LATENT INFRASTRUCTURES mobility in the post-industrial landscape liam lowe
infrastructure (n)
a. the system of public works of a society
infrastructure (n)
b. a collective term for the subordinate parts of an undertaking; substructure, foundation.
landscape (n)
a tract of land with its distinguishing characteristics and features, esp. considered as a product of modifying or shaping processes and agents (usually natural).
“The landscape architectonic form is latently present in the man-made landscape in the interaction between the technical and functional framework and the natural substratum. [...] the basic form, the spatial form, and the metaphorical form remain latent; they are included in the technology of the layout of the land and in the organization of the programme.� Clemens Steenbergen
“In urban landscape architecture the compositional arrangement... must be seen in its relationship with the morphology, infrastructure and programme of the city. [...] the composition will be more abstract, but no less explicit, with a greater stress on a formal strategy that serves as an answer to the urban dynamic.� Clemens Steenbergen
Goals
1. Provide access to forgotten natural & infrastructural spaces in the city, capitalizing on their unique characteristics for the creation of a new urban park
Goals
1. Provide access to forgotten natural & infrastructural spaces in the city, capitalizing on their unique characteristics for the creation of an urban park 2. Illustrate the complex relationship between society and it’s environment in the past and present, preparing residents to make critical decisions regarding their future
2010
1937
1923
lawrenceville
STRIP DISTRICT bloomfield polish hill
shadyside upper hill north oakland