Metro-Net is about constructing a global metro network, composed of fake subway entrances, ventilation shafts, subway-sounds and generated air flow. (via anArchitecture: Metro-Net. Capturing Globalization.)
November 8, 2009
November 4, 2009
9:41 pm
Metro de Madrid (via elsindromeottinger)
Is Urban Mobility A Human Right? →
9:20 pm
Is Urban Mobility a basic human right? Do we not have the right to move about the urban landscape as we see fit? It has been for most of human history, after all.
If the answer is yes to that question, then surely allowing all citizens to exercise freedom of mobility involves making the urban landscape safe. Which means restricting the movements of the dangerous, life-threatening player in town - automobile traffic - instead of the movements of pedestrians and, in some ways, cyclists.
(via fuckyeahpublictransit)
9:13 pm
Pour favoriser la circulation des vélos à Lausanne, j’ai déposé un postulat au conseil communal demandant de rendre systématique l’aménagement de contresens cyclables sur toutes les rues à sens interdit. Cela doit permettre de légaliser et sécuriser une pratique courante des cyclistes, qui est de pren-dre ces rues dans le sens interdit.
November 3, 2009
11:57 pm
More fundamentally, as the banking crisis reshapes attitudes to money, that may also open up questions about our definition of success. Is the prize really still a fat salary, big car, victory in the office power struggle? Or is it meaningful work, an interesting day, a secure family – and a life that aims wide, rather than high?
November 2, 2009
Brasilia, Brazil
Cairo, Egypt
Canberra, Australia
Irvine, USA
Istanbul, Turkey
New York, USA
Paris, France
Portland, USA (Oregon)
Tokyo, Japan
Venice, Italy
In my Spatial Composition class, we read an excerpt from “Streets and City Patterns” by Allan Jacobs. The article compares the fabric of a city at the scale of one square mile. Some cities, like Venice, have narrow streets and many intersections. Newer cities, like Irvine, are spread out and deliberately avoid intersections. In general, it’s just fascinating to compare urban areas visually.
For the slideshow above, I took screengrabs from Google Maps of cities I thought would be interesting to compare. To be fair, each picture has the Google-determined city center in it. Each picture is roughly 2500 square feet.
7:36 pm
Pour se convaincre des effets du rail sur l’essor urbain, il n’est qu’à observer l’incroyable vitalité d’Yverdon, dopée depuis la mise en place du nouvel horaire. L’ancienne cité thermale attire désormais une population qui trouve là des logements abordables, à une distance temporelle infime des bassins d’emplois.
