Riyadh : Transforming a Desert City Sketchbook and Mirko Zardini

and Mirko Zardini

including Marina Abramovic

the new marketplace of emotions

they elucidate the problems and implications of designing for “public space” and multicultural communities

some pushed along the rope with his foot

Riyadh : Transforming a Desert City Sketchbook and Mirko ZardiniRiyadh has set its sights on becoming a world city befitting the twenty first century. To that end it has embarked on a massive construction drive evidenced in the proliferation of proposals for high end districts, giga developments and elaborate infrastructures. An urban vision seemingly dedicated to attracting global capital. Yet such a narrative can be misleading. A humanization programme, initiated during the tenure of its former mayor Abdulaziz