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"Urban
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NEWS-LETTER by A Vision of Europe in collaboration with CIVICARCH - University of Ferrara |
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2008
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SPRAWL & URBAN
REGENERATION
CIVICARCH 2008 III International Workshop University of Ferrara - A Vision of Europe - Fondation pour l'Architecture |
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WANT TO CUT CRIME?
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IT TAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD
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VOLETE RIDURRE
IL CRIMINE ? COSTRUITE VERI QUARTIERI URBANI
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The Washington Post, February 2008
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CIVICARCH
2008 III International Workshop Report Gabriele Tagliaventi, Donatella Diolaiti, Alessandro Bucci and Alberto Guzzon focused on sprawl and urban regeneration case-studies, including crime-problem of Italian cities. In the suburbs of many Italian cities, the spreading of SUB-URBAN model is still seen. It is characterized by stretches of small villas of north American origin or by shabby bars of EU-totalitarian origin of the 1920s-1930s, which are linked trough bundles of highways to business centers or huge big-boxes and malls surrounded by endless parkings. At the same time, on the same planet, within the same economic system, million of people daily live the pleasantness of EU-TRADITIONAL CITY'S SYSTEM of streets, blocks, and squares. |
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| The spreading
of urbanization on the territory causes the increase of incertitude.
Streets always with no shops and even surrounded by trees and wild green
become places of crime proliferation. An ideal environment for the development
of criminal pathologies that cannot be effectively remedied by fences,
alarm systems or new policemen. Cities disappear, shapeless suburbanized areas grow, public transports collapse because the population is too much scattered and, for the same reason, operating costs, and finally local taxes and the various land taxes, unsustainably increase. The Architecture and the form of the built environment define the conditions allowing certain economic, cultural and social activities to become true. Small trade needs a traditional urban pattern: road-corridors, blocks, lots, squares, accessibility. The presence of small trade determines also the possibility of residence for the old and families. It creates a warm and safe urban environment. It plays a social role. Behind the thousands shop-windows of a traditional city, shopkeepers and customers "watch" the street, making it safe and pleasant. The challenge to architecture consists in creating the physical conditions for the development of a world where cities express local realities. This means studying urban forms, morphology, local settlements but open to the introduction of all those innovations consistent with the base organization and capable of improving it. |
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SOMETHING IS CHANGING
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| From the left: Jack Nicholson (Something Has Changed, 1997), Boris Johnson (The New Mayor of London, 2008), Gianni Alemanno (The New Mayor of Rome, 2008) | ||||||||||
| LONDON
- Boris Johnson was crowned Mayor of London after a stunning election
victory over Ken Livingstone. He promised to protect London's traditional
and historic buildings and streets from bulldozers and skyscrapers.
Mr Johnson said he would assure Londoners that their gardens, their views, their neighbourhoods are not going to be dwarfed by high rise blocks or engulfed in a sea of identikit homes. |
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| ROME
- The mayor aims to tear down Richard Meier ARA PACIS museum
- Alemanno, the new mayor, said: "It is an issue
of compatibility: the building is in a baroque part of the city".
In 1996 AVOE promoted a campaign to save Rome from wrong modernist
projects. The A&C INTERNATIONAL magazine invited, on the initiative by Gabriele Tagliaventi, a series of architects to propose an organic solution for the Ara Pacis area as an alternative to the official proposal by the Municipality of Rome. Selected architects included: Maurice Culot, Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Leon Krier, Michael Lykoudis, Liam O'Connor. All the counter-projects were published on A&C INTERNATIONAL N. 5, 1996 and displayed at the Campidoglio in Rome." The critic V. Sgarbi compared Meier building to a giant Texas petrol station, while another called it "an indecent cesspit" when it was unveiled in 2006. See also UrbanLovers 2006/III-Monster of the Month( READ ) |
 How it is (Meier)  How it was (Morpugo) |
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A Vision of
Europe and Fondation pour l'Architecture
present
ROME 2008: DEMOLISHING TO REGENERATE A campaign to demolish Corviale Sub-Urban Slab and build a New Eco-Compact-Neighbourhood |
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  Corviale, Rome (left) and Urban Renaissance in Vitinia (right), designed by CIVICARCH, AVOE, AGENZIA PER LA CITTA', 2003 |
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Designing and building new Eco-Compact
Neighbouhoods represents the most important challenge for architects,
engineers, developers and public administrators in an age as ours
when people take conscience of the fundamental need of an ecological
balance. Those who will keep on building sub-urban periheries will
inevitably face a rising level of poverty in the social structure,
insecurity in streets and public realm, higher taxation for citizens
(Download the Corviale Press-Release
Italian language only).
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MAKE YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
GREEN
Colora di Verde il Tuo Quartiere The Best Drawing on a Balanced Relationship between the City and Nature. THE 2nd EDITION OF THE ROTARY PRIZE "THE TREE AND THE CITY" with the Patronage of: Municipality of Bologna - Deputy Mayor for the Environment Bologna St. Stefano Neighborhood Administration |
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© Dover, Kohl & Partners-Fayetteville,
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1000 drawings and maquettes done by
students from the Elementary Schools of Bologna have been produced
for the 2nd Rotary Prize with the support of A Vision of Europe
Staff: THE
TREE AND THE CITY.
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| The awarding ceremony was on May 16, 2008 at the main hall of the University of Bologna and a 200 pages full color catalogue is available published by IgF edited by Gabriele Tagliaventi with Alessandro Bucci as graphic consultant. | ||||||||||
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THE END OF
MALL ERA Avoe Research Programme goes to Rome
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AVOE was invited in Ladispoli (Rome) on 2008 May 7
with the support of "Bottega del Mondo il Fiore"
to explain the result of CIVICARCH International Workshop-I (learn
more). Today we are faced with
the reality of the quantity of suburban sprawl: we need to transform
the quantity into quality. Alessandro Bucci spoke about New-Urbanism
strategies for Sub-Urban and Mall Retrofit with case studies as Mashpee
Commons, Kendall, Belmar, Eastgate, Cinderella, etc. |
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THE
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New Engineering Complex
Washington University in St. Louis 2008 Master Plan and Design Team: RMJM-Hillier Architecture Jaros, Baum & Bolles, Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Engineers Robert Silman Associates, Structural Engineers Jacobs Consultancy, Laboratory Design Richard Cameron, Ariel – The Art of Building LLC |
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All the Images by: http://engineering.wustl.edu
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS School of Engineering & Applied Science, Sever Hall One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1163, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 Phone: (314) 935-6166, Fax: (314) 935-6949 |
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POSTCARD
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Anybody can make good use of this
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WHEN CHANGING STYLE DOES NOT HURT
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Greetings from Den Haag
photo by F.A. - 2007 |
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THE
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The Black Box
RED BOLOGNA TURNS TO BLACK |
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How it will be
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The New Municipal
head office under construction (Photo Credit: Il Resto del Carlino,
Bologna, 2008 May 7)
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How it is today...
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Bologna, Palazzo d'Accursio, Piazza
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THE
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 Space Invaders (Type A) |
 Space Invaders (Type B) |
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Readers are invited to vote and suggest
ideas. Many are the possibilities.
The editing committee is confident that an interesting set of candidatures will emerge. |
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PATHOLOGIES ARCHIVES OF EU-CITIES
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Rome suburbs, Italy: VIRUS or BACTERIUM
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NEW URBANISM CHECK-LIST: Walkability: 0 Connectivity: 0 Mixed-Use & Diversity: 0 Mixed Housing: 0 Quality Architecture & Urban Design: 0 Neighborhood Structure: 0 Density: 0 Smart Transportation: 0 Sustainability: 0 Quality of Life: 0 BENEFITS TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, MUNICIPALITIES: 0 ...only to DEVELOPERS |
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THE
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Le Havre, France
2005/2006 |
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Le Havre (76) - Quartier Caucriauville
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Le Havre - Démolition Tours
Mg Gaillard (CLICK!)
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THE
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ESUA - EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF URBANISM
& ARCHITECTURE
4th workshop and test module Berlin 1-8. June 2008 |
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| The student exercise
will focus on urban design principles, with both a series of lectures
and an urban design exercise for a site close to the new Central Railway
Station in Berlin. ESUA partners will also have a workshop in Berlin to further develop the five year ESUA curriculum and programs for individual courses. More info : www.esua.org |
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THE
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14TH CENTURY IN ROME
Il Quattrocento a Roma. La rinascita delle arti da Donatello a Perugino Roma - Museo del Corso 29 aprile - 7 settembre 2008 |
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 Johann Wilhelm Baur (attribuito) - Piazza Navona intorno al 1630 - Roma, Museo di Roma, Gabinetto Comunale delle Stampe |
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SEZIONI DELLA MOSTRA:
1.La città 2.I Papi. Fede, arte e potere 3.Vita civile e religiosa 4.Lo scrigno dell'antico 5.La rinascita delle arti INFORMAZIONI: Il Quattrocento a Roma. La rinascita delle arti da Donatello a Perugino Luogo: Roma - Museo del Corso Via del Corso, 320 - Roma Periodo: dal 29 aprile al 7 settembre 2008 Orari: tutti i giorni dalle 10 alle 20, giovedì e venerdì dalle 10.00 alle 23.00. Lunedì chiuso Ingresso: intero 9,00 Euro, ridotto 7,00 Euro; scuole: gratuito Catalogo: Skira Info: tel. 06 916508451 *** The exhibition shows over 170 masterpieces on loan from important museums worldwide. It illustrates the greatness of pre-Renaissance and Renaissance Rome through the works of the artists who worked in the city, including Mantegna, Perugino, Piero della Francesca, Pintoricchio, Donatello, Michelangelo, Lippi. |
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THE
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Form-Based Codes: A Guide
for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers
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form-based codes: www.smartcodecomplete.com FBC 201: Preparing a Form-Based Code – Design Considerations http://www.sandysorlien.com/smartcode.htm SmartCodes Adopted |
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THE
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Paris, je t'aime Directors Writers Producer: Emmanuel Benbihy, Claudie Ossard Genre: Romance Starring: Steve Buscemi, Juliette Binoche, Tagline:Stories of Love. From the City of Love Plot |
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CLIP
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Big City Life
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MASTERPIECES
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Ragnar Ostberg City Hall Stockholm, Sweden, 1911-1923 Contact: Visitors Information City Hall S-105 35 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +46-8-508 29 058 or +46-8-508 29 058 Fax: +46-8-508 29 022 E-mail: studyvisits@stadshuset.stockholm.se |
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The City Hall of Stockholm is one of
the most beautiful and well known buildings in the world and the most
exclusive ballroom in Stockholm, frequently used for e.g. the yearly
Nobel Banquet. Behind the brick walls, several different activities
take place.
The City Hall is known for its hospitality,
its unique art treasures, magnificent banquettes and an intriguing
history attracting close to 400.000 visitors a year. |
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Stockholm City Hall Image Credit: All the images courtesy by www.stockholm.se , photo by: Yanan Li Drawings by: The Other Modern, edited by G.Tagliaventi, Dogma Editions |
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SUGGESTED
ARTICLES & WEBSITES
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| Wake Up,
America. We're Driving Toward Disaster. By James Howard Kunstler, Washingtonpost.com (READ) Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability Learn more Tipping point for U.S. cities as people age By Sam Roberts and Sean D. Hamill, International Herald Tribune (READ) Stranded in Suburbia By Paul Krugman, The New York Times (READ) Sculptors go to war with Boris By Andrew Johnson, The Independent (READ) New mayor plans to cut skyscrapers BD The Architects' Website (READ) Why Airlines Might Abandon Your City By Rick Seaney, FareCompare.com CEO (READ) A 'Green' Rx to Save Carbon: City Density Plus Transit Neal Peirce, postwritersgroup.com, The Washington Post (READ) Street Films Look at this website: www.streetfilms.org Red Tree Welcomes Decision On Sherford By Planning Committee 25th April 2008 Learn more Gas Prices Popped the Suburban Housing Bubble By Joe Cortright, CEOs For Cities (Full study) Designing the New West By Anne Medley and David Nolt (READ) A Reminder to the City: Neighborhoods Are Building Blocks of Civic Life Charles Buki, Planetizen.com (READ) Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times (READ) Leon Krier talks sustainable architecture BD The Architects' Website (READ) Classical Proportions, Modern Practicality: A Style That Makes Sense By Katherine Salant, Washingtonpost.com (READ) At Austin Congress, New Urbanists Rally Around Responses to Climate Change, Housing Market Volatility CNU, Learn more New Urbanists Point the Way Forward Catesby Leigh, City Journal (READ) The regeneration game Peter Hetherington, The Guardian (READ) Mapping Transportation Costs for Home Buyers By Elizabeth Razzi, Washingtonpost.com (READ) |
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