Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Below is the link to "Holly" Whyte's 'Social Life of Small Urban Spaces'. It's a really great movie, and if you have 60 minutes to spare, it's actually a pretty classic / enjoyable / amusing, and really revealing look at social behavior in urban spaces.

Here's a clip to give you a feel for the movie :

and here is the full movie : The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces.

Effective Graphic - Comparing Parks we all know about

http://www.alliedworks.com/projects/hudson-yards-boulevard-park-proposal/#/analysis/1

This one's for you, Cris! Btw, didn't you have something you wanted to post, Toni? Let's get back on the Blog bandwagon! We need to share our inspiration!

For 10/25 + Mid-Review (11/01)

As you can see, I laid out the tasks for the next two weeks.  I tried to break them down, so they're a bit more doable.

Firstly, work on the second portion of the list for next week (aka 'Work On 18-25'). So, develop your chosen site, your massing approaches, your concept, etc. into an architecture (however roughly at this point) for next week. Do SCALE drawings (and know what scale you're working in). Consider its Program (if you're not ready to commit to one, describe several in diagram form). I have listed things to consider when working on your program diagram. (By the way, for those that were in class on Thursday, I'm nixing the photoshopping your model into a site photo. We'll get to that later.) Don't worry too much about the first part of the list for this week.

The reason is - the goal for October 25th is to have a version of all of the drawings, models, collages, renderings, etc. we plan to bring to the Mid-Review. They won't be final but they could be underlays and they will help you figure out how to present your project, what you're missing, what you don't need, etc.

For the week of Oct 25 - Nov 01, you will revise your maps (detail and large scale map) and work on any other site information you may need (like diagrams explaining why you chose that site, what your intervention does there, what is lacking, etc.) to make the jump into your architecture. And then you will also have to do more developed, revised, crafted, beautified versions of the second portion of the list.

Does this make sense? I know, lots to do, but you can do it! And please - let me know / post on the blog with Illustrator questions. I hope that tutorial was helpful, even if it was brief.

Aviva

O.M. Ungers designs for Bulfinch ! ?

Do you ever get the feeling that it's all been done before? I was doing research on 'Archipelago Cities' and ran across this image which looked suspiciously familiar . . .

Its actually a plan for Berlin by O.M. Ungers (1970's) for a 're-development' of Berlin in which the city's state of urban decay / depopulation became the ways in which Ungers suggested the city create highly urbanized components, surrounded by the open / un-built landscape, as a way of re-building the city while still taking into account the dwindling population / political constraints (Cold War).

Source, Abitare : City - Archipelago. Cities within cities #02

Color Palette Help

https://kuler.adobe.com/

Check it ooouttt!

This is sort of relevant.

Residents in the North End are upset about a new development 

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/10/09/development-plan-for-waterfront-pavilion-pits-north-end-residents-city-officials/9QkB006KsrsdpqXZbXTTrL/story.html

Check this out! Online maps! Of all sorts!

http://www.boston-online.com/Maps/