05/25/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryExploration 3: The Invention of Abandonment and the Rescue of a Neighborhood: A Tiny Glance to Franklin’s Sanitas Building, in Santiago de Chile Gabriel Espinoza Abstract This ethnographic research focuses on the trajectory of abandonment of a factory in the Franklin neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. It establishes a chronology of the post-industrial applications of the building, from informal to formal. Buildings can be understood as the object of processes; despite their immobility, their… read more
05/25/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryExploration 2: Twelfth ride: A Saturday Morning Driving for Uber in Cincinnati Mickey Edwards Abstract This paper examines twelve UberX rides completed over four hours in Cincinnati with the intent of comparing first-person evidence of ridehail travelers to a growing body of quantitative literature. Traveler data are based on observation and casual conversation between the author (driver) and the passenger. A typical… read more
05/25/2021, Filed Under: Lead StoryExploration 1: Missing Middle Math: Making ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Work Jason Syvixay | Sean Bohle Abstract The City of Edmonton’s Missing Middle Infill Design Competition sparked significant local, national, and international interest in the possibilities for the missing middle or medium-density housing design innovation. In their proposals for five parcels of land within a core Edmonton neighborhood, multidisciplinary teams consisting… read more