The “Architecture of Revolution” of the Krushevo Monument is a close reading of a time, equilibrium, a space, reality, utopia, powers, and systems. It’s a close reading of hope, courage, …
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 …
On the Edge of Future: Narratives of the Making of a City
As San Antonio celebrates its 300th birthday, the city is sitting (literally and figuratively) “On the Edge of Future.” In the next 25 years, the city expects its population to …
A Sacred Geography of the Collective Self
Characterized by cultural sensibilities and social visions that formed the “mass consciousness of the modern world,”1 the sixties were synonymous with the expansion of existing realities in almost every aspect …
Archeworks Papers: Chicago Expander
Over the last century, Daniel Burnham’s city has experienced unprecedented urban and regional transformations. A glance at history reveals that the sometimes more and sometimes less explicit intersections between dichotomies …
New Geographies 5
Petrov, Antonio. The Mediterranean. New Geographies Vol. 5, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2013. The Mediterranean: Worlds, Regions, Cities, and Architectures The central role of the Mediterranean in the development …
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 …
Antonio Petrov discusses Citizen Jane with producer and Highline founder Robert Hammond
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” — Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities …