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The Chicago Riverwalk and the Maggie Daley
Raumlabor
Dissing+Weitling architecture
Christian Phillips
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A new cycle superhighway in Copenhagen
A new public sauna at the derelict harbor at
Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden is a first step to
architecture for economic reasons. As a result, the
“Bicycle Snake� marks another step toward realizing
transform the area by site-specific interventions. This
landscape architect becomes mediator.
Copenhagen’s vision of becoming an eco-metropolis.
transformation culture could change city governance.
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Peter Benett
Archive Paolo Deganello
increases the ease of daily commutes. The so-called
Christopher Marcinkoski
Park in Chicago exemplify the trend to use landscape
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Urbanization has become a tool for economic
Los Angeles has plans to revitalize the LA
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The 1960s were an era of utopian visions in
and political interests. The global impact of speculative
Riverbed and its different facets with the help of Frank
architecture and city planning. These designs still have
urbanism that is no longer in sync with financial
Gehry. The city wants the river to become a place with
the capacity to inspire, but do they really still have
reality affects architecture and city planning.
urban atmosphere and a high quality of life.
relevance for the pressing urban-planning challenges?
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CITY
Cover: Chicago Riverwalk Expansion, Chicago, USA Design: Sasaki Associates Photo: Christian Phillips
C O N OR O ’ S H E A
VISIONS
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
MARKUS RICHTER
16 Open City – Open Space
78 Within the Big Structure
Economic Design: Chicago Riverwalk and
Past Visions: utopian architecture and city planning from
Maggie Daley Park in Chicago
the 1960s
N ATA LI E G U L S RU D, H E N R I E T T E S T E I N E R
G E O R G V R AC H LI OT I S
24 Life Between Buildings
84 The City as a Digital Fabric
Green mobility: cycle superhighway in Copenhagen
Urban Networks: the integral urban model of Fritz Haller
MI C H A E L KO LL E R
C A R L O R AT T I , MATT H E W C H RI S TOP H E R C L A U D E L
32 Adaptive Planning
92 Agents of Mutation
New Masterplan: football stadium and riverbank park
Futurecraft: predicting future scenarios with the help
in Bordeaux
of design
C A ROL I N E DA H L , P E R - J O H A N DA H L
ARJAN HARBERS, DANIËLLE SNELLEN
40 The Celebration of Co-creation
98 Smart Transportation
Participation: Bathing Culture and Jubilee Park in Gothenburg
New Mobility: the future of transportation in the Netherlands
NADIN HEINICH
J Ö R N F R E N Z E L , RE G I NA V I L J A S A A R
48 How to Survive in Moscow
104 Parallel Cities
Public Space: Krymskaya Promenade and Gorky Park
Digital Urbanism: Smart Cities Tallinn and Helsinki
in Moscow
Currents
C H R I STO P H E R M A R C I N KO SK I
56 The City That Never Was
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Projects, Competitions, Reviews
Speculative Urbanism: city planning as a tool for economic interests
110 Authors
ALEXANDER GUTZMER
111 Credits/Imprint
64 Transforming an Urban Dystopia New Identity: radical plans for the Los Angeles River DA N I E L RO E H R , M I C K E L L A S J O Q U I S T
70 Social Structures Connecting Element: Under Gardiner Expressway in Toronto
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Conor O’Shea
Open City – Open Space In Chicago, the new Maggie Daley Park and Chicago Riverwalk exemplify the trend for cities to build high-profile works of landscape architecture to spur reinvestment in historic urban cores. In this era of decreased federal and municipal funding for such projects, private investment is increasingly called upon. As a result, and as a range of new spaces in Chicago demonstrate, the landscape architect has emerged as a mediator between commercial interests and civic responsibilities.
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The Chicago Riverwalk was designed by landscape architects Sasaki Associates. They proposed a 25-foot extension to be built into the river. Through its proportions and formal structure it acknowledges Chicago’s call for a pedestrian promenade at the river’s edge.
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Natalie Gulsrud, Henriette Steiner
LIFE BETWEEN BUILDINGS Copenhagen has a new piece of bicycle infrastructure. The so-called “Cykelslangen”, the “Bicycle Snake”, is a cycle superhighway that increases the ease and efficiency of daily commutes in the city. It not only marks another step in Copenhagen’s vision of becoming an eco-metropolis, it also allows a glimpse into the complex structure of a modern city.
The new cycle superhighway is elevated 5.5 meters above ground level at its highest point. The whole structure is resting on elegant, evenly spaced white pilotis.
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Caroline Dahl, Per-Johan Dahl
The Celebration of
Co-creation Public Space and Bathing Culture, which currently appropriates an area of the derelict harbor at Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden, is more than a participation project or an urban renewal process. Through prototyping, the city is nurturing a transformation culture of site-specific interventions, that may change city governance from the inside out.
The new public sauna is built on a caisson in the river. Raised on stilts to even further elevate the space, the building is visible from various viewpoints in the harbor.
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