#urbanisme

[retrogeographie]

Freyming-Merlebach, Église de la cité Chapelle.

#freyming merlebach #lorraine #forbach #bassin houiller lorrain #architecture #retro géographie #trente glorieuses #urbanisme #banlieue #grands ensembles #cité #cité chapelle

[threadatl]

This is an excellent article on a sad topic: pedestrian deaths are rising.

QUOTE:

"Nationwide, the suburbanization of poverty in the 21st century has meant that more lower-income Americans who rely on shift work or public transit have moved to communities built around the deadliest kinds of roads: those with multiple lanes and higher speed limits but few crosswalks or sidewalks. The rise in pedestrian fatalities has been most pronounced on these arterials, which can combine highway speeds with the cross traffic of more local roads."

In the suburbs of Atlanta (and other metros) and in the city, these wide arterial roads are deadly for walking. Meanwhile, the most walkable places in the city are increasingly unaffordable.

It's obvious that we need a massive shift on a huge scale when it comes to the walkability of our built environments, and in the equitability of access to pedestrian safety.

It will take many steps, big and small, in our policies and investments in order to get there. Some of those small steps will need to happen on your street, and in your neighborhood. Please support them and please speak up when others don't.

#urbanism #urban planning #city planning #urban design #walkable cities #pedestrian deaths #pedestrian safety #urbanismo #urbanisme

[valentinfougeray]

Valentin Fougeray©

https://www.instagram.com/valentinfougeray/

Ur/ban/isme Self initiated project

#valentinfougeray #urbanisme #photo #street #installation #still life #details #urbanretail #Valentin Fougeray

[atlurbanist]

Bland buildings are less offensive when they're part of an overall great urbanism

Something occurred to me while walking around Paris last week during a vacation visit...

If you zoom in on average Paris buildings, many resemble the apartments that often get pegged as being "cookie cutter, soulless density" in Atlanta. They may not be exactly as bland as the worst offenders in Atlanta, but they can be pretty dull in themselves, relative to the grandest architecture in the city.

But when you zoom out to their full context, to see how they're grouped closely together against pedestrian-focused streets, with shops on bottom, they look glorious.

This is the physical aspect of good urbanism that matters so much.

It's about creating public streets scaled primarily toward the movement of humans, and less toward the movement and parking of cars.

It's about streets where many things are in walkable distance, and where the doors and windows of buildings are politely close to pedestrians instead of being set back behind unused landscaping or parking spaces (though if I was rebuilding Paris, I'd definitely leave some room for more street trees).

Of course, individual buildings that are set back from the street in less pedestrian-oriented formats can be beautiful and beloved in themselves.

But in terms of scaling large populations upward in a way that sustains walking (versus car dependency), prioritizing compact density is important. And in the process, bland architecture is more forgivable because the aesthetic of the larger place is what's most important.

It's a challenging argument to make because I realize that Atlanta's dullest architecture is much more offensive than the bottom rung of what you find in Paris.

But in a classic European city where there's a lot of really grand, elegant, detailed architecture (much more so than what we have in Atlanta), the ones I posted here count as what I'll call "bland background buildings" by comparison.

It's only when you crop it specifically into pieces that you can see "oh, this building doesn't particularly stand out in terms of architectural details, but the entirety of the street is gorgeous anyway," and that's because of the overall structural urbanism happening.

I think there's a lesson for Atlanta in that. Yes, there's value in improving some details of our dull architecture. But the most important improvement in our design needs to happen at the level of streets and neighborhoods.

#paris #urbanism #architecture #urbanisme #walkability #urban planning #urban design #city design #walkable cities #human scale cities

[lounesdarbois]

Pour ce trente-cinquième épisode de l'émission La Libre Antenne sur ERFM, le camarade Blaise et la section Égalité & Réconciliation des Pays de la Loire m'ont convié à évoquer la praxis du bien vivre en ville en ce début de XXIe siècle... Merci les gars.

Sommaire et musiques:

01- Introduction 4 min 10 : Devienne - Sonate pour flûte, basson et piano 02- Le Prince et la Cité 12 min 06 : Devienne - Sonate pour flûte, basson et piano 03- Style urbain français entre 1840 et 1940 16 min 44 : Rameau - Les Fêtes de Polymnie – Ouverture 04- Paris nomadisée 20 min 42 : RAMEAU - Le Temple de la Gloire - Ouverture 05- Envers du décor et ascenseur 24 min 49 : Marais - Alcione - Deuxième Air des Matelots et Matelotes 06- Les HLM des années 1950-60 27 min 40 : Grétry - Richard Cœur de Lion – Ouverture 07- Banlieue parisienne 29 min 44 : Grétry - La caravane du Caire – Ouverture 08- La ville dortoir 31 min 19 : Philidor – Tom Jones - Ouverture 09- L’esthétique désolée 35 min 38 : Méhul - Symphonie No. 2 en D majeur - Andante 10- Exigence contre décadence 39 min 34 : Saint-Saëns - Bacchanale 11- La propriété comme bouclier 43 min 20 : Saint-George - Ernestine – Ouverture 12- Londres et les magasins provisoires 46 min 44 : Berlioz - Marche hongroise 13- Le ministère de l’Embellissement 49 min 44 : Méhul - Adrien – Ouverture 14- L’ameublement masculin 52 min 37 : Gounod - Symphonie No. 2 - Allegro agitato 15- Le mobilier sprezzatura 56 min 10 : Fauré - Pavane - Andante Molto Moderato 16- Les magasins de mobilier 58 min 56 : Gossec - Symphonie en D Majeur - Minuetto & Trio 17- Le mode d’éclairage intérieur 1 h 02 min 16 : Fauré – Sicilienne 18- La campagne française violée 1 h 04 min 45 : Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin – Prélude 19- Le rapport de l’homme à la campagne 1 h 13 min 13 : Jaubert - Le Jour se lève 20- Henri Sellier 1 h 16 min 17 : Saint-George - L’Amant anonyme - Ouverture I. Allegro presto 21- Les smart cities 1 h 21 min 00 : Gossec - Symphonie en D Majeur – Allegro 22- Conclusion 1 h 24 06 : New Order - The Himm

#ERFM #Paris #France #Tradition #Haussman #parisian style #parislife #architecture #Urbanisme #décoration #Décoration d'intérieur #Design #Podcast #Egaliteetreconciliation.fr #Pays de la Loire #Charles III #Prince Charles #Riad Sattouf #Sempé

[negreabsolut]

El palau reial de Theed, a Nabú.

#art #art digital #palau reial #Theed #Nabú #Naboo #Star Wars #fantasia #fantàstic #ficció científica #paisatge #paisatge urbà #urbanisme #arquitectura #estil #disseny #clàssic #ciutat #urbs

[philoursmars]

Bon, n'étant pas très mobile, difficile de créer des posts avec de nouvelles photos. Je reviens donc à mon projet de présenter l'intégralité de mes photos, projet interrompu à l'année 2017. Je vais donc essayer de clore cette année 2017. Et elle sera close par Marseille aux vacances de Noël.

Sur l'esplanade du J4, à la Joliette, après le coucher de soleil. Des couleurs envoûtantes !

On y voit la Grande Roue, la tour CMA-CGM de Zaha Hadid, la Digue du Large et les ferries partant vers la Corse ou l'Algérie...

#souvenirs #marseille #port #la joliette #port de la joliette #digue #digue du large #grande roue #couleur #coucher de soleil #tour #tour cma-cgm #cma-cgm #urbanisme #zaha hadid #ferry

[lours-postal]

2022 – 916

#lours postal #carte postale #couleur #série chez lours #urbanisme #transport

[less-ismore]

“Paris quand même, c’est-à-dire, Paris encore, Paris malgré tout, comme une ville qui, en se souvenant d’elle même, via son bâti, ses passants et ses combats, résiste aux logiques d’alignement et à la patrimonialisation forcée. (...) la moindre promenade un peu flottante permettant de vérifier qu’une vivacité est toujours là, et sous une forme spécifique, locale, incarnée, renouvelée.”

Jean-Christophe Bailly, Paris quand même, 2022.

#Jean-Christophe Bailly #bailly #paris #la fabrique editions #essai #urbanisme #urbaine #promenade #psychogeography #deambulation

[oanthore]

Le citadin est un être paradoxal, qui veut du bruit et du silence, de la solitude et de la multitude, de la vitesse et de la lenteur… Ses humeurs guident ses actions : lorsqu’il fait le marché, il prend son temps ; en revanche, un soir, rentrant tard du travail, il commande des sushis…

Thierry Paquot - La ville du quart d’heure

#lecture #esprit #urbanisme #société #vie

[mirrorontheworld]

Le projet de ville futuriste Neom, en Arabie Saoudite, semble se concrétiser : les travaux d'excavation de The Line viennent de démarrer.

#Arabie saoudite #Neom #gigantisme #urbanisme #folie des grandeurs

[retrogeographie]

La Grande Motte, le point zéro.

#la grande motte #le point zero #architecture #retro géographie #urbanisme #jean balladur #brutalisme #languedoc #le point zéro

[threadatl]

Let's help Atlantans beat the high cost of car ownership by offering a better, more walkable future

by Darin Givens, 12/24/2023

This image shows part of the United Auto Recovery lot in Hapeville, just south of Atlanta (and this is only a section -- it goes on).

What you're looking at are repoed vehicles waiting for owners to pay lenders off and recover them.

To my eyes, it's also a picture of the need for affordable homes in transit-served density, where the expense of car ownership is less of a necessity and the threat of repossession is less present in peoples' lives.

The struggle of transportation costs is real, and it's getting worse every year.

According to a NY Times report, the average annual cost of new-car ownership rose to $12,182 this year due to increased "purchase prices, maintenance costs and finance charges." That's an incredible cost burden -- one that obviously hits lower-income drivers the hardest.

Too often, we demand car ownership by way of our unwalkable, sprawling urban designs which offer little alternative. We essentially enforce this burden.

Also from that NYT article:

"America’s dependence on automobiles means hefty bills, the risk of dangerous crashes and stress. And now, even with strong wage growth and elevated savings in recent years, high sticker prices and escalating interest rates are starting to take a toll: The share of borrowers moving into delinquency jumped sharply in late 2022 and early 2023"

When you read "borrowers moving into delinquency," understand that to also mean 'people who have little choice but struggle with car-ownership burdens because we aren't allowing them affordable homes in walkable neighborhoods rich with transit services'.

For a look at the savings we could allow residents in a less car-dependent, future version of Atlanta, take a look at this chart showing the difference between car ownership costs and annual transit-pass costs for the average Atlanta transit commuter (source: atltransit.ga.gov).

Of course, you have to multiply that cost of transit passes for each person in a house. But even if we can get to a level of walkability that allows two-car families to trim down to one car, that's a lot of savings.

We can do this. Bit by bit, we can use public tools like Invest Atlanta, and zoning reform, and the city's affordable housing fund, and the More MARTA program (and much more) to provide affordable homes in a compact, pedestrian-scaled setting that's easily served by transit routes.

It's crucial that we remain optimistic about our chances for success when it comes to creating a better Atlanta that lifts people out of the burdensome costs of car-centric places -- not just money, but also poor health outcomes and threats to safety.

So here's me, hoping for more hope in the the new year. Let's find it and cling to it in 2024, and make great strides in building better places. Don't get held down by the oppressive weight of car-dependent, inequitable, unsustainable built environments. Hold tight to a vision for change & progress.

#atlanta #urbanism #urbanisme #urbanismo #urban planning #urban design #car-dependency #walkable cities

[valentinfougeray]

Valentin Fougeray© https://www.instagram.com/valentinfougeray/ Ur/ban/isme project shot by Valentin fougeray Assisted by Penelope Marcadet

#valentinfougeray #urbanisme #creative playground #street #installation #valentin fougeray #self initiated project

[atlurbanist]

Classism. Racism. Ageism. Ableism. Climate denial.

No matter how we rationalize the wasteful destruction of nature through car-scaled urban sprawl, or how we rationalize the act of robbing people of chances to live with dignity unless they can drive, those evils are at the core.

#atlanta #urbanism #pedestrian safety #walkability #urban planning #urban design #car-centric developmnent #urban sprawl #suburban sprawl #sprawl #urban development #urbanismo #urbanisme

[lounesdarbois]

Les dix principes de "A vision of Britain" rédigés en 1989 par Charles Windsor sont utilisables partout pour l'embellissement d'un village, d'une ville, d'une région, d'un pays. Ces principes ont été appliqué au village-pilote de Poundbury en Angleterre.

Jean Giraudoux dans les années 1930 essaya de créer un service d'urbanisme spécialisé dans l'embellissement des villes mais n'avait pas les appuis politiques pour cela.

(Poundbury)

A Montrouge en France, récemment, une initiative d'embellissement toute simple par la peinture des façades.

#A vision of Britain #Charles III #Poundbury #Jean Giraudoux #Montrouge #Urbanisme