mixed use Archive
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The True Public Realm
Posted on April 16, 2010 | No CommentsSame city(Montreal), two streets and two strikingly different approaches to the public realm. Both streets are intensely public and encompass a range of uses but are predominantly gathering and socializing spaces.... -
Unplanned Best Urbanism, Adaptive Mix of Uses
Posted on March 14, 2010 | No CommentsPostponed, adaptive mixed use and walkable neighbourhoods. At the perimeter of this early 20th century city stood proud, simple or embelished houses on a quiet street;... -
Goodbee Square:The Quest for a Contemporary Urban Pattern
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsGoodbee Square, a recent project by Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company constitutes a fertile departure from previous DPZ plans, integrating novel elements of traffic flow, pedestrian movement, traffic safety, park allocation... -
A Good House Is Better in a Good Neighbourhood
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsDevelopers and builders generally display a handful of house models for prospective customers to choose from. They are flipped right and left, and adjusted slightly to evolve into a... -
Old Urbanism to Fused Grid – Montpellier
Posted on February 28, 2010 | No CommentsNetwork Transformation Montpellier in 2004 took a bold and unprecedented step to turn the entire 800-year old fortified city into a pedestrian realm. It adapted its inherited organic grid... -
Arrested Evolution – A living urban past
Posted on February 26, 2010 | No CommentsIt didn’t happen and won’t happen. People walking these streets will not experience the clutter of evolution that accommodates the car, ever. Car-free means no clutter, no noise, no fumes;... -
New Urbanist Cul-de-sac
Posted on February 25, 2010 | No CommentsA city neighbourhood displays a perfect New Urbanist cul-de-sac: This 200-foot long street is built at high density, common to the entire neighbourhood. It is narrow and shared between pedestrians...
















