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 …
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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 …
Theory and Criticism
Theory Book Compilation SEEING The possibility of architecture moving in curious ways not only challenges our perceptions of where precisely boundaries, aesthetics, and materialities are formed, but reveals a condition …