Strategy for Valletta is ‘shortsighted’ – V18 study
‘It is more about generating investment than helping liveability’ The strategy for Valletta was a “shortsighted view” on the future of the city and was more about generating investment than helping liveability,…
How will science judge Valletta 2018’s legacy?
Art and culture are often deemed to be the realm of the intangible, subject to their audience’s subjectivity. Now, however, a team of researchers have stepped up to challenge this notion. A…
PechaKucha Night Valletta
Dr Antoine Zammit delivered a PechaKucha presentation in Valletta 2 March 2018, arguing about the need to follow the logic of life, space and buildings in order to create truly liveable places…
Valletta’s infrastructural boom has residents wary
The Times of Malta has recently reported some of Studjurban’s observations from the ongoing research on Valletta, assessing community inclusion of Valletta 2018 cultural infrastructural projects from a socio-spatial point of view.…
Living Cities, Liveable Places: Placemaking & Identity
Studjurban, along with Perit Wendy Jo Mifsud and Louise Francis from UCL’s Mapping for Change, organized a workshop at @valletta2018‘s 4th conference ‘Living Cities, Liveable Places: Placemaking & Identity’. Participants were asked…
Planning Today for Tomorrow
Studjurban’s Dr Antoine Zammit delivered a keynote presentation at the Planning Authority’s conference ‘Planning Today for Tomorrow’. Entitled ‘Addressing quality in the built environment’, Antoine raised pertinent issues in relation to design quality and…
Valletta 2018 Research
Title of Research: Assessing the relationship between community inclusion and space, through the impact of Valletta 2018 cultural infrastructure on various community groups Lead Author: Dr Antoine Zammit, PhD Keywords: Involvement, accessibility,…
‘Alive and Liveable: Adaptive reuse in Valletta’ – Valletta Heritage Public Lecture
Dr Antoine Zammit delivered a public lecture entitled ‘Alive and Liveable: Adaptive Reuse in Valletta’ to a packed audience at the Aula Magna, as part of the Valletta Heritage Public Lecture series organised…
Reinventing a Historic City – myliveablecity Magazine Jan-Mar Issue
‘Reinventing a Historic City’ featured studjurban’s Dr Antoine Zammit in the international magazine ‘My Liveable City – The Art and Science of it’, discussing Valletta and its current challenges for reuse. The…
Rock, Paper, City – Patron Magazine
With the pressing issue of whether the renovations are keeping in with the UNESCO Venice Convention principle that ‘the new must be in sympathy with the old’ at hand, Dr Antoine Zammit,…
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