April has been a very busy month. I spent a couple of weeks in Buenos Aires and Santiago, where I gave a couple of lectures and presentations, I met some really interesting new people and reunited with old colleagues and mentors.
I gave the lecture: Belfast Encadenada: Autopistas, disturbios y suburbios en Santiago y Buenos Aires.
In Buenos Aires I presented it in the Instituto de Arte Americano within Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo of Universidad de Buenos Aires. Thanks to Mario Sabugo and the Institute for the invitation and to all the audience for a very lively discussion about the politics of urban renewal.
To see the presentation please got to the youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKMI-m8cQkg

In Santiago, I presented the paper at Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Many thanks to the dean Pepe Rosas for the invitation and to Macarena Ibarra for facilitating the meetings with the doctorate programme of architecture and urban studies. Many thanks to the audience for raising new issues about conservation and motorways in a broader perspective.

Walking the city session aiarg2016

Many thanks to aiarg2016 for organising a great conference in Cork and to the speakers for their very interesting contributions to the session.
Adam d'Arcy, Kate Buckley, Tony Duggan and Mairtin D'Alton we will keep in touch!
Thanks Miriam Fitzpatrick for one more successful collaboration.

http://aiarg2016conference.com

AIARG 2016 Session 7 - Walking the city: Streets vs Motorways

A series of very good abstracts were sent to the session, but only 4 papers could be accepted. Thanks to all those who submitted their proposals and congratulations to Adam D'Arcy, Tony Duggan, Máirtín D’Alton and Kate Buckley. 

Looking forward to seeing you in Cork in January.

www.aiarg2016conference.com/

Motorways removed

This is worth a share. Increasing numbers of cities accross the world rethinking public space through the demolition of motorways. Ideas for Belfast?

http://gizmodo.com/6-freeway-demolitions-that-changed-their-cities-forever-1548314937