Antonio Gomez-Palacio
@aurbanist.bsky.social
Chair of DIALOG
www.dialogdesign.ca
www.dialogdesign.ca
As I approach Santiago de Compostela and multiple routes converge, the number of pilgrims begin to swell.
After walking for 315km / 13 days, culminating in an emotional arrival, it’s clear that (as expected) the gift of El Camino is the journey itself.
¡Buen Camino!
Day 13: #CaminoDeSantiago
After walking for 315km / 13 days, culminating in an emotional arrival, it’s clear that (as expected) the gift of El Camino is the journey itself.
¡Buen Camino!
Day 13: #CaminoDeSantiago
August 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
As I approach Santiago de Compostela and multiple routes converge, the number of pilgrims begin to swell.
After walking for 315km / 13 days, culminating in an emotional arrival, it’s clear that (as expected) the gift of El Camino is the journey itself.
¡Buen Camino!
Day 13: #CaminoDeSantiago
After walking for 315km / 13 days, culminating in an emotional arrival, it’s clear that (as expected) the gift of El Camino is the journey itself.
¡Buen Camino!
Day 13: #CaminoDeSantiago
Many generations of trees have come and gone. Stone walls built and crumbled. For countless footsteps to carve a trench deep into the hillside. Myself, a leaf floating in a river. Mesmerized by a time that slows down and extends forever.
Day 12: #CaminoDeSantiago
Day 12: #CaminoDeSantiago
August 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Many generations of trees have come and gone. Stone walls built and crumbled. For countless footsteps to carve a trench deep into the hillside. Myself, a leaf floating in a river. Mesmerized by a time that slows down and extends forever.
Day 12: #CaminoDeSantiago
Day 12: #CaminoDeSantiago
‘Hórreos’ are how people in Galicia store grains and vegetables. Since the XIII C. they have calibrated the design for an optimal ventilation, rodent-proofing and cultural expression, nuanced to the microclimate of each hillside and iconography of each family.
Day 11: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Arzúa
Day 11: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Arzúa
August 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
‘Hórreos’ are how people in Galicia store grains and vegetables. Since the XIII C. they have calibrated the design for an optimal ventilation, rodent-proofing and cultural expression, nuanced to the microclimate of each hillside and iconography of each family.
Day 11: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Arzúa
Day 11: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Arzúa
My senses are healing in the continued absence of noise.
Visually - there’s no advertising or branding in sight.
Auditory - there’re no machines or stereos. Only roosters, birds, dogs, people talking, walking… and the ocasional donkey. Even in cities.
Day 10: #CaminoDeSantiago
Visually - there’s no advertising or branding in sight.
Auditory - there’re no machines or stereos. Only roosters, birds, dogs, people talking, walking… and the ocasional donkey. Even in cities.
Day 10: #CaminoDeSantiago
August 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My senses are healing in the continued absence of noise.
Visually - there’s no advertising or branding in sight.
Auditory - there’re no machines or stereos. Only roosters, birds, dogs, people talking, walking… and the ocasional donkey. Even in cities.
Day 10: #CaminoDeSantiago
Visually - there’s no advertising or branding in sight.
Auditory - there’re no machines or stereos. Only roosters, birds, dogs, people talking, walking… and the ocasional donkey. Even in cities.
Day 10: #CaminoDeSantiago
August 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Every kilometer that is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for pilgrims along El Camino is also part of ordinary life for many (including animals). The extraordinary and the ordinary often coincide.
Day 8: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Galicia
Day 8: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Galicia
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Every kilometer that is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for pilgrims along El Camino is also part of ordinary life for many (including animals). The extraordinary and the ordinary often coincide.
Day 8: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Galicia
Day 8: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Galicia
People walk El Camino for different reasons: adventure, leisure, hope, a promise, a prayer, a turning point, thinking time, shared time...
I walked by someone’s life moment, etched by a finger in the dust of the road, in two words: “LOVE AGAIN”. A wish made or fulfilled?
Day 7: #CaminoDeSantiago
I walked by someone’s life moment, etched by a finger in the dust of the road, in two words: “LOVE AGAIN”. A wish made or fulfilled?
Day 7: #CaminoDeSantiago
August 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
People walk El Camino for different reasons: adventure, leisure, hope, a promise, a prayer, a turning point, thinking time, shared time...
I walked by someone’s life moment, etched by a finger in the dust of the road, in two words: “LOVE AGAIN”. A wish made or fulfilled?
Day 7: #CaminoDeSantiago
I walked by someone’s life moment, etched by a finger in the dust of the road, in two words: “LOVE AGAIN”. A wish made or fulfilled?
Day 7: #CaminoDeSantiago
Benches are a universal invitation to pause.
No matter culture, language, age… we all understand, appreciate, and can share a bench along the way.
Day 6: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Triacastela, #Galicia
No matter culture, language, age… we all understand, appreciate, and can share a bench along the way.
Day 6: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Triacastela, #Galicia
August 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Benches are a universal invitation to pause.
No matter culture, language, age… we all understand, appreciate, and can share a bench along the way.
Day 6: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Triacastela, #Galicia
No matter culture, language, age… we all understand, appreciate, and can share a bench along the way.
Day 6: #CaminoDeSantiago, #Triacastela, #Galicia
A recurring metaphor in songs and stories, El Camino is at times narrow, wide, flat, steep, quiet, vociferous, memorable, forgotten, historic, timeless, focused, distracted, convivial, introspective… through valleys, towns, forests, cities, fields, bridges, hillsides…
Day 4: #ElCaminoDeSantiago
Day 4: #ElCaminoDeSantiago
August 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A recurring metaphor in songs and stories, El Camino is at times narrow, wide, flat, steep, quiet, vociferous, memorable, forgotten, historic, timeless, focused, distracted, convivial, introspective… through valleys, towns, forests, cities, fields, bridges, hillsides…
Day 4: #ElCaminoDeSantiago
Day 4: #ElCaminoDeSantiago
“El Camino provendrá” - The Path will provide - suggests people will help each other in times of need. Has proven true as forest fires cross El Camino. Communities evacuated. Pilgrims rerouted. And among the tragedies, old friends reunited reminese and dance in the street
Day 3: #ElCaminodeSantiago
Day 3: #ElCaminodeSantiago
August 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“El Camino provendrá” - The Path will provide - suggests people will help each other in times of need. Has proven true as forest fires cross El Camino. Communities evacuated. Pilgrims rerouted. And among the tragedies, old friends reunited reminese and dance in the street
Day 3: #ElCaminodeSantiago
Day 3: #ElCaminodeSantiago
“Buen Camino” - may your journey be a good one - is the farewell shared by those who travel (or live) along El Camino. People are people (and nothing else) in the forgiving solidarity and good will that has kept pilgrims safe and inspired since the IX C.
Day 2: #ElCamino Frances de Santiago
Day 2: #ElCamino Frances de Santiago
August 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Buen Camino” - may your journey be a good one - is the farewell shared by those who travel (or live) along El Camino. People are people (and nothing else) in the forgiving solidarity and good will that has kept pilgrims safe and inspired since the IX C.
Day 2: #ElCamino Frances de Santiago
Day 2: #ElCamino Frances de Santiago
Dear Cities,
Let’s make FIFA count…
vía Planetizen
www.planetizen.com/features/135...
#cities #design #climateaction #urbanism #sustainabledesign #urbanplanning #urbandesign #citiesforpeople
Let’s make FIFA count…
vía Planetizen
www.planetizen.com/features/135...
#cities #design #climateaction #urbanism #sustainabledesign #urbanplanning #urbandesign #citiesforpeople
Dear Cities: Let’s Make FIFA Count
The first-ever pan-North American World Cup offers urban planners a unique opportunity: to undo the legacy of failed promises and show that mega events can actually benefit the cities they visit.
www.planetizen.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Dear Cities,
Let’s make FIFA count…
vía Planetizen
www.planetizen.com/features/135...
#cities #design #climateaction #urbanism #sustainabledesign #urbanplanning #urbandesign #citiesforpeople
Let’s make FIFA count…
vía Planetizen
www.planetizen.com/features/135...
#cities #design #climateaction #urbanism #sustainabledesign #urbanplanning #urbandesign #citiesforpeople
For over a thousand years pilgrims have been leaving ‘mojoneras’, clues in the landscape for others to find their Way. I follow many footsteps.
Day 1: #ElCamino de Santiago
Day 1: #ElCamino de Santiago
August 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For over a thousand years pilgrims have been leaving ‘mojoneras’, clues in the landscape for others to find their Way. I follow many footsteps.
Day 1: #ElCamino de Santiago
Day 1: #ElCamino de Santiago
When people think of Venice it is the canals that come to mind. Yet, it is the pedestrian experience (not needing to negotiate survival with cars) that is most refreshing.
May 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
When people think of Venice it is the canals that come to mind. Yet, it is the pedestrian experience (not needing to negotiate survival with cars) that is most refreshing.
Despite uncertain times there is optimism and a ‘can do’ solidarity in the air.
“These are exciting times. The DNA of the city is changing… investments in transit… rezoning of 90% of properties… creativity, innovation and risk-taking in improving review process…” ~ Jason Thorne at ULI Toronto
“These are exciting times. The DNA of the city is changing… investments in transit… rezoning of 90% of properties… creativity, innovation and risk-taking in improving review process…” ~ Jason Thorne at ULI Toronto
April 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Despite uncertain times there is optimism and a ‘can do’ solidarity in the air.
“These are exciting times. The DNA of the city is changing… investments in transit… rezoning of 90% of properties… creativity, innovation and risk-taking in improving review process…” ~ Jason Thorne at ULI Toronto
“These are exciting times. The DNA of the city is changing… investments in transit… rezoning of 90% of properties… creativity, innovation and risk-taking in improving review process…” ~ Jason Thorne at ULI Toronto
With a hat tip to #InternationalHappinessDay today, a thought provocation:
How we design cities can make people happier.
Debate?
www.weforum.org/stories/2018...
via World Economic Forum
How we design cities can make people happier.
Debate?
www.weforum.org/stories/2018...
via World Economic Forum
Cities can be happiness incubators for the world
Following in the footsteps of Bhutan and the UAE to create true happiness metrics will allow cities to accurately identify how to make residents' lives better
www.weforum.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
With a hat tip to #InternationalHappinessDay today, a thought provocation:
How we design cities can make people happier.
Debate?
www.weforum.org/stories/2018...
via World Economic Forum
How we design cities can make people happier.
Debate?
www.weforum.org/stories/2018...
via World Economic Forum
Inside temperature 850 Celsius.
Above temperature 12 Celsius.
Today we fire tested the timber panel (link to previous test below).
Look for the pic of the firefighters checking the roasting popcorn and then going for wood fired pizza.
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Above temperature 12 Celsius.
Today we fire tested the timber panel (link to previous test below).
Look for the pic of the firefighters checking the roasting popcorn and then going for wood fired pizza.
lnkd.in/gk69Tf42
March 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Inside temperature 850 Celsius.
Above temperature 12 Celsius.
Today we fire tested the timber panel (link to previous test below).
Look for the pic of the firefighters checking the roasting popcorn and then going for wood fired pizza.
lnkd.in/gk69Tf42
Above temperature 12 Celsius.
Today we fire tested the timber panel (link to previous test below).
Look for the pic of the firefighters checking the roasting popcorn and then going for wood fired pizza.
lnkd.in/gk69Tf42
Urban Land Institute Canada Council relaunching post-pandemic with a warm-hearted gathering in a chilly #Calgary.
Beyond the obvious designing for winter conversations, it is clear that there is a lot for us to learn from each other.
Thanks Travis Oberg for walking us through #UniversityDistrict.
Beyond the obvious designing for winter conversations, it is clear that there is a lot for us to learn from each other.
Thanks Travis Oberg for walking us through #UniversityDistrict.
February 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Urban Land Institute Canada Council relaunching post-pandemic with a warm-hearted gathering in a chilly #Calgary.
Beyond the obvious designing for winter conversations, it is clear that there is a lot for us to learn from each other.
Thanks Travis Oberg for walking us through #UniversityDistrict.
Beyond the obvious designing for winter conversations, it is clear that there is a lot for us to learn from each other.
Thanks Travis Oberg for walking us through #UniversityDistrict.
@ulialberta Emerging Trends 2025 kicks off, and it takes a full 60 seconds before the word ‘tariffs’ makes an appearance.
alberta.uli.org/events/emerg...
alberta.uli.org/events/emerg...
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@ulialberta Emerging Trends 2025 kicks off, and it takes a full 60 seconds before the word ‘tariffs’ makes an appearance.
alberta.uli.org/events/emerg...
alberta.uli.org/events/emerg...
You can have this.
Good systems don’t just happen.
They result from commitment and tenacity.
It’s ours to choose.
.
.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#transit #transportation #cities #mobility #sustainabletransport #climateemergency
Good systems don’t just happen.
They result from commitment and tenacity.
It’s ours to choose.
.
.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#transit #transportation #cities #mobility #sustainabletransport #climateemergency
Opinion: What North America can learn from the greatest transportation system in the world
Fifty years ago, Switzerland was poised to become as car-dependent as anywhere in North America. Now it has the best transit system in the world. What’s the secret to this alpine nation’s transport su...
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You can have this.
Good systems don’t just happen.
They result from commitment and tenacity.
It’s ours to choose.
.
.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#transit #transportation #cities #mobility #sustainabletransport #climateemergency
Good systems don’t just happen.
They result from commitment and tenacity.
It’s ours to choose.
.
.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
#transit #transportation #cities #mobility #sustainabletransport #climateemergency
Winter has its own designs.
January 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Winter has its own designs.
Trees are majestic neighbours, companions, storytellers… and custodians of the city’s health and history.
Mexico City neighbourhoods: Bucareli, Doctores, Centro, Zona Rosa, Del Valle…
#urbanforest #cdmx #sustainability #wellbeing #trees
mexicobusiness.news/infrastructu...
Mexico City neighbourhoods: Bucareli, Doctores, Centro, Zona Rosa, Del Valle…
#urbanforest #cdmx #sustainability #wellbeing #trees
mexicobusiness.news/infrastructu...
January 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Trees are majestic neighbours, companions, storytellers… and custodians of the city’s health and history.
Mexico City neighbourhoods: Bucareli, Doctores, Centro, Zona Rosa, Del Valle…
#urbanforest #cdmx #sustainability #wellbeing #trees
mexicobusiness.news/infrastructu...
Mexico City neighbourhoods: Bucareli, Doctores, Centro, Zona Rosa, Del Valle…
#urbanforest #cdmx #sustainability #wellbeing #trees
mexicobusiness.news/infrastructu...
Can you place this Michelangelo’s David?
Or the Beaux-Arts urbanism?
TIP: city is 1000+ years, in North America. Today, you can hear on the sidewalk: Zapotec, Nahuatl, Spanish, English, Italian…
Colonia Roma
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Colonia Hipódromo Condesa
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#MéxicoCity #CDMX #Mexico
Or the Beaux-Arts urbanism?
TIP: city is 1000+ years, in North America. Today, you can hear on the sidewalk: Zapotec, Nahuatl, Spanish, English, Italian…
Colonia Roma
lnkd.in/gC4K452E
Colonia Hipódromo Condesa
lnkd.in/gC9ycBZK
#MéxicoCity #CDMX #Mexico
January 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Can you place this Michelangelo’s David?
Or the Beaux-Arts urbanism?
TIP: city is 1000+ years, in North America. Today, you can hear on the sidewalk: Zapotec, Nahuatl, Spanish, English, Italian…
Colonia Roma
lnkd.in/gC4K452E
Colonia Hipódromo Condesa
lnkd.in/gC9ycBZK
#MéxicoCity #CDMX #Mexico
Or the Beaux-Arts urbanism?
TIP: city is 1000+ years, in North America. Today, you can hear on the sidewalk: Zapotec, Nahuatl, Spanish, English, Italian…
Colonia Roma
lnkd.in/gC4K452E
Colonia Hipódromo Condesa
lnkd.in/gC9ycBZK
#MéxicoCity #CDMX #Mexico
January 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM