2024-11-23T17:19:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/22955417/domus-project-heracles Orhan Ayyüce 2011-10-06T13:27:21-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f165uf2ffdf5ycgi.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"Migration has always been the vital essence of Mediterranean cities. New cultures have continued to be included in daily life, and they have fertilised and expressed themselves through complex urban forms with richness and imagination." - Giancarlo De Carlo</p></em><br /><br /><p> Project Heracles postcard call for ideas to 'bridge' Africa and Europe was launched by Domus Magazine last spring and later included a Joseph Grima <a href="http://www.domusweb.it/en/op-ed/an-open-letter-to-the-president-of-the-european-council/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">open letter</a>&nbsp;addressed to &nbsp;President of the European Council,&nbsp;calling, in essence, for a timely, courageous, co-operative and equally beneficial unifying effort between the two old continents and perhaps re-imagining a revitalized 'Mediterraneanhood.' These two continents have different scales of contradictions and&nbsp;co-dependencies&nbsp;toward each other, including a long and brutal colonial past, recent human trafficking problems, asymmetrical&nbsp;immigrant labor flow, natural resources for technology based trade&nbsp;and other complex military, political, culture and religion based issues.</p> <p> Domus Project Heracles continues to publish its postcard entries from worldwide participants. They represent important body of ideas, commentaries and imaginative visual material selected and commented by special jury members. These ideas propose a Eurafrican in...</p>