House of Architecture Humanizing the Future: Making, Meaning, Matter This spring, the Urban Future Lab brought its experimental ethos to Trinity University teaching an advanced course in critical theory and …
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Urban Future Lab will design and build Legacy Park shading structure next to Frost Tower
The Urban Future Lab is collaborating with Weston Urban to design and build a shading structure for Legacy Park directly in front of the Frost Tower in the heart of …
Dr. Antonio Petrov invited to serve on UTSA’s new Community-Based Research, Sustainable Partnerships, & Advocacy Task Force
Urban Future Lab highlighted as a model of experiential learning Dr. Antonio Petrov, Associate Professor in the College of Architecture, Construction and Planning and Founder of the Urban Future Lab, …
Southside San Antonio Pilot Project
SKITTLES: Jinni or Universe in a Pocket Dr. Antonio Petrov The difference between a “problem” and a “mystery” is that we may be able to solve a problem, but the …
New Sacred Geographies: Mapping the Relationships Between Worship and the Environment
We human beings are geographical beings transforming the earth and making it into a home, and that transformed world affects who we are. Our geographical nature shapes our world and …
Water Ontologies
Recovering Water as Narrative in the Making of a City This Urban Future Lab research project with undergraduate students at The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) explored water in …
Hydrogeographies: Mapping Water Ecologies in San Antonio
2015 When the Greek philosopher Thales talked about “water” as the origin of all life, he didn’t just refer to water as the material-origin of life, but for him it …
San Antonio Expander
Microgeographies: Cultural Geographies as Relational Link Between City and Hinterland 2012 In the coming 20 years the larger San Antonio region will undergo major changes. The city aspires to establish …
Masters Project
Jacob Aguilar Living In(dustry): Filling the Voids Created by Industrial Sites Michael Broyles Sovereign Integration: The Integration of Agriculture and the Urban Fabric Roubena de Lama Whole-istic Living: Home as …