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Hans Scharoun's 'dwelling cells' and the autonomy of architecture (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2018). Hans Scharoun's 'dwelling cells' and the autonomy of architecture. Journal of Architecture, 23(7-8), 1104-1142. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2018.1513418

The paper argues that Hans Scharoun’s articulation of the Siedlung Siemensstadt (1929 – 1931) and Charlottenburg Nord (1956 – 1961) exemplify a process of typological reasoning about how to house and group the urban population, hyperarticulating the... Read More about Hans Scharoun's 'dwelling cells' and the autonomy of architecture.

Universities and the City: from islands of knowledge to districts of innovation (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K., & Schulte, C. (2018). Universities and the City: from islands of knowledge to districts of innovation. Journal of Architecture, 23(7-8), 1143-1180. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2018.1514524

We are witnessing a new trend in the design of university buildings and other ‘knowledge typologies’, that is, buildings in which knowledge is produced or disseminated, such as research laboratories or libraries. Increasingly, their design inverts th... Read More about Universities and the City: from islands of knowledge to districts of innovation.

Conversations on type, architecture and urbanism: (from the ‘Architectural Type and the Discourse of Urbanism’ Symposium, Royal College of Art, London, 14th December, 2015) (2018)
Journal Article
Borsi, K., Finney, T., & Philippou, P. (2018). Conversations on type, architecture and urbanism: (from the ‘Architectural Type and the Discourse of Urbanism’ Symposium, Royal College of Art, London, 14th December, 2015). Journal of Architecture, 23(7&8), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2018.1514094

Repercussions of singularity of site authorities in making heritage conservation decisions: evidence from Iraq (2018)
Journal Article
Jasim, M. A., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2018). Repercussions of singularity of site authorities in making heritage conservation decisions: evidence from Iraq. Built Heritage, 2(1),

Different global assertions have recently been made prohibiting the mono approach of decision-makers in formulating heritage conservation policies, due to many unfavourable touristic and political implications. The mono approach has led to exploitati... Read More about Repercussions of singularity of site authorities in making heritage conservation decisions: evidence from Iraq.

Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies? (2017)
Journal Article
Jasim, M., Hanks, L., & Borsi, K. (2017). Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies?

The role of the audience in re-manufacturing built heritage sites and formulating their conservation policies has often been outlawed by the full control of the site authority through its singularity in formulating these policies. Excluding the local... Read More about Do really the audience's views efficiently boost built heritage conservation policies?.

The Berlin Block and the new Bourgeois Dwelling (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Borsi, K. (2017, June). The Berlin Block and the new Bourgeois Dwelling. Paper presented at 70th Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Glasgow, Scotland

The publication of Gustav Assmann’s Plans for Urban Dwellings (Grundrisse für städtische Wohngebäude) in 1862, in conjunction with the Berlin extension plan by James Hobrecht published the same year, signaled the emergence of the Berlin block as the... Read More about The Berlin Block and the new Bourgeois Dwelling.

The role of social network analysis on participation and placemaking (2016)
Journal Article
Alvarez, L., Borsi, K., & Rodrigues, L. T. (2017). The role of social network analysis on participation and placemaking. Sustainable Cities and Society, 28, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2016.06.017

Social networks give structure to our world, are key to building social capital and can form a platform to build-up strength and ability to change; they are, however, often absent from urban studies. In this paper, the authors explored the potential... Read More about The role of social network analysis on participation and placemaking.

Regenerating Liverpool Pier Head waterfront: the role of urban design (2015)
Journal Article
Fageir, M., Porter, N., & Borsi, K. (2015). Regenerating Liverpool Pier Head waterfront: the role of urban design. https://doi.org/10.15340/2148193811851

This paper investigates the processes by which the regeneration of the historical Pier Head waterfront in Liverpool took place during the first decade of the twenty-first century. The research focuses on three key regeneration projects at Pier Head W... Read More about Regenerating Liverpool Pier Head waterfront: the role of urban design.

Drawing the region: Hermann Jansen's vision of Greater Berlin in 1910 (2015)
Journal Article
Borsi, K. (2015). Drawing the region: Hermann Jansen's vision of Greater Berlin in 1910. Journal of Architecture, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2015.1004619

The Greater Berlin Competition of 1910 signals a key transformation in the conception of the city. For the first time, the city was no longer drawn as a continuous bounded urban fabric, but as a set of linked and dispersed urban components distribute... Read More about Drawing the region: Hermann Jansen's vision of Greater Berlin in 1910.