MONU

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MONU
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description semi-annual magazine
Area of ​​Expertise Urbanism , architecture
language English
publishing company Board Publishers (Netherlands)
First edition June 2004
Frequency of publication half-yearly
Sold edition 3,000 copies
Editor-in-chief Bernd Upmeyer
Web link www.monu-magazine.com
ISSN 1860-3211
ZDB 2160694-8

MONU is an English-language, biannual magazine that deals with urban issues. It is published in Rotterdam . The first edition came out in June 2004.

Topics and mission statement

MONU focuses on the city in a broader sense, taking into account its politics , economy , geography , ecology , its social aspects, as well as its physical structure and architecture , areas that are all summarized under the collective term " urbanism ". It describes itself as an independent, nonconformist niche magazine that publishes critical articles, images, concepts and urban theories by architects , urbanists and theorists from around the world on a specific topic.

MONU claims to examine topics from a multitude of perspectives that are important for the future of our cities and urban regions and provides a platform for a comparative analysis. The different points of view, contexts and methods of analysis should enable a discussion of different topics in a rich way. The combination of the texts and projects created in different cultures and by people with different professional backgrounds generate new insights into the complex phenomena associated with cities. Aimed at a highly educated readership, MONU claims to have an audience of many influential architects and urban theorists. The magazine serves as a platform for the exchange of ideas and thereby creates a collective intelligence about urbanism.

What MONU has strived for since its inception is the exploration of all conceivable urban aspects and all things that appear around the city. Since its inception, the magazine has been fascinated by uncovering the hidden political, social and economic truths, formal realities and relationships in cities.

Opinions

MONU is generally critical of the fact that urban spaces often only fulfill the wishes and dreams of an influential minority, and in this context sees the needs of most other people neglected. MONU criticizes the behavior of a financial elite that develops real estate projects in cities only to satisfy their consumption needs.

The magazine also condemns the lack of interest among architects and town planners in dealing with the enormous potential of the existing urban stock and issues such as urban and architectural restoration, monument preservation, renovation, refurbishment, urban renewal or the re-use of old buildings as socially irresponsible and economic and cultural unacceptable.

MONU disapproves of the non-ideological - or rather post-ideological - conditions of our society when it comes to cities and sees a new sincerity necessary in a time that is no longer shaped by a single urban ideology, but by a multitude of possibilities and urban forms.

Contributions

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Edition" . Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Variety of Perspectives" . Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Platform for a comparative analysis" . Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Different professional backgrounds" . Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Collective Intelligence" . Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Hidden Truths" . Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ "MONU is generally critical" . # 12 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Monu condemned" . # 14 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  9. ↑ "MONU frowns" . # 15 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Previous Articles" . Retrieved June 4, 2012.