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Basel, Gundeldinger Feld

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, A - News, B - Trends, E - Reportages, tagged , , , , , , , on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today, I’ll take you to Basel, at Dornacherstrasse 192,where an old factory has been transformed into a neighborhood center, Gundeldinger Feld. The history of this place could be the same as many other places around the world: a 19th century factory in the inner city suddenly moving to the suburbs in order to look for [...]

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Tysons Corner turns into a downtown

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, A - News, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged , , , , , on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“From ancient times, what made a city a city was how it functioned, not how it looked. And this is especially true today, for we have not built a single old-style downtown from raw dirt in seventy-five years.” (Joel Garreau, Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, Chapter 2) This is how Joel Garreau described [...]

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New shopping area opens in downtown Lausanne

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged , , , , , , , on November 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On November 26th, a new shopping area has opened in the Flon area in downtown Lausanne. The new complex includes a supermarket (Migros) and some smaller shops, and is located close to Lausanne-Flon subway station (lines M1, M2 and LEB), making it a perfect example of Transit-Oriented-Development. With the opening of the new complex, Flon [...]

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The 21st Century Medieval City

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, D - reflections, tagged , , , , , on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

When we think of medieval cities, we assume it was something like this: (image: Siena, from wikipedia) while, at that time, it was more likely to be something like this: (image: Rio de Janeiro, from wikipedia) This is the thesis of Robert Neuwirth, who studied from (and lived in) what he calls “the 21st Century [...]

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Obama promotes urban life

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, A - News, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“…All of our politics was built around the idea that there are cities, and there are suburbs, and the suburban people don’t like the city people, and the city people don’t like the suburban people, and usually the suburban people are republicans, and the city people are democrats…our politics was built around that idea. Except [...]

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Why place matters (Richard Florida)

Posted in B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(source: Creative Class)

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from “Adapt the city to cars” to “Adapt the city to social networks”

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, 3 - events, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged , , , , , , on September 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In 1971, Georges Pompidou said: “Adapter la ville à la voiture” (adapt the city to cars), in a world where people wanted to go faster and further, and reach in a reasonable amount of time more and more places. A new world was born, made of countryside houses, motorways, shopping centers, big buildings: a world [...]

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immobilio: the housing search engine for downtown dwellers

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, B - Trends, tagged , , , on July 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »

(image: wikimedia commons) Urban dweller always seem to be neglected by the real estate market. all over the world, almost all the developers promote car-friendly, single-family houses situated out of town, while city center houses or transit-oriented developments represent just a minority of the business. But little by little, the trend is changing, and the [...]

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Amaro Ramazzotti: the celebration of Urban Life

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), D - reflections, tagged , , , , , on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I read today some posts about Milan (here, here and here), and my mind came back to one of the most famous ads who celebrated urban life. The scene is in Milan, but it could easily be New York, Paris or any  other global city. (sources: Jane Jacobs, Nazione Indiana, GaWK, spot80)

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Retrofitting urban sprawl: Learning from Monte Sacro

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged , , , , , , on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

As gas prices rise, lots of people are wondering what will be the future of suburbia. Will it be able to recycle itself into more dense and pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods, or will it decay and turn into XXI century slums? A visit of Monte Sacro (Rome, italy) can be useful. In the 20′s Monte Sacro was [...]

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