Aesthetics in Contemporary Cities
A special issue of Arts (ISSN 2076-0752).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2025 | Viewed by 3349
Special Issue Editors
Interests: public realm design; spatial composition; pedestrian traffic; participatory planning; cultural influence on spatial management; ICT and new media technologies in urban design and education; interdisciplinary collaboration between architects, urban planners, sociologists, journalists, the environment, and computer specialists
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Interests: urban transformation; planning history; participatory planning and community involvement; planning pedagogy; organizing multimedia exhibitions that address the public and involve planning students so they can build their capacity to communicate
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Interests: methods and metropolitan dimension design strategies; urban sets and landscapes; metropolitan discipline; territorial development; new approaches to mapping; metropolitan landscapes images
Interests: architecture; art; second-order cybernetics; design; philosophy of art and aesthetics; comparative aesthetics; continental philosophy; Chinese philosophy; philosophy of science and technology; design research; inter-disciplinary projects concerned with the ecologies, poetics, technologies, and philosophies of art and architectural design
Interests: urban design in emerging contexts; public participation and co-creation; serious games; geospatial analyses for planning purposes; active mobility; nature-based solutions in cities
Interests: urban design; public spaces; visual interaction analysis of urban spaces; interactions between urban planning and building typology; application of research by design to the study of urbanism; urban productive landscapes; transformation of industrial landscapes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We live in a rapidly changing world. Visual change only reflects the intrinsic process of the social and economic evolution of ideas, philosophies, and fashions, though the latter is what an ordinary observer notices as the first signal of change. So, the space “becomes” the way we “are”. Additionally, and conversely, the aesthetics of the environment in which we live are probably the most unconsciously influential determinant of our wellbeing. Thus, we would like to describe the beauty and grotesqueness of our cities through the eyes of artists, who “can feel more”. We would like to recognize alterations to our sense of beauty from the cityscapes we experience every day. As the cityscape becomes our dominant visual environment, we should focus on all dimensions of urban aesthetics. How does the appearance of the urban environment shape our attitudes towards our society, its heritage, the surrounding nature, and the technology we use?
This issue should remind us that the spiritual aura radiating from the cityscape is no less important than any elation experienced in museums and art galleries. So, do we care about the appearance of our cities? Are they fresh and healthy? Do they deserve cosmeticizing?
Manuscripts submitted to this Special Issue can be theoretical or applied; can be state-of-the-science reviews or individual case studies; and may refer to details or to the cityscape as a whole. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The evolving aesthetics of our living environment;
- The perception of aesthetics among different groups in society;
- The meaning of beauty in an urban context;
- The influence of aesthetics on human wellbeing and behaviors;
- Different philosophical approaches to urban aesthetics;
- Heritage preservation in cityscapes;
- Experiments in shaping the image of the future city.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Maciej Lasocki
Dr. Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr
Dr. Antonella Contin
Dr. Claudia Westermann
Dr. Aura Luciana Istrate
Dr. Álvaro Clua Uceda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscapes of urban spaces
- public realm aesthetics
- aesthetics in the urban context
- street art
- aesthetics perception
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