giovedì 26 febbraio 2009

THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF THE CRISIS


To get out of crisis a new strategy is needed.
Getting to Smart Growth.

Per uscire dalla crisi occorre una nuova strategia.
Occorre una Crescita Intelligente.
Una Smart Growth
Rottamiamo la vecchia urbanistica !

giovedì 19 febbraio 2009

STOP BUILDING OBJECTS FLOATING IN THE EMPTINESS


2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009...
one day this madness will possibly end.
Building isolated objects surrounded by green areas is the best system to create the perfect site for crime.
Let's learn the lesson.
Don't help criminals. Build the city!

lunedì 16 febbraio 2009


WANT TO CUT CRIME? IT TAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD


The impressive series of violences and rapes against young women in Italy demonstrates how un-safe the brutalist environment of Slab-Urbia is.


Built as a result of 20th century worst ideologies, Slab-Urbia has produced the worst peripheries in the country: Gallaratese in Milan; Pilastro in Bologna; Corviale in Rome; Vele in Naples, etc.


What all these horrible areas do have in common is the huge amount of concrete Slabs surrounded by a huge amount of no-man-land.


It is right in this no-man-land that crime takes place.


Hidden behind the trees and the bushes of so meany so-called "parks", criminals attack young women and couples. Parks in Slab-Urbia create the best setting for ambush.


Slab-Urbia has demonstrated to be the worst dysaster in urban planning and the best area for crime.


Let's put an end to this tragedy. Let's transform those horrible areas into true mixed-use urban neighborhoods. Let's give citizens the right to choose the place where to live and stroll.


The Italian Government has declared a State of Emergency against crime. Thousands of policemen are going to be used to patrol streets and parks.


This move will certainly help, but will never be sufficient. It is virtually impossible to patrol all the no-man-lands of Italian Slab-Urbia. If you really want to cut crime, you've got to build true urban neighborhoods.

mercoledì 4 febbraio 2009

CIVICARCH WORKSHOP - 11 FEBRUARY 2009

THE EFFICIENT CITY
PUBLIC TRANSIT AND SUSTAINABILITY
The International Workshop organized by CivicArch with the collaboration of A Vision of Europe aim at providing architects, engineers, urbanists, public and private administrators, public and private developers, with the most recent european and american experiences of transformation of problematic sub-urban areas and historical centres into true livable communities according to the principles of New Urbanism. In this occasion we will focus on:

- Economic and financial trends of EU cities
- Economic developments and tax revenues
- Mixed-use development
- TND and smart-growth ordinances
- Transit uses, pedestrian and vehicle circulation
- Case studies from USA and EU cities
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