbanism” possible if the hegemonic Western paradigm of space production revolves around the antisocial principle of the individualization of every aspect of life? asks Maria Reitano in her piece “Vulnerable City”. According to her, long before, during, and after the pandemic, individualization and competitiveness define the (anti)social consistence of the Western neoliberal city… continue reading at http://www.monu-magazine.com/issues.htm.

(Cover: Image is part of Maxime Matthys’ contribution “2091: The Ministry of Privacy” on page 84. ©Maxime Matthys)

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28/07/2023

(BEING) UNFINISHED BY PAULINE WERNER

It never occurred to me to look and question the urban realities surrounding me in their degree of finishedness. Growing up in a city that is constantly reinventing itself on a base of complex and very much opposing histories, there was always some sort of structure, building, or place that consists of, and in most cases thrived of, (being) unfinished. Having Berlin as my 'default' image of a city, unfinishedness is inherent to my understanding of urban realities. As such, I never fully engaged with any deeper or increasingly complex conceptualisations of unfinishedness, beyond the binary it implies and what's visually evident in Berlin's urban landscape… read the entire text at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Pauline Werner recently graduated in Urban Studies and is now studying Heritage & Design at TU Delft. She is interested in contemporary urbanism and the intersection of art, politics, and resistance within the urban environment.

Image 1: Cover of #35
Image 2: Centre: Editorial
Image 3: Table of contents
Image 4: To Be Finished Is to Be Dead - Interview with Mark Wigley, p.4-5
Image 5: The Perks and Quandaries of Coming Undone a Conversation with Akoaki, p. 18-19
Image 6: Unfinishedness, a Practice - Interview with bplus.xyz (Arno Brandlhuber and Olaf Grawert), p. 94-95

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30/05/2023

NEW SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY FOR MONU

As of today MONU is collaborating with the Dutch subscription agency Abonnementenland (https://aboland.nl/en/) that is going to handle the subscriptions and the shipment of MONU Magazine in the years to come. Single copies of MONU and back-issues can be ordered at Abonnementenland too (https://monu.abostore.nl/Catalog).

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11/04/2023

A RESOURCE FOR A YOUNG URBAN DESIGNER, MONU #35 ON THE UNFINISHED BY ARIELLE STEERE

[…]

This issue, through its contributors, is a brilliant exploration of time. The First there is the more obvious, Maarten Willemstein "Hellas": Greek ruins suspended in time, the inclinings of something to be renewed. Tiphaine Abenia discusses the nature of ruins, not as romanticized and embedded in their history but as a possibility for reiteration and growth. This idea of renewal is discussed again by Marco Enia and Flavio Martella right off the bat, equating a city to an organism, something dynamic, alive, always readjusting, which expanded upon with this notion of "intelligent ruins," a wonderful oxymoron from "Unfinishedness, a Practice", the second interview. There is also talk of the "death of the architect", by Wijdane Esseffah, which puts into question the whole status of a definitive author as a work of architecture progresses through time… read the entire review at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Arielle Steere is a 2nd year student at UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Design studying Landscape Architecture. She runs CED's urban design zine: "Oddyard" which does work considering the intersection between youth and temporary installations of urban design and is on the Board of "Room One Thousand", the graduate architectural journal.

Image: The Unfinished City: Approaches for Embracing an Open Urbanism by Nick Dunn and Dan Dubowitz, p. 28-29

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20/03/2023

2 WEEKS LEFT TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR MONU #36 - NEW SOCIAL URBANISM
.. to figure out how a "New Social Urbanism" might manifest itself today and in the future in our cities - we created this new topic (http://www.monu-magazine.com/submit.htm) that will hopefully lead to productive debates on the changes in the social aspects of our cities. Ideally, this new issue will create momentum and movement answering the pressing philosophical question as to how we should live socially in our cities, now and in the future. And since our magazine thrives on debate and on challenging views as well as on exploring alternatives, we want to face this thought-experiment to create new insights into this large, abstract, and complex topic, envisioning a "New Social Urbanism" for the cities of our planet. To join this theoretical challenge, with this new open call for submissions for MONU #36 on "New Social Urbanism" we invite you to submit philosophical thinking, daring writing, imaginative research, mind-opening studies, problem-solving strategies, bold projects, inspiring photography, and provocative graphics. Abstracts of around 400 words, and images and illustrations in low resolution, should be sent, together with a short biography and a list of publications, as one single pdf-file that is not bigger than 1mb to [email protected] before March 31, 2023. MONU's issue #36 will be published in October 2023.

Bernd Upmeyer, Editor-in-Chief

Image: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, 1946, Photo by David E. Scherman

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13/02/2023

DIMENSIONS OF THE INCOMPLETE - A MONU #35 REVIEW BY TATIANA CHARUSHNIKOVA

Unfinished cities and unfinished buildings are something we witness daily in every city people live in: the construction site left abandoned years ago, road and station repairs, and planned masterplans for redeveloping particular areas. We often view these "unfinished" spaces as eyesores, failures, and needing renovation. Governments often demolish these spaces and seek funding to rebuild them with wide public support. Otherwise, we see unfinished as a "failure," a place for crime and abandonment. But is it actually something so damaging to our cities and neighborhoods? Is the concept of a "finished" city a valid one, and if so, what are the dimensions of "finished" and "unfinished" in urbanism and architecture? MONU #35 magazine examines these questions, exploring the relationship between political values, society, and the physical appearance of cities… read the entire review at http://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Images:

1. Unsettled by Isabelle Pateer, p. 50-51
2. Roadside Picnic - Remote Detour around the World’s Unfinished Nuclear Power Plants by Paul Cetnarski, p. 44-45
3. Stranded in Limbo: 25 Unfinished Structures by MARS at PBSA, p. 72-73
4. Incompleteness and Play by Ana Morcillo Pallares, p. 40-41
5. Hellas by Maarten Willemstein, p. 80-81

Tatiana Charushnikova studies Urban Studies and is a part of the Association for Students of Urban Studies (ASTUS) at Leiden University. She is intersted in how governance, design, and urbanism impact and shape our cities. Currently living in the Hague, she is investigating these topics and their interrelation at the University and through various art projects.

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05/12/2022

NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR MONU #36 - NEW SOCIAL URBANISM

Although the French existentialist philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre could have easily worked from his home or from one of the hotels in which he lived most of his life, he famously did most of his writing in cafés. He evidently preferred the social life of coffeehouses despite its drawbacks due to the noise and other distractions.... continue reading at http://www.monu-magazine.com/submit.htm.

Image: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, 1946, Photo by David E. Scherman

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17/10/2022

MONU #35 ON UNFINISHED URBANISM RELEASED

“To Be Finished Is to Be Dead” claims Mark Wigley in our interview with him. Because only an unfinished city is a city that is open to unknown and unpredictable transactions and that is what cities are for. To him, urbanism is only urbanism to the extent that it is unfinished and “Unfinished Urbanism” an urgent call in an age of a pandemic and of predictability, both of which are killing us... continue reading at http://www.monu-magazine.com/issues.htm.

Cover: Image is part of Ana Morcillo Pallares’s contribution “Incompleteness and Play” on page 39. Photograph by Riccardo Dalisi (Courtesy of Archivio Dalisi / Napoli, Italy)

This issue is supported by The Berlage - The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design (https://theberlage.nl/); Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA): Urban Studies MSc (https://www.artun.ee/en/curricula/urban-studies/); KU Leuven’s Master of Human Settlements and Master of Urbanism, Landscape and Planning (https://set.kuleuven.be/icou/education); Rotterdam’s Independent School for the City: Dirty Old Town; Learning From Rotterdam - A Unique 12-week Post Graduate Education Programme (https://www.schoolforthecity.nl/dirtyoldtown2023/); and Incognita’s Architecture Trips: Discover Eastern European Architecture and Urbanism (http://www.incognita.ch/). Find out more about MONU's supporters at http://www.monu-magazine.com/support.htm.