Summer approaches, time to pack our stuff, fill our car and leave for a long long trip, that wil take us, after several hours, to a nice beach very far away… (image: wikipedia) Or maybe not. Why do we have to travel so much to find a place that makes us feel good? There is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘public spaces’
New Urbanism vs. Suburbanism
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, tagged cars, public spaces, urbanism on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Shared Space
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged cars, pedestrians, public spaces, reflections, tips on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two kind of space exist: The highway, regulated by signs, and the public realm, regulated by social rules. But lots of public realms are designed as highways. source: shared space
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