This research initiative is an attempt to rediscover the lost or neglected urban symbols which comprise a city's identity. We can treat cities as entities with collective intelligence and with the same analogy, we can recognize a system by which the urban space communicates with us.

The Urban Square is a nucleus of any neighbourhood, a city's 'heart and soul' and that is the focus and starting point of this project.

Our research is done from a specific vantage point, somewhere between art and science, which allows us to both decipher the urban language 'spoken' by the city and observe universal urban connections. The main body of the content is a collection of Urban Squares presented in a virtual reality format, personally compiled. Each includes a psychogeographical description of the space and is ultimately evaluated and classified.

Explore our collection by chance or by design. Start by visiting a random square, go to the page where all 255 squares are listed or just select a country of your choice.

We are now introducing NEW thematic way of "Meandering" Urban Squares. We have only two groups now, Famous Squares, and Squares with Park but there will be many more in the near future. Just select your first choice here and follow the path.

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And if you'd like to explore further, you might also consider visiting other parts of Urban Squares website:

• Psychogeographical Portraits of selected neighbourhoods.

• Psychographs, individual urban sights usually unrecognized as significant.

• "13 City Galleries" exploratory tour of Beograd, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Venezia, Barcelona, Paris, London, New York, Havana, Porto, San Francisco, Rotterdam and Toronto, with 30 photos from each.

• Urban Squares Photo Blog, a visual ode to urban spaces.

• Buenos Aires Street Art,
100 exciting photos from streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Psychogeography now – window to the urban future,
Article, June 2008

URBIS: A Language of Urban Fabric, a book published by Urban Squares in April of 2012. Review the PDF version or preview and order the hardcover print version.

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We would appreciate very much any comments, suggestions, questions or anything else you have to say about this website. Please do not hesitate: info@urbansquares.com.