Today is Ada Lovelace day, a day in which each blogger should talk about a woman who changed the world in her field: a good occasion to talk about the person who gave the biggest contribute to contemporary urbanism, Jane Jacobs. XIX and early XX century were the century of machines, a century in which [...]
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Ada Lovelace day: Jane Jacobs
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, A - News, D - reflections, tagged ald09post, jane jacobs, news, public spaces, reflections, spaces, urbanism on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Spatial organization and human nature
Posted in 1 - spaces, 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, 3 - events, D - reflections, tagged flash mob, human nature, jane jacobs, le corbusier, reflections, spaces on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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