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“It’s evolutionary perspective is designed for 80years, but it is easily recognisable that this project will continue to evolve beyond this arbitrary time-frame” (Prominski, 2005, p30)
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FRESHKILLS CONTEXTUAL RELEVANCE
WA STE LA ND CO NVE R SI ON Fr e s hki l l s i s b e co m i ng e xempla ry o f r e s to r ati o n e co l o gy r edefining th e ur b an l and s cap e .
E CO LO G I CA L SUCCE S SION Cr e ati o n and d i v e r s i fi ca t ion over ti m e o f r e s to r ati o n e co l ogies.
“Thematics of organization, dynamic interaction, ecology and technique point to a looser, emergent urbanism, more akin to the complexity to the complexity of sities and offering an alternative to the rigid mechanisms of centralist planning” (Corner, 2006, p.23)
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