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.)
Metro de Madrid (via elsindromeottinger)
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)

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.

