Working with Brian Eno on design principles for streets

An Article by Dan Hill & Brian Eno
  • Think like a gardener, not an architect: design beginnings, not endings
  • Unfinished = fertile
  • Artists are to cities what worms are to soil.
  • A city’s waste should be on public display.
  • Make places that are easy for people to change and adapt (wood and plaster, as opposed to steel and concrete.)
  • Places which accommodate the very young and the very old are loved by everybody else too.
  • Low rent = high life
  • Make places for people to look at each other, to show off to each other.
  • Shared public space is the crucible of community.
  • A really smart city is the one that harnesses the intelligence and creativity of its inhabitants.