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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Urban void"”.
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Hellinikon and the question of the large urban void
… Hellinikon remains the largest abandoned urban void in the fabric of Athens. The public demand for a Metropolitan Park and all privatization attempts have not yet been fruitful. In a critical time of economic recession and social segregation, the question of the large urban void emerges …
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Urban Threshold
The character of an urban void is defined by the built surrounding which determines the appearance and the function of the enclosed space. In modelling urban form, three major zones corresponding to this phenomenon may be distinguished: 1. Core 2. Transition Zone 3. Surrounding The transition zone …
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The opportunistic green : building on Toronto's utility corridor
… corridors, which is currently an underutilized urban void. The decision to bury the high voltage power lines underground creates a space for economic and social opportunities. The new programs promote potential for social and economic growth and come together in a unique narrow and linear site …
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Memorial as field : problematizing Cape Town's post apartheid void
… provide a meaningful response to locations of urban trauma caused by racial segregation. Numerous legislative changes implemented by the National Party sustained apartheid for 46 years. During this time, systems of categorization divided the country from an African majority into a plurality of …
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"""Empty chairs, broken lives"": The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum"
… memorial within a rich and complicated urban history. The dissertation describes the constructed Memorial and the Memorial Museum in Oklahoma City, designed by Hans and Torrey Butzer and Sven Berg, built to honor the 168 people who died in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal …
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The In-between: Armature for Inhabitation
… grade separated bridges or roads, are a type of urban infrastructure that has been used to facilitate high-speed vehicular movement. This once-popular strategy of the west, despite being considered as a failure for sustainable urban growth, has been adopted in Bangladesh to combat traffic …