Class Notes

ECOLOGICAL Urbanism           
SUSTAINABLE Urbanism
LANDSCAPE Urbanism
INFRASTRUCTURAL Urbanism
EVERYDAY Urbanism (messy urbanism)

·       Equity /democracy/ diversity

·       Big firms and mega projects

·       Actual work vs perceived size

·       Lack of core belief

·       Practice follows the dynamism of realities

·       Equity – policy

o   What equity is an important issue in urban realm?

§  Public/ government

§  Community accessibility

§  Mix use X mix class

§  Possibility of mixing “CLASS” (religious)

·       Economic issues – possible rising of housing prices

o   Steven Hol – California

·       Decoupling – design and form

·       Economic planning

·       Sensibility, awareness, engage (dialogue)

Louis Kahn

(Philadelphia Traffic Study) 1952)

Traces of 15 Projects

Street/Movement (Team X)

o   Learning from investigating “streets”

1963: Archigram – Living City Exhibition

1969: Superstudio – A journey from A to B

1957: Asger Jorn + Guy Debord – The Naked City

1958: Smithsons – Berlin Haupstadt Project

            Street in Air

1959: Constant – New Babylon

1956: Yona Friedman – L’Architecture Mobile

1969 & 1970: Instant City

1971: Twelve Ideal Cities – Superstudio