Seeding Urban Transformation

Seeding Urban Transformation explores opportunities to produce urban life afresh in the fraught presents of ecological fragility, social strain and financial inequity. A collection of case studies across disciplines and geographies; critical and creative provocations between the tactical and the systemic, for positive change and urban liveability.

Chris L. Smith is Professor of Architectural Theory in the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning at The University of Sydney, Australia. Suzanne Ewing is Professor of Architectural Criticism in the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA) at The University of Edinburgh, UK. Lily Chi is Associate Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) at Cornell University, USA.