Local Code: 3,659 Proposals About Data, Design & The Nature of Cities A Book by Nicholas de Monchaux localco.de Local Code’s data-driven layout arranges drawings of 3,659 digitally tailored interventions for vacant public land in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Venice, Italy. The natures of these found parcels is as particular as the cities that house them — land under billboards in Los Angeles, dead-end alleys in San Francisco, city-owned vacant lots in New York City, and abandoned islands in the Venetian lagoon — but have in common an unrecognized potential as a social and ecological resource. Names vs. The NothingLocal Code: The Constitution of a City at 42º N Latitude citiesurbanism
The linear city The linear city was an urban plan for an elongated urban formation. The city would consist of a series of functionally specialized parallel sectors. As the city expanded, additional sectors would be added to the end of each band, so that the city would become ever longer, without growing wider. Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Snowpiercer109. Long Thin HouseIdeas for linear cities urbanismcities