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Reconstruction of an Urban Neighborhood: A New Vision for Flagler Heights/Progresso, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
01/05/199633-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 and support for each person’s private individuality. Organized in two parts: 1. “The Physical Conditions”, deals with the new character to be developed for the neighborhood and 2. “The Process of Transformation”, goes through the actions to be followed for accomplishing it.
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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 ...