Brief Description:
This article discusses how urban commons provide an alternative to capitalist urbanization, focusing on Professor Stefan Gruber’s work with the Atlas of Commoning. It explores the role of architecture and urban design in fostering just, regenerative, and self-determined communities and how urban commons can challenge capitalist frameworks.
Article Title:
An Atlas for Urban Commons of the World
Author Name:
David Bollier
Source/Publication:
David Bollier’s blog
Language:
English
Excerpt:
Gruber said he’s long been intrigued by the notion that we shape our buildings, and they in turn shape us. The question becomes: who is shaping our cities? Is it the privileged class, or can architecture renegotiate social relationships and democratize city planning?
There’s also an accompanying podcast: https://david-bollier.simplecast.com/episodes/stefan-grubers-global-portfolio-of-urban-commons
Link:
To read more, visit: https://www.bollier.org/blog/atlas-urban-commons-world
Access:
Open-access
Author Bio:
David Bollier is an author, activist, and Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. He has written extensively on the commons, co-founded the Commons Strategies Group, and is a prominent international speaker on economics, politics, and culture.
Stefan Gruber is a professor of architecture and urbanism at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in commons-based urban design and participatory city planning.