urban condition photos
Archive for June, 2008
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Fused Grid Worlds – Mutual discovery
Looking around I realized that there exist other inhabited Fused Grid worlds Hello Simtropolis! Players of SimCity 4 discovered the Fused Grid and are using it to build efficient cities that, apparently, work well, when the points are counted. Take a look at their work, full of good ideas of how to use the [...] -
Pattern Language Threads and Fabric design
Among Christopher Alexander’s patterns, some deal with the conflict between car and pedestrian movement. Pattern 49, proclaims looped streets as the most suitable type at the neighbourhood scale followed by connected cul-de-sacs. Pattern 50 asserts that the T-Junctions are the safest type. Pattern 51 sets forth the idea of pedestrian-only streets and pattern 52 [...]
