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Mirko Guaralda (Ph.D., MHEd, DArch) is an academic with more than 18 years of experience and he is internationally recognised for his innovative work in the field of urban design, addressing in particular the novel concept of people-place interaction, enquiring into the complex issues of place quality and community engagement. Currently, Mirko is Associate Professor in Architecture at the Queensland University of Technology; he was researcher at the United States Study Centre of Sydney (USSC) in 2012 with a study on the relationship between urban form and social behaviour. From August to December 2017 he has been visiting professor at the Thammasat University of Bangkok, Thailand, and engaged in the teaching and research activities of this institution. In 2018 and 2019, he has been engaged also in research and teaching at the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology (China).
His background includes experience in architectural design, landscape architecture and urban design. Mirko has been working on cities and public space systems since 1999, and his research has addressed unstructured uses of public spaces, urban hacking, meanings and semiotics of urban structures, heritage conservation and new developments, community participation and agency. Since 2001 Mirko has been involved in research projects in Australia, Indonesia, China, and Thailand, as well as consultancies for government and industry partners. He has received over $700,000.00 in funding for his work on cities and communities and is currently a Research Associate with the QUT Design Lab. Since 2016, Mirko Has been collaborating with UN-Habitat promoting people-centred design, delivering workshops and training events based on placemaking and community engagement. Before joining academia full time, Mirko worked in industry and local government; he has been involved in a wide range of projects at different scales, from small dwellings and gardens, to new estates and urban strategic planning.
At the moment Mirko is developing research projects in the following fields:
•Urban Morphology and sense of Place
•Urban Hacking and unstructured use of public spaces
•Inclusive and Democratic universal urban design.
Urban Morphology and Sense of Place
Our cities are more and more complex organisms; the investigation of form, genesis and structure of the built environment can provide a better understanding of urban centres not only from the physical point of view, but also symbolic. Mirko’s research investigates cityscapes through the identification of recurrent patterns, building typologies and design principles. The identity and character of a site are interpreted analysing also lived experiences and uses of the build environment. Mirko’s research aims to provide a better understanding of urban dynamics, at different scales, to support a positive development and/or management of our cities.
Urban Hacking and unstructured use of public spaces
Public spaces are traditionally the main stage of urban life; places of social exchange where people can freely congregate and express themselves. The way built environments are used is informed by rules than can be explicit or implicit, written or generally implied; these rules change in time often due to shifts in cultural attitudes. Community and social groups produce their own place identity through their way to appropriate and live spaces; street art, skateboarding or Parkour are different activities that can be included in the broader movement of urban hacking, bottom-up strategies to give meaning to often marginal or sanitized urban spaces. Mirko investigates how people’s desires and needs generate unstructured uses of built environments, how urban hacking could be used to support the development of resilient and strong communities.
Inclusive and accessible urban design
Health and built environment are two areas of research that are interwoven; an active lifestyle is at the base of community wellbeing and our cities should support and facilitate this way of life. Bikeways and greenways are often implemented to improve connectivity and provide alternative modes of transportation to motorised vessels. The navigation of the built environment, especially for pedestrians, is not only influenced by the quality of the infrastructure, but also by the one of the built space. The legibility of the urban form is a central element in orienteering city users, but often our streets are clustered with ancillary items. Mirko’s research focuses on the design of infrastructure and spaces to support an active lifestyle, with particular attention to pedestrian networks.
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URBAN DESIGN INTERNATIONALno. 1 (2024): 26-38
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COLOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONno. 5 (2023): 639-652
Shaping Smart for Better Citiespp.283-306, (2021)
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