rejecting the obsolete

REJECTING THE OBSOLETE THE SOCIO-SPATIAL ECONOMY

THIS IS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE GLOBAL CONNECTION.

THIS IS THE POSSIBLE FUTURE. GENTRIFICATION + DISPLACEMENT.

REJECT THE OBSOLETE!

FANTASY

REALITY

SHIFT

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NS CO

N IO PT UM

PR OD UC T

RIA

IVI TY

TE MA WEALTH ACCUMULATION

(perpetual growth) unlimited resources inherently exclusive dependency on capital

CRISIS

(end of growth) dwindling resources demanding inclusion re-definition of capital

INCLUSION

urbanist: normative paradigm

spatial economy embodied energy

life cycle

spatial economy

trans-urbanist: alternative paradigm

life cycle

embodied energy

TRANSFORMATION human potential

inclusion

human diversity

HYPOTHESIS By engaging a greater diversity of stakeholders, and by prioritizing isssues of inclusion, a stronger model of development can be produced in which the definitions of life cycles and embodied energy include the social and human dimensions of urban space.

MESTRE / MARGERA OSCILLATING BORDERS

FORMAL INFORMAL GRADIENT

HIGH SPEED DEVELOPMENT

VENICE TRIESTE

MILAN ROMA FLORENCE

NEW SYMBIOSIS

LOCAL CONNECTIONS

PROPOSAL : THE MARKET AS A PLACE FOR EXCHANGE

SITE PLAN : PROGRAMMATIC OPPORTUNITIES

SOCIAL EXCHANGE: TUNNEL SERVICE EXCHANGE: CITA EVENT EXCHANGE: PARK

MARKET EXCHANGE: MESTRE STAZIONE

SITE CONNECTIONS : A NEW CENTRALITY

SOCIAL EXCHANGE: TUNNEL MARKET EXCHANGE: MESTRE STAZIONE

MARKET EXCHANGE

BEFORE : TRAIN CORRIDORS

AFTER : PLATFORM MARKET

SOCIAL EXCHANGE : TUNNEL GALLERY

SOCIAL EXCHANGE

AFTER : INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY

AFTER : INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY

EVENT EXCHANGE: PARK

EVENT EXCHANGE

BEFORE : UNDEFINED STREET

AFTER : VISIBLE GATEWAYS INTO PARK

EVENT EXCHANGE

BEFORE : VACANT STRUCTURE

AFTER : EVENT SPACE

SERVICE EXCHANGE

BEFORE : HIGHWAY DIVIDER

AFTER : VISUAL CONNECTION

SERVICE EXCHANGE: CITA

SERVICE EXCHANGE

BEFORE : HIGHWAY DIVIDER

AFTER : VISUAL CONNECTION

IS THIS OUR NEW PARADIGM?