http://www.theresponsivecity.org Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:07:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en article post on the architecture of almere-haven's neighborhoods. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/2-the-critical-70s/ article post on the architecture of almere-haven's neighborhoods. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/01-the-critical-70s/ article post explaining why almere is almere today, how it emerged and evolved, written by a.k. constandse. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/almeres-emergence/ link post for opinion articles on Almere by Ole Bouman, Arjen Oosterman, Bart Lootsma, Gert Middelkoop and Petra Brouwer published in archis 1999. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/archis-on-almere/ link post on Almere's new expansion areas. this is a critical article by ekim tan with a background of Istanbul's informal growth. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/trojan-horse/ Almere's residents formed this website. Here, they collect their memories about their new town forming an unusual database on emergence and evolution of a city. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/memory-of-almere-2/ Click here for the interactive map of Almere's public facilities. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/haven-facilities/ Link post for 'new new towns conference' A critical review on the making of new new towns can be found here. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/eco-new-towns/ link post on the challenges of building a city out of nothing. Click here for an interview with the foundinf fathers of almere. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/city-out-of-nothing/ Link post for the International New Town Institute Here you will find a comprehensive animation map of new towns globally through time, from Tehran until today's new new towns. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/inti/ Link post for public space of new new towns by arnold reijndorp. In this video, city sociologist of almere, arnold reijndorp gives an insight on the public space of new new towns. Please click here and scroll down. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/suburban-urbanity/ 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. In ‘The Responsive City’ visions of the bottom up players calibrate visions ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/and-one-more/ 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. The need for further negotiations between individuals and authorities is an urgent phenomenon for emerging city environments; either in a marginalized informal ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/adaptations/ 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 children, but also single parent families -divorced or separated ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/unpredictability/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/notes/ 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 discussions of the day. Today, relevance of the agent for the emergence and evolution of the city has its scientific, economical, social and ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/location-post-2/ Basing the urban emergence and evolution on the agent gives the unique opportunity to study informal and new towns simultaneously. In both cases the agent’s need for a responsive environment remains constant although the conditioning structures change [from social and cultural behaviors to urban rules and building regulations]. almere haven ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/location-post-1/ http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/open-systems/ The tragedy of commons shows how important the agent interaction is for the existence of an open system. The phenomenon known as the ‘tragedy of commons’ shows how important the agent interaction is for the existence of an open system. It develops in this way; every herdsman in an ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/theory-post-1/ Almere-Haven [1976] was born as a reaction to postwar modernistic urban design schemes. An idealistic team of planners, sociologists and architects designed an environment that is low rise, pedestrian oriented, and as democratic as possible by providing choice for an immense formal diversity. http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/almere-haven/ 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 an ever-evolving environment mainly based on their conventional building knowledge. The settlement grew in the ... http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/gulensu/ book post for Cities and Complexity by Michael Batty As urban planning moves from a centralized, top-down approach to a decentralized, bottom-up perspective, our conception of urban systems is changing. more http://www.theresponsivecity.org/2008/xxx/