Sensory Maps: Urban Smellscapes

Sensory Maps: Urban Smellscapes

  Smells form part of our knowing, but are elusive, often disappearing before they can be pinned down. Smell perception is an invisible and currently under-presented dataset with strong connections to emotions and memory. Project launched by Kate McLean, who is...
Taksim Topographical Practices

Taksim Topographical Practices

Between 2012 and 2013, students from the University of Tehran conducted various mapping projects aimed at documenting the (un)famous Taksim square with new tools, to generate new perspectives and new visions of this space. The objectives of this program, entitled...
CLUSTER Cairo Mapping initiative

CLUSTER Cairo Mapping initiative

CLUSTER –Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research is an initiative that establishes a space for critical urban discourse seeking to contribute to (and improve) design practice in Cairo. Some of their projects drew our attention for their...