A city with (no) places
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-12-03 by maximo_ceron
Clearly we can see that there are a number of quite visible information in this picture, from my point of view, there are two very important; first of all we can see diverse buildings typology, curtain wall buildings, red bricks buildings, villas and elongated buildings with parking close to the street. On the other hand we also see that all these buildings are connected by a large avenue with quite moving, as well as sidewalks with trees which gives an image of a green city. Invisible in this photo we found a mixed urban area with homes, apartments, offices, hospitals, banks and shopping centers, which means different activities, hours of use, flow of people with different intentions and needs, beside this both vehicular and pedestrian routes serve as connections, a long transit corridor but not like "places" that makes the people move by inertia, as machines. The future cities need not only an environmental and economic sustainability, also need social sustainability, where the people can interact and feel comfortable with it, Future cities should give the highest quality of life possible. We seek to design city areas with dynamic flow and mixed uses but we can not forget design these "places" that allow the interrelation of all, meeting places seeking social relationships that help social sustainability of these cities.][1] ![enter image description here][2] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14175841103787695.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14175893716348952.jpg