Monthly Archive for August, 2008

2-the critical 70’s

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1-the critical 70’s

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why almere?

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archis on almere

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trojan horse

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memory of almere

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haven-facilities

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eco-new-towns

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city out-of-nothing

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inti

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kiss in new town

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the fun palace


In Cedric Price’s Fun Palace [1960-1961] public had unprecedented control over their environment, resulting in a building, which could be responsive to visitors’ needs. An open environment pre-defined by the designer to be activated by the user. Continue reading ‘the fun palace’

adaptations


Given the right conditions [e.g. flexible rules for spatial growth, shrinkage or land use] up to 68% of the end users do modify their physical surroundings. Continue reading ‘adaptations’

unpredictability


The end user has particular and difficult-to-predict needs. The comfort level of the environment depends on the proper provision of these specific programs. [think of living, working, and playing needs of not only the nuclear families with or without Continue reading ‘unpredictability’

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masscustomization

Mastering cities based on the agency is not a new approach. There has been an influential wave during the 70’s based on the politically colored Continue reading ‘masscustomization’

informal - formal

Basing the urban emergence and evolution on the agent gives the unique opportunity to study Continue reading ‘informal - formal’

open systems


As agents communicate, interact, negotiate they give birth to unexpected behaviors. The sum of Continue reading ‘open systems’

commons


The tragedy of commons shows how important the agent interaction is for the existence of an open system. Continue reading ‘commons’

almere haven

Almere-Haven [1976] was born as a reaction to postwar modernistic urban design schemes. An idealistic team of planners, sociologists and Continue reading ‘almere haven’

gulensu

Gulensu [started out in the late 60’s and saw an accelerated growth in mid 70’s] was a result of influx into metropolitan cities of turkey; in this case Istanbul. The inhabitants organized Continue reading ‘gulensu’

complexity


book post for Cities and Complexity by Michael Batty
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