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Relational Urban Practice

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Trained as an architect and having practiced for five years in renowned architectural offices throughout Europe I soon became frustrated about the lack of a social agenda within the discipline early in my career. On one side I struggled with the fact to serve a specific clientele with the necessary economic background to afford an architect. On the other side I felt trapped within the conventions of the discipline to produce built space rather than lived space. Searching for meaning in the profession I observed how new immigrants produced vibrant urban space by engaging with the public domain after their arrival in Ceuta, Space and mapped how those relational processes transformed the physical environment. I became obsessed with mapping how others produce such a hybrid typology of space between the built and the lived that I refer to as relational urban space. This article will articulate how my fascination of relational urban space produced by citizens informed my practice that generates such space.
Book: Creative Practice Conference
Pages: 63 - 70
ISBN:9789082256802
Publication year:2014
Accessibility:Open