The Pattern of the Normal Life
99% of us are "normal" people. 99% of us are leading "normal" lives. Every day, students travel between their houses and the school; workers work in a fixed working place; drivers pick up and send passengers from one destination to another; homemakers go to markets and bargain for foods with sellers... These are all the most ordinary life scenarios which we can encounter every day. However, we are so involved in these scenarios that we don't realize that these 99% normal lives and normal scenarios generate a pattern for the whole city. The pattern is a presentation of a culture. It records everyday route of everyone's life in this city.
A medina quarter (Arabic: المدينة القديمة al-madīnah al-qadīmah "the old city") is a distinct city section found in a number of North African and Maltese cities. A medina is typically walled, with many narrow and maze-like streets. Medina quarters often contain historical fountains, palaces, mosques, and sometimes churches. Because of the very narrow streets, medinas are generally free from car traffic, and in some cases even motorcycle and bicycle traffic. The streets can be less than a meter wide. This makes them unique among highly populated urban centers. The Medina of Fes, or Fes el Bali, is considered one of the largest car-free urban areas in the world.
The scale of the building follows the everyday normal function. The width of the street variates according to the everyday number of the users. All these life tracks merge together to create a special pattern of a city which only accommodates to the everyday life it contains.
A medina quarter (Arabic: المدينة القديمة al-madīnah al-qadīmah "the old city") is a distinct city section found in a number of North African and Maltese cities. A medina is typically walled, with many narrow and maze-like streets. Medina quarters often contain historical fountains, palaces, mosques, and sometimes churches. Because of the very narrow streets, medinas are generally free from car traffic, and in some cases even motorcycle and bicycle traffic. The streets can be less than a meter wide. This makes them unique among highly populated urban centers. The Medina of Fes, or Fes el Bali, is considered one of the largest car-free urban areas in the world.
The scale of the building follows the everyday normal function. The width of the street variates according to the everyday number of the users. All these life tracks merge together to create a special pattern of a city which only accommodates to the everyday life it contains.
Nice example - In many cities there is this dichotomy of this organic development and growth that comes naturally from the everyday life and function as it grows and as time goes on.
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