No. 11 – Urban Spaces

Perceiving architecture as a social activity, the way American historian Spiro Kostof defined it, is a recurring topic in discussions and debates. How social is architecture? What sort of social responsibility does architecture have? Where do you set the limits?
The central task during past decades was creating affordable housing in big cities and urban areas; but now architecture is expected to take on even more responsibility.

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Torres Oceano Luanda, Angola, <br>Saraiva + Associados, Lisbon, <br>© Paulo Oliveira

Europan 6, Stadt-land-schafft, Vienna, Austria, PPAG architects, <br>© Roland Krauss

Live’in Aveiro, Portugal, <br>RVDM (Ricardo Vieira de Melo), <br>© RVDM, Cociga