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MONU #38 ON INCLUSIVE URBANISM RELEASED

When it comes to “Inclusive Urbanism” Clara Greed clarifies that “It Is Not Just About Toilets” in our interview with her. However, according to her, one of the fundamentals of creating inclusive cities is to provide more toilets, especially more accessible toilets. That is why we must never underestimate the importance of the level of toilet provision. Because the public toilet especially, where nature comes into direct contact with culture, is the petri dish for inclusive design... continue reading at http://www.monu-magazine.com/issues.htm.

(Cover: Image is part of Tony Van Le’s contribution “Prelude to Convergence” on page 101. ©Tony Van Le)

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Images and video:

1. Cover of MONU #38
2. It Is Not Just About Toilets - Interview with Clara Greed
3. Wee the People: A Manifesto for the Bladder and Bowel by Jo-Anne Bichard and Gail Ramster
4. Prelude to Convergence by Tony Van Le
5. Journey to the Center by Cristina De Middel
6. The Power to Include and Exclude - Interview with Elke Krasny
7. Is Paris Still Burning? by Marco Addona
8. Flipping the pages of MONU #38, Music: Nirvana - Come as You Are, Video editing: Danae Zachariaki

HOW CONFLICT CAN DRIVE URBANISM BY LUCA BONAZZI

What I appreciated most about this issue of MONU is the idea that conflict, often perceived as a byproduct of urban life, is instead a fundamental driver of urban form and evolution... read the entire review of MONU #37 on "Conflict-driven Urbanism" at https://www.monu-magazine.com/news.htm.

Luca Bonazzi is an Italian architect and academic researcher. He holds a Master of Science in Architecture from the Accademia di Architettura at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI).

Images:

1. Screenshot of a video at Hit Show - Hunting, Individual protection & Target Sports Expo in Vicenza. Image is part of Diambra Mariani's contribution "Don’t Think of an Elephant", page 58, ©Diambra Mariani.
2. "To Eradicate Urban Conflict, Eradicate Urban Interaction" by Benjamin van Loon, MONU #37, page 4.
3. Above: Destruction: a main street in Bucha, Ukraine, photographed on March 1, 2022 during a pause in fighting. Below: Reconstruction: the same Bucha street during roadworks in May 2023. Image by Radio Free Europe. Images from "Conflict as Condition - Interview with Eve Blau by Bernd Upmeyer", page 14.
4. "Migration, Crisis, and City-shaping Forces" by Zoë Ritts, pages 34-35.
5. Location of the 2020 incident at the St. Mark’s square in Zagreb, Croatia, now with fencing. Photo by Danijel Losic. Image is from the article "Who Owns the Public Square?" by Stephanie Newcomb and Danijel Losic, page 79.

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