Earlier today, the Oceania Urban Morphology Network (OUMN) held the 2024 Urban Morphology Symposium. Hosted by the School of Design and the Built Environment at Curtin University, Western Australia, this half-day event, sponsored by the Perth Urban Research Lab (PURL), provided a platform for delving into the future of urban form. In alignment with the … Continue reading
Work by Rachel Gallagher, Dr Thomas Sigler and Associate Professor Yan Liu has been published in two international journals. Ad hoc redevelopment in inner Brisbane In a recent paper published in Urban Geography we analyse the influence of the underlying urban frame – being the structure of streets and property parcels –on the urban form. … Continue reading
The fourth paper in the series is out! This paper documents Shanghai’s morphological transformations during the five ‘classic’ periods in modern Chinese urban history and theory: (a) pre-1911, the period leading to the demise of Imperialism; (b) 1912-1948, the pre-communist Republic of China established though the Xinhai Revolution; (c) 1949-1978, People’s Republic of China under … Continue reading