About
Urbanogram: Journal of the Built Environment is a project bringing together architectural theorists and architects from all parts of the world by regularly publishing their texts about historic urban environments in contemporary contexts. The journal’s core object lies in an international author- and readership, thus exploring the field of tension between urbanism and an increasingly globalised world, where cities and urban landscapes epitomise cultural diversity in sheer infinite ways. At this, Urbanogram seeks to assemble academic texts and creative works by authors rooted in their cultures, who are interested in a comprehensive perspective on their respective every-day urban environments.
Urbanogram is a young journal, founded in 2019. Initiated by a cohort of seven alumni after graduating from the Bartlett School of Architecture in the fields of architectural history and historic urban environments, the journal focuses on publishing texts written by young academics. In doing so, the journal cooperates with the Bartlett School of Architecture to provide graduates with the opportunity of publishing their research work. It thus functions as a publication, but also as a platform for international exchange in the field. Due to the fact, that most graduates move back to their home countries after completing their courses, the journal acts as a common denominator, keeping together people, who despite, or even because of their different cultural backgrounds, develop similar sensoria for their built environment.
Editorial
Cassandra Osterman, AIA is a practising architect in the United States, where she specialises in complex architectural challenges in historical contexts. Her core focus includes affordable multi- family housing, adaptive reuse, historic preservation, environmental resilience, community- driven development, and urban campuses.
Architect, Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff Goettel (Pittsburgh, PA) since 2018
Pennsylvania (USA) architectural licence 2019
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
BArch, Carnegie Mellon University 2014
Fanny Ciufo is a practising Italian architect. She has worked in international offices in Rome, London and Rotterdam (MVRDV). Currently, she is based in Paris where she continues her research between theory and practice with a special interest in the urban environment.
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
Italian architectural licence 2017
BArch and MArch Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome 2016
Lavenya Parthasarathy is a practising urban designer working with Alexandra Steed URBAN, based in London. She has a background in architecture, urban environments and adaptive reuse, with interests in exploring the treatment and condition of historic contexts within the urban environments.
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL, 2018
BA (HONS), IDEAs, Ravensbourne University London, 2017
Lei Jiao began her career as an urban designer in 2018. Working at London based practice Alexandra Steed URBAN, she commits herself to framework masterplanning, landscape design and placemaking.
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
MArch, School of Architecture - Huaqiao University 2016
BArch, School of Architecture - Yantai University 2013
Longhua Gu is a practising urban designer and architect, currently working with BENOY at their London studio. Within an 8-year career period, she has been working in Shanghai and London and running projects in the UK, Asia and Middle East, impressed by the contradictory culture mixture, with special interests in historic urban contexts and building interventions. Her design inspirations come from a wide range of mediums such as art, film and literature.
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
MA Architecture, Liverpool University 2012
BArch - China University of Petroleum (East China) 2011
Neha Fatima, PCATP is an entrepreneur and academic, running her own practice in Pakistan under the name of Arcline, she struggles to keep a balance between academia and the practising world of architecture. She specialises in renovation, adaptive-reuse and restoration projects. She is also an active member of ACHS.
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
BArch, National College of Arts, Lahore 2014
Sophie Schrattenecker practises architecture in Austria where she is an active member of planning processes on site from start to finish. Research and travels continuously inspire her written work about contemporary informal architecture embedded in historical contexts.
Architectural licence and member of the Austrian Chamber of Architects, 2022
Lecturer in academic writing, University of Applied Arts, Linz, since 2021
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
MArch, University of Applied Arts, Linz 2017
BArch, University of Applied Arts, Linz 2014
Stefan Gruber is based in Austria where he practises and writes about architecture. His theoretical work deals with topics such as the role of memory in the built environment as well as social and cultural implications of architecture.
Architectural licence and member of the Austrian Chamber of Architects, 2022
Lecturer in academic writing, University of Applied Arts, Linz, since 2021
MA Architectural History, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
MArch, University of Applied Arts, Linz 2017
BArch, University of Applied Arts, Linz 2014
Xin Zheng is based in Shanghai and started her career as an editor of an architectural practice magazine. She involved in successfully organizing the 19th Asian Congress of ARCASIA in 2021, and is working in the editorial team of Architecture Asia magazine based in Tongji University. She has a special interest in the modern architectural history of China, and keeps focusing on the condition of colonial built heritage in China.
MA Architecture and Historic Urban Environments, The Bartlett, UCL 2018
BArch - Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2017
We would like to thank Anita Schrattenecker for rendering assistance in copy editing Urbanogram.
Imprint
Urbanogram: Journal of the Built Environment
Editorial Team
Cassandra Osterman
Fanny Ciufo
Lavenya Parthasarathy
Lei Jiao
Longhua Gu
Neha Fatima
Sophie Schrattenecker
Stefan Gruber
Xin Zheng
Contact
urbanogram-journal@outlook.com
Instagram: urbanogramjournal
Wechat: URBANOGRAM
Issuu: issuu.com/urbanogram
Place of Publication: Linz (Austria) & Paris (France)
Terms & Conditions
version 10/2022
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