Architectural Democracy with the Latvian Urban Institute
On Saturday 18th May 2019, from 12:00-17:00 PM, I lectured on Architectural Democracy at the “Encouraging Participatory Activities by Artistic & Innovative Public Practices” at the small, but cozy Third Space Gallery in the heart of Helsinki, Finland.
Architectural Democracy in West Africa
The design of our cities is deeply diverse and political and ought to come from a multiple source of grass-roots solutions. Solutions ar
Finnish National TV refuses videos of candidates in English
“I am the only candidate with an English-only candidacy in Helsinki. Yle just informed us politely, that they are removing our campaign
Engaging a true Finn into Direct Democracy
There are several conditions at play why this happened: the ability to discuss contrasting ideas in a constructive manner, patience and
Why is a Portuguese Anarcho-syndicalist running for the City Council of Helsinki?
Pedro Aibéo, an outspoken anarcho-syndicalist is now a political candidate in
For Direct Democracy and an end to political careerism
For Direct Democracy and end to the political careerism
A talk on Architectural Democracy at Coimbra’s University
A talk on “Architectural Democracy: How to use architecture and digital procedures to improve the political process” was held last…
A reminder of the lefties’ arrogance
One year ago we were celebrating in Palestina, Ramallah, the results of the Greek referendum against the austerity measures of
on ARCHITECTURAL DEMOCRACY
Architecture and Democracy are trendy, overused and misused terms of disputed meaning and origin (1). Paradoxically, mixing these two…
What? Austerity in Finland?
Last Saturday the 22nd, around 10.000 citizens went down to the streets of Helsinki to protest against the governmental