CELEBRATE CONFLICT AS A POSITIVE ELEMENT OF THE URBAN

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CELEBRATE CONFLICT AS A POSITIVE ELEMENT OF THE
URBAN CONDITION-THEN MEDIATE NO MORE THAN IS
NECESSARY
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Truth and Lies. The Death of the Boulevard
But great boulevards had a high movement
function and a high access function WHICH IS WHY
THEY ARE SO SUCCESSFUL SOCIALLY AND WHY THEY ARE
EXCLUDED FROM THE LANGUAGE OF URBAN THOROUGHFARES
TODAY
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The paranoia of conflict
Ashford Kent
The Health and Safety Audit
Health- The state of being healthy in body, mind
(and spirit) Safety- Freedom from danger or
risks These two have become one and the same
thing
Result, the death of interaction, exchange and
public life. Nobody dies. Nobody lives
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Our problem is this, we like certain places and
then proceed to build places that are entirely
different. So many beloved places break every
rule in the book..so why do people love
them? Nostalgia or common humanity?
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NEVER BEGIN WITH THE OPEN SPACE Ian McHarg
Design with Nature Sprawl in Drag
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Town or Country?
Town and Country
Fracture urbanism at this scale, it fails.
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When was the last truly great residential
streets built?
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It sure as hell wasnt Greenwich Millenium
Village.
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and if so, WHY are they? Street
composition One Code.. many hands Variety within
a pattern
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The problem runs deep but you can only choose
from alternatives
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Two new schools. One in a street block system One
freestanding in space. Both equally secure One
urban, one anti-urban
Greenwich Millenium Village
Brandevoort
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Facadism IS good urbanism. SPEND THE MONEY WHERE
IT MATTERS.
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RESTORE THE BALANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OF
PROSPECT AND REFUGE OF FRONT AND BACK OF STREET,
BLOCK AND PLOT
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DIVERSITY ADAPTABILITY CONTINUITY OF
CULTURE EVER CHANGING YET NEVER CHANGING URBAN
AND GREEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VIBRANT AND
QUIET URBANISM FOR ALL TIME THE OPPOSITE OF
FASHION
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Sherford
Rediscovering traditional town building
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MIXED USE IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY GOOD. BUT IT IS
HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED IN ORDER TO BE
GOOD Location, Type Construction
strategy/adaptability Parametric over time but
certainty from the outset There is a spatial
logic that gives it certainty
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• Mixed Use. If designed and located correctly, it
  is a benefit not a problem
• At the Town Centre and neighbourhood centres
• Along the busiest streets
• Overlooking open spaces
• Small scale at street corners.

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Mixed use in 3 axial changes From vibrant busy
and heavy traffic to peace and calm and single
use, in the space of 80 metres
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Look back AND LEARN
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Poundbury. Factories first.
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Workplaces as good neighbours
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BUILDINGS FOR 300 YEARS.
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Time, Grain and incremental change. Making
the grain of adaptation small enough
The places where economies innovate, thrive,
live, work and play.
Hoxton Square
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The grain of adaptation a living city
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The grain of adaptation
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The Grain of adaptation ? WHAT DOES THIS DO NEXT?
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Lasting urbanism can only come from patient
money
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Melrose Arch Phase One
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