As a continuous process of ‘searching’, this extensive study is meant to enhance a different perspective of the academic internship, as a continuous translation of the studies into the practical field . Moreover, this theoretical and empirical investigation is arising as a personal challenge of discovering and, more important, defining a ‘design formula’ that can enable, us, as urban designers, to responsible perform in different cultural environments, in order to ‘create new urban/natural experiences without disturbing the existing contextual meanings’.
Therefore, as part of the West 8’s multicultural atmosphere, the professional journey is meant to enlighten the cultural differences, in order to discover the role that they perform in enriching the durability and flexibility in urban designing process and in connecting the people with their urban and natural environments.
