ENHANCING POLYCENTRIC CITIES THROUGH BIOPHILIC NETWORKS ENHANCING CITY NETWORKS THROUGH BIOPHILIC DESIGN
ENHANCING POLYCENTRIC CITIES/NETWORKS THROUGH BIOPHILIC URBANISM
POL·Y·CEN·TRIC
BI·O·MOM·IC·RY
NATURE
TRANSPORTATION
POLYCENTRIC
SUSTAINABILITY
PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE
EFFICENCY
CITY AGEING
LAND
FINANCE
POPULATION
ENVIRONMENT
DENSITY
RURAL
CONNECTIVITY
CONSUMPTION DEVELOPMENT
EVOLVING
PLANNING TRANSFORMATION
ECONOMY SCARCITY
COMMERCIAL
RAPID URBANIZATION INTRODUCES MANY CHALLENGES
1
POOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE
2
SHRINKING GREEN AREAS
3
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
4
INADEQUATE HOUSING
5
FOOD SECURITY
2019
2050
2019 SHARE OF THE POPULATION LIVING IN URBAN AREAS
2050 SHARE OF THE POPULATION LIVING IN URBAN AREAS
224 URBAN AREAS WITH POPULATION OF OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
MEXICO CITY
LOS ANGELES
CHICAGO
SAN FRANCISCO
PHOENIX
RANK 1
RANK 11
RANK 18
RANK 37
RANK 61
RANK 99
POPULATION 39,800,000
POPULATION 22,300,000
POPULATION 17,400,000
POPULATION 9,800,000
POPULATION 7,700,000
POPULATION 4,400,000
AREA 8,547 KM2
AREA 2,370 KM2
AREA 6,299 KM2
AREA 6,856 KM2
AREA 2,797 KM2
AREA 3,225 KM2
DENSITY 4,500/ km2
DENSITY 8,700/ km2
DENSITY 2,300/ km2
DENSITY 1,300/ km2
DENSITY 2,100/ km2
DENSITY 1,200/ km2
CASE STUDIES
GARDEN CITIES, EBENEZER HOWARD, 1898
BURNHAM PLAN OF CHICAGO, DANIEL BURNHAM, 1909
VOISIN PLAN OF PARIS, LE CORBUSIER, 1925
LOOPED HYBRID HOUSING, STEVEN HOLL, 2003
FOREST CITIES, STEFANO BOERI, 2015
BIOPHILIC/FRACTAL GEOMETRY
FRACTAL GEOMETRY
FRACTAL GEOMETRY IN NATURE
FRACTAL GEOMETRY IN ARCHITECTURE