MaaS is the evolution of car sharing
Mobility-as-a-Service is a smart way to move around the city efficiently and independently, with positive effects on daily life. As has happened in Birmingham, Alabama
Door-to-door public transportation proposed by Mecanoo
Innovations in public transport will offer an increasing range of choices for getting from door to door, depending on our situation and the purpose of our journey. Arne Lijbers tell us about it.
The New Terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal B, with two island concourses accessed from the main terminal through two pedestrian bridges, reflects the soul and the conformation of the city. A soul that is also highly technological explained by WSP and HOK.
More than 90 stations by 2026: Doha Metro’s growth
The new Doha Metro Network is an urban project designed to create public spaces that enhance the urban experience at pedestrian scale and build new habits for the Doha community. UNStudio, creator of the project, tells us about it.
A new dimension of hope
Editor-in-chief Walter Mariotti dedicates the opening page of the fifth issue of DomusAir to the role of infrastructure in times of crisis such as the one we are experiencing: it enhances the ability of institutions to serve citizens and accelerates respect for the environment.
The world’s largest underground station is an urban green hill
This is the function of West Kowloon Terminus, a high-speed rail station that will connect the city to Beijing, conceived as a 6-hectare park, physically threaded into the urban landscape.
The new San Francisco station has a rooftop park
An elevated park that is actually a multi-modal transit center. Salesforce Transit Center is a transportation hub that transforms urban experiences.
Trees as infrastructure in the new Glasgow plan
A new cloud-based platform launched in Glasgow to help fund, grow and maintain urban forests, as city’s frontline defense against flooding and pollution.
Norman Foster: “Cities are the future towards sustainability”
Grasping the opportunities of UN city diplomacy and architects as ambassadors of sustainability. A dialogue between Norman Foster and Paola Deda.
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The complex geopolitics of the skies
Following the Russian attack, Editorial Director Walter Mariotti analyzes the delicate politics of Ukrainian airspace, closed for the first time since World War II.
USA restarts from the foundations: Biden’s infrastructure plan
It received little coverage in the media, but the infrastructure plan introduced by President Biden will be remembered as a powerful factor in changing the face of the American system.