AoU Journal - Here & Now - Summer 2025
Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of the AoU's Here & Now e-journal, exploring this year's Congress theme of healthy urban living
Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of the AoU's Here & Now e-journal, exploring this year's Congress theme of healthy urban living
The Summer issue of Here & Now takes a deep dive into the world of healthy urbanism. Building on the conversation started at the Academy of Urbanism’s Congress in Utrecht, Here & Now explores the theory and practice of healthy urbanism with a series of in-depth articles from Congress’ speakers as well as contributors from the field.
Our issue begins with Ana Gallego unpacking the concept of Healthy Urbanism before Kevin McGeough and Cedric Ryckaert show how it can work in the UK and Europe. Shane Quinn and fellow Directors offer some lessons from Congress, while the Architecture of Exchanges cohort look at links between people, place, and planet.
In the spirit of healthy urbanism, the Young Urbanists embarked on another fantastic cycle trip from Brussels to Ghent - Johanna Gewolker and Ben Meador have shared a report brimming with insights and images for you to peruse.
Throwing to the wider community, this issue features two ArtPlace and two MyPlace features, and Photographer-in-Residence David Kennedy takes the mic for this season’s Member Spotlight
Finally, our resident philosopher Andreas Markides re-examines the Pandora myth, the Urban Idiot returns with some reading recommendations, and Harry Knibb reviews How to Thrive in the Planning Jungle.
As always, if you were inspired to respond to what you read or wanted to submit an idea of your own, please get in touch with Here & Now at [email protected]
We hope you enjoy!
Yours,
The editorial team
The AoU Journal is sponsored by Space Syntax
