REJECTING THE OBSOLETE THE SOCIO-SPATIAL ECONOMY
THIS IS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE GLOBAL CONNECTION.
THIS IS THE POSSIBLE FUTURE. GENTRIFICATION + DISPLACEMENT.
REJECT THE OBSOLETE!
FANTASY
REALITY
SHIFT
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TE MA WEALTH ACCUMULATION
(perpetual growth) unlimited resources inherently exclusive dependency on capital
CRISIS
(end of growth) dwindling resources demanding inclusion re-definition of capital
INCLUSION
urbanist: normative paradigm
spatial economy embodied energy
life cycle
spatial economy
trans-urbanist: alternative paradigm
life cycle
embodied energy
TRANSFORMATION human potential
inclusion
human diversity
HYPOTHESIS By engaging a greater diversity of stakeholders, and by prioritizing isssues of inclusion, a stronger model of development can be produced in which the definitions of life cycles and embodied energy include the social and human dimensions of urban space.
MESTRE / MARGERA OSCILLATING BORDERS
FORMAL INFORMAL GRADIENT
HIGH SPEED DEVELOPMENT
VENICE TRIESTE
MILAN ROMA FLORENCE
NEW SYMBIOSIS
LOCAL CONNECTIONS
PROPOSAL : THE MARKET AS A PLACE FOR EXCHANGE
SITE PLAN : PROGRAMMATIC OPPORTUNITIES
SOCIAL EXCHANGE: TUNNEL SERVICE EXCHANGE: CITA EVENT EXCHANGE: PARK
MARKET EXCHANGE: MESTRE STAZIONE
SITE CONNECTIONS : A NEW CENTRALITY
SOCIAL EXCHANGE: TUNNEL MARKET EXCHANGE: MESTRE STAZIONE
MARKET EXCHANGE
BEFORE : TRAIN CORRIDORS
AFTER : PLATFORM MARKET
SOCIAL EXCHANGE : TUNNEL GALLERY
SOCIAL EXCHANGE
AFTER : INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY
AFTER : INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY
EVENT EXCHANGE: PARK
EVENT EXCHANGE
BEFORE : UNDEFINED STREET
AFTER : VISIBLE GATEWAYS INTO PARK
EVENT EXCHANGE
BEFORE : VACANT STRUCTURE
AFTER : EVENT SPACE
SERVICE EXCHANGE
BEFORE : HIGHWAY DIVIDER
AFTER : VISUAL CONNECTION
SERVICE EXCHANGE: CITA
SERVICE EXCHANGE
BEFORE : HIGHWAY DIVIDER
AFTER : VISUAL CONNECTION
IS THIS OUR NEW PARADIGM?