If we think, like Le Corbusier, that human nature is bad, social interactions can only lead us away from the Truth, thus shall be discouraged. A “bad human nature city” will have freeways with no sidewalk, windows on nature, shopping centers with security guards preventing unwanted behaviours… If we think, like Jane Jacobs, that human [...]
Posts Tagged ‘flash mob’
Free hugs campaign: the best example of the Flash Mob test
Posted in 1.4 - public spaces, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged community, events, flash mob, pedestrians, spaces, streets, trends on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This video shows a classic of flash mobs, the Free Hugs Campaign, and shows us how the flash mob test reveals the different visions of public space carried by different actors: police officers viewed it just as a circulation space, while users viewed it as a place to meet and as an informal stage. It’s [...]
dancing flash mob
Posted in 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged community, events, flash mob, trends on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is another example of flash mob, from various locations around the world. (source: where the hell is matt?, urban prankster)
Events on a pedestrian street: the flash mob test
Posted in 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 3 - events, B - Trends, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged events, flash mob, fun, lausanne, pedestrians, reflections, streets, tips, trends on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A well designed pedestrian street can host lots of different events. There can be official events, sponsored by the city hall, and improvised events, organized by street users. An example of unofficial event is the flash mob: (video: thierryweber.com) A Flash mob is a good test to check the status of a space. If the [...]
Version Française
Find me on:
-
Recent Comments
Categories
Tags
-
Blog Stats
- 43,160 hits
-
Top Posts
- Brasilia: the evolution of a modernist masterpiece
- Lausanne metro: new ticket office opens
- Paris RER E vs. Rome Metro B: same spaces, different comfort
- Smart growth goes to Spain
- Downtown review: Morges
- pedestrian streets
- The rise and fall of the "Unité d'Habitation" - 3/7
- The rise and fall of the "Unité d'Habitation" - 5/7
- Parking, repurposed.
- The 21st Century Medieval City
Good news- thisbigcity: westeastsouthnorth: Baku, Azerbaijan 亞塞拜然首都巴庫。 February 4, 2012
- thisbigcity: Ottawa is home to one of the oldest BRT systems in... February 4, 2012
- Getting Around: Cities, Streets, and 'Shared Space' February 4, 2012
- "Le 18 juin 1992, le commissaire européen responsable de l’environnement, Carlo Ripa di Meana, a..." February 4, 2012
- Finalmente sappiamo chi ha inventato gli Specials, cioè quei... February 4, 2012
- (via Human Transit: to save time is to lengthen life) February 4, 2012
- utnereader: First Environmentalism—Then Socialism! To the power... February 1, 2012
- "Cities are machines for making collaboration easier." January 18, 2012
- In the 1970 NASA envisioned possibilities to colonize space:... January 11, 2012
- (via Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 233) January 7, 2012
- (via Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 553:... January 7, 2012
- (via Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 552:... January 7, 2012
- good: Seeing Red: Millennials Are Cooler With Socialism Than... January 6, 2012
- (via échangeur 02 - Victor Locuratolo) January 4, 2012
- Escaliers roulants à Medellin December 28, 2011
- (via Faites l’amour, pas les magasins » Glâne Ouverte) December 22, 2011
- suiteselecta: Cummunity garden at “Place au Changement”,... December 22, 2011
- source December 21, 2011
- source December 21, 2011
- judsondunn: smart growth (via Landscape Absurdism: Las Vegas -... December 15, 2011
-
