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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood
1996Plan for the rejuvenation of the Flagler Heights/Progresso community, an urban neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a congested slum-like, unprepossessing and disordered quite large area of the city, about half a mile by three-quartes of a mile. The project proposal dwells on the transformation of the existing neighborhood by a sequence of design and construction small actions carried out over many years, gradually, in order to establish and/or improve its pedestrian network, gardens, roads, communal life and support for each person's private individuality.
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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood: A New Vision for Flagler Heights/Progresso, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
01/05/1996
33-page project proposal which dwells on the transformation of the existing neighborhood by a sequence of design and construction small actions carried out over many years, gradually, in order to establish and/or improve its pedestrian network, gardens, roads, communal life ...
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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood: Toward an Urban Village in Flagler Heights
01/07/1996
44-page report presenting proposals for better organizing the development of the Flagler Heights community, spatially, activity and economy wise. Organized according to four elements that are essential for any successful community: ‘Centers’ (focal points that draw people to the neighborhood), ...
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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood: Photographs of drawings
2 2) Diagnosis map - circles identify existing spaces and businesses which can be linked and supported to form chains of growing prosperity
01/01/1996
Two diagnosis maps of the neighborhood.
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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood: Photographs of project site existing conditions
7 7) Recently built business, which fits into its environment
01/01/1996
Seven protographs which give an overview of the different aspects of the existing conditing in the Progresso neighborhood.
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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood: Photographs of project model
2 2nd view
01/01/1996
Two views of one of the styrofoam models, made for assessing the kind of density that would make a livable and pleasant neighborhood. In this model the FAR used was 0.54 –about 22 dwellings per acre– the highest tried while ...
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References
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The Process of Urban Design and the Formation of Larger Urban Wholes
Theoretical basis and key assumptions for the process of urban growth, tested initially in the San Francisco Waterfront experimental project in 1979, in which the formation of larger urban wholes was highlighted as an overriding rule. This process was further ...
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The Unfolding of Public Space and Gardens as Positive Space
Outdoor space is positive when it is shaped just as a room is shaped. It has a contained character, it is bounded by walls, fences, natural vegetation, enclosure of some kind. It looks into other positive spaces, some larger, some ...
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The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested
In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...
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