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Week 6.
Everyday urbanism: Reading and Designing with the life of the city.
February 15th/ February 17
My reaction to:
Margaret Crawford: ‘Introduction’ in Everyday Urbanism Expanded, ed. by John Chase, Margaret Crawford and John Kaliski(New York: Monacelli, 20080
Warning: If a meta critique on urbanism references Michel Foucalt I can assume it's over my head.
I am going to grab onto the critique of Corbu as the basis of my reflection.
This snip, summarizes the failures of 20th-century urbanism, with a critique of Corbu, the cutting edge of the movement.
The argument states that it ignores the beauty of the mixed experience of everyday life. The "living machine in Corbus's philosophy is not kind to chance to happen, a value that has recently gained traction.
She critiques the intent to control everyday life, and destroy existing conditions.
Reflection:
I agree with this critique, and I am curious of hands of approach to architecture. What I mean by that is that architects could leave room for others to design. Take the current development of a 15 story high rise in an urban context. The building is 100% designed/by a firm, and the tenants have the opportunity to refinish interiors.
What if one developer/engineer/architect designed the basic frame and core, and then sold floor by floor to a different developer/engineer/architect, which then sold to tenants who designed and built spaces within?
What product would that produce? Why shouldnt ownership and design models be broken up by scale and lifespan?
This is the antithesis of corbus model, of singular control.
Baker,
ReplyDeleteI think the idea of selling to tenants floor by floor is very interesting. I would be curious to see if that would cause mass chaos or a more uniform design among certain programs.
Hi Baker,
ReplyDeleteI think we are already doing this. By this I mean that the architects leaves room for others to design. For example, many commercial spaces, the structure is built as a shell and left it up to the tenant to design, space plan, and decorate the interior to whatever suited for their space. We can also see this in high-rise office buildings where a company can come in, lease out an entire floor, and reconfigure the layout to fit their work.
Unless I misunderstood you ……