MONU, a unique biannual international forum for architects, urbanists and theorists that are working on urban topics, has released its 31st issue on "After Life Urbanism".

MONU, directed by editor in chief Bernd Upmeyer, focuses on the city in a broad sense, including its politics, economy, geography, ecology, its social aspects, as well as its physical structure and architecture. "Therefore architecture is one of many fields covered by the magazine - fields which are all brought together under the catch-all term “urbanism", said the statement. 

From editor in chief Bernd Upmeyer: 

To face the urban challenges and phenomena that present themselves due to recent changes in our society that are related to death, and its consequences for cities and buildings, a topic that we call “After Life Urbanism”, “we need to be simultaneously pragmatic and visionary” according to Karla Rothstein in our interview with her entitled “Democratizing Death”. She urges the re-engagement and coexistence with life and death to explore what impacts all these transformations might have, encompassing first of all spatial, but also cultural, social, environmental, technological, and economic aspects. With his images of cemeteries of the city of Manila in the Philippines, where families do not tread in fear of the “wrath” of the dead but some found a place to call home among the crypts of the dead, Miguel Candela depicts and symbolizes in his contribution “The Cemetery of the Living” such coexistence of life and death...continue reading in Issues and get a printed copy here.

Cover: Image is part of Miguel Candela’s contribution “The Cemetery of the Living” on page 16. © Miguel Candela).

This issue is supported by University of Luxembourg's Master in Architecture, European Urbanisation and Globalisation and Incognita’s Architecture Trips: Discover Eastern European Architecture and Urbanism. Find out more about MONU's supporters in Support.

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