LURG

ORIGIN. LURG has been founded by architect and urban researcher Gunnar Ploner in 2008 with the primarily task to gather information to back up his diploma thesis `Lagos - Towards an emergent ecological approach to urbanism in megacities of developing countries`. He has conducted direct observations of the urban fabric in Lagos. Since then LURG is progressively evolving and has developed into a global research collective widening its scope from the territory of Lagos. Through extended research and teaching activities LURG today offers comprehensive knowledge of urban environments in Africa and Europe and has competence in developing urban design solutions that are deeply embedded in the existing urban ecology to increase the site's performance... THE LAGOS URBAN RESEARCH GROUP - LURG.ORG is a global interdisciplinary research network and creative think tank for urban space with competence in urban research, urban design development and urbanism. With a background in architecture and..

Also known as: LAGOS URBAN RESEARCH GROUP

Primary location: Izmir Turkey