Waiting for a Bus | 2011 | installation in public space; rotating carousel-style bus shelter | Commissioned by Scape Christchurch Biennial
(via greenguerrilla)
Source: urbanfunscape
Melbourne laneways. Every space matters
minimize waste, maximize value in the city underused space
Singapore’s public transport system requires passengers to tap their smart card passes when boarding and alighting subways and buses. While these actions translate into different, distance-based, fare prices for travelers, they also offer perspective on the passengers aboard those vehicles at any given time.
This interactive application puts that knowledge literally at your fingertips. A multi-touch interface enables users to actively explore Singapore’s bus network, and see where most passengers get on and off buses, how people connect between the island’s stations, and the way these patterns changes throughout the day.
Instead of citizens, it produces consumers. Instead of communities, it produces shopping malls. The net result is an atomized society of disengaged individuals who feel demoralized and socially powerless.
There’s nothing as citizens as customers!
(via jandirafeijo)
Source: noam-chomsky
When regional level starts to be more important than just local…
Source: theatlanticcities.com
Plans for Milton Keynes
Designed to relieve population pressure in London, Milton Keynes was built and designated as a ‘New Town’ in the 1960s. The design of Derek Walker, the town was clearly inspired by American style grid systems, and particularly by urban theorist Max Webber, with this being a radical, modernist and novel approach for British urban planners. Milton Keynes could have been anything they wanted..and they made that.
(via theaccidentalarchitect)
