Portfolio
Bouncing forward.(2023) Addressing the meaning of urban resilience in our daily lives, this series of works challenges the misleading idea of fatalism when facing hazards.… Read More »Portfolio
Yky
About
About urban resilience and photography. The ambiguity. Much has been written on the conceptual framing of urban resilience and how to operationalize it, engaging all… Read More »About
Building on vulnerability.
Urban environments are increasingly dynamic, complex, and interconnected. Yet, urban design is too often focused on engineering aiming at balancing economic efficiency with risk management,… Read More »Building on vulnerability.
Desperately looking for …
Ageing trend is seen as challenging disasters risk reduction due to higher vulnerability. Our elders need to cope with fragile health and the covid pandemic… Read More »Desperately looking for …
Home sweet home, they said.
Where is this couple gone? Homeless are not poor having caused their own plight. Homelessness is not a matter of sickness. It questions our “Sense… Read More »Home sweet home, they said.
Hanging over disasters.
There is no disaster without the interpretation from which it originates. From archaic societies with disasters considered as ‘”acts of God” to Rousseau’s letter raising… Read More »Hanging over disasters.
Disasters are not natural.
Beyond semantics and the importance of words, using the expression “natural disasters” leads to place the responsibility of disasters on Nature and by doing so,… Read More »Disasters are not natural.
Bonding bike, a story.
Connections between vulnerability and social capital are expected to provide resources and reinforce solidarity. The way community ties will enable to respond and possibly to… Read More »Bonding bike, a story.
The sky was the limit.
The emotional load linked for ever to September 11th is such that we overlook the threats of our built environment as if we were obsessed… Read More »The sky was the limit.
Non-sense of place.
“The demolishing is a decision of easiness and short term. It is a waste of many things – a waste of energy, a waste of… Read More »Non-sense of place.
