Friday Faves! 5 Things To Watch and Read
This week in Friday Faves… MVRDV – Almere Oosterwold – MVRDV proposes this development strategy for Almere Oosterwold, titled ‘Estate for Initiatives’ a Dutch urban planning scheme that steps away from governmental dictate and invites organic urban growth where inhabitants create their own neighbourhoods including public green, urban agriculture and roads. Is DIY urbanism possible? … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
This week in Friday Faves: Waterline: 12 Designers, 12 Visions – Waterfront regeneration being one of our main interests, here is an interesting video summarizing the proposals of GSD students for the transformation of the South Branch of the Chicago River. Rehaul of Popular Singapore Park Restores Urban River – More on river regeneration: Read … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Here are this week’s Friday Faves… The Social Costs of Car Use in Mexico – ITDP Mexico produced a video with Emigre Films on the social costs of the car use in Mexico, and how reducing the excessive use of the automobile and its external consequences depends on better infrastructure and management. Stamen’s Watercolor Maps … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
The last Friday Faves of 2011! How to Bridge Neighborhood Gaps? Turn Overpasses into Main Streets – An interesting article and slideshow over at GOOD on “habitable bridges” in American cities that have taken their cue from medieval Europe as a way of connecting neighborhoods and repurposing the overpasses that often isolate them from each … Read more
