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7

Kel

ler

Eas

terl

ing

Arc

hip

elag

o o

f P

roto

cols

is a

much

more

unusu

al d

ocu

men

t th

an it

may

firs

t ap

pea

r to

be.

In thes

e pag

es, A

rist

ide

Anto

nas

pre

sents

five

spat

ial i

dea

s fo

r A

then

s—co

llec

tive

roof te

rrac

es, o

utd

oor

room

s,

com

munal

work

tab

les,

sec

tional

laye

rs o

f urb

an s

pac

e an

d n

etw

ork

s

of va

cant sh

ops—

but th

e book is

not a

monogra

ph o

f des

ign p

roje

cts.

The

idea

s dep

loy

all t

he

skills

ass

oci

ated

wit

h a

rchit

ectu

ral t

rain

ing a

nd

pra

ctic

e, b

ut th

ey s

take

out te

rrit

ory

outs

ide

the

typic

al p

ract

ices

of

the

pro

fess

ion. S

imilar

ly, w

hile

they

are

des

igns

for

urb

an s

pac

e, they

do n

ot su

gges

t polici

es for

urb

an p

lannin

g. T

oget

her

, the

pro

toco

ls

appea

r to

cre

ate

a sm

all l

ist,

but th

ey r

eally

call for

an a

ct o

f en

dle

ssly

list

ing. T

hey

are

exp

lici

tly

auth

ore

d a

nd r

epre

sente

d, y

et they

are

als

o

del

iber

atel

y des

igned

to r

elin

quis

h a

uth

ors

hip

to o

ther

s ove

r ti

me.

In the

sam

e w

ay that

this

docu

men

t is

not a

monogra

ph, t

he

pro

toco

ls that

are

the

subje

ct o

f th

e book a

re n

ot fixe

d, fi

nit

e th

ings,

but in

stru

ctio

ns

for

how

to m

ake

evolv

ing thin

gs.

Pro

toco

ls—

whet

her

by

Kel

ler

Eas

terl

ing

Intr

od

uctio

n

9

Kel

ler

Eas

terl

ing

Per

hap

s th

e sp

ecta

cula

r fa

ilure

s of th

e finan

cial

collap

se o

ffer

(to

the

reso

urc

eful o

r th

e sl

y des

igner

) a

par

adoxi

cal o

pport

unit

y fo

r an

alte

rnat

ive

mar

ket

and a

noth

er form

of co

llec

tive

confiden

ce. R

ather

than

the

abst

ract

and b

ankru

pte

d fi

nan

cial

var

iable

s of sp

ecula

tion,

Ari

stid

e A

nto

nas

off

ers

tangib

le s

pat

ial v

aria

ble

s. A

s if

to s

ay s

imply

that

all t

hat

is n

eeded

is a

lmost

alr

eady

ther

e, the

new

ly e

nhan

ced q

ual

itie

s

and v

alues

of sp

ace

are

the

thin

gs

that

are

exc

han

ged

and tra

ded

by

ord

inar

y peo

ple

in p

oss

essi

on o

f th

eir

city

agai

n.

Arc

hit

ectu

re c

ult

ure

has

som

etim

es r

egar

ded

thes

e kin

ds

of

pro

posa

ls to b

e del

iber

atel

y m

argin

al, s

ensi

tive

or

tem

pora

ry—

the

com

pen

sato

ry g

entl

e ac

tivi

ty o

f th

e pow

erle

ss. B

ut w

hat

if the

dis

posi

tions

sugges

ted b

y th

ese

pro

toco

ls, l

ike

the

dis

posi

tion o

f th

eir

des

igner

, is

more

pow

erfu

l by

bei

ng le

ss in

sist

ent.

The

com

ponen

ts

of th

ese

spat

ial a

rran

gem

ents

are

occ

asio

nal

ly e

phem

eral

and

indet

erm

inat

e, b

ut th

ey a

re, p

erhap

s ir

onic

ally

, indet

erm

inat

e to

be

pra

ctic

al. A

nd thes

e ti

me-

rele

ased

form

s—th

ese

acti

ve form

s—

pote

nti

ally

hav

e a

longer

pre

sence

in the

city

as

an u

rban

pra

ctic

e.

Fin

ally

, far

fro

m m

argin

al this

docu

men

t is

per

hap

s pre

sents

noth

ing

less

than

an a

lter

nat

ive

spec

ies

of fo

rm-m

akin

g a

s w

ell a

s an

alt

ernat

ive

hab

it o

f m

ind a

bout urb

an s

pac

e.

In theo

rizi

ng a

bout dis

posi

tion, a

nd a

cult

ura

l ten

den

cy to p

rivi

lege

thin

gs

ove

r pro

cess

—obje

cts

ove

r ac

tivi

ties

—philoso

pher

Gilber

t R

yle

oft

en w

rote

about th

e im

port

ance

of not only

“know

ing that

” but al

so

“know

ing h

ow

.” I

f so

, thes

e 5 P

roto

cols

are

an e

xerc

ise

in “

know

ing

how

” fo

r th

e ci

ty o

f A

then

s.

8

Kel

ler

Eas

terl

ing

use

d to d

escr

ibe

dip

lom

acy,

soft

war

e, m

anner

s or

spac

e—es

tablish

sequen

ces,

routi

nes

, or

rela

tionsh

ips

bet

wee

n p

arts

, that

unfo

ld o

ver

tim

e. P

roto

cols

lend a

dis

posi

tion o

r beh

avio

r to

an a

rran

gem

ent.

In A

then

s, the

five

pro

toco

ls in

troduce

an o

bje

ct, a

volu

me

or

a

rela

tionsh

ip that

is p

osi

tioned

to in

tera

ct w

ith the

net

work

of ac

tivi

ties

and s

tori

es a

round it

. Usi

ng the

anal

ogy

to s

oft

war

e, the

pro

toco

ls

off

er a

rchit

ectu

ral s

truct

ure

s as

wel

l as

bit

s of co

de

that

align w

ith a

nd

conti

nue

to s

hap

e th

e urb

an o

per

atin

g s

yste

m. S

o the

pro

toco

ls o

ffer

obje

ct form

s, b

ut bey

ond the

oft

en in

ert ar

chit

ectu

ral o

bje

ct, t

hey

als

o

intr

oduce

act

ive

form

s. T

hey

conta

ct a

par

ticu

lar

tim

e of day

, rec

ogniz

e

an u

rban

pra

ctic

e, u

nco

ver

a his

tori

cal e

nte

rpri

se o

r pro

vide

linkag

es

that

, once

act

ivat

ed, b

ecom

e en

gin

es o

f ongoin

g s

pat

ial p

roduct

ion.

Pro

toco

ls that

are

anal

ogous

to s

oft

war

e ar

e per

hap

s al

so

anal

ogous

to thea

tric

al s

crip

ts. A

scr

ipt off

ers

text

like

an a

rchit

ect

off

ers

obje

ct form

. But th

e te

xt is

rea

lly

only

a tra

ce o

f or

a cl

ue

to the

acti

on that

the

per

form

er c

hoose

s to

pla

y—th

e ac

tion that

is o

ften

the

mai

n c

arri

er o

f in

form

atio

n. A

lthough the

auth

or

does

not pre

scri

be

them

, in p

erfo

rman

ce thes

e ac

tive

form

s oft

en e

ven o

verw

hel

m the

text

.

The

bla

ck a

nd w

hit

e ae

sthet

ic r

egim

e of th

e dra

win

gs

in this

book—

dif

fere

nt fr

om

the

usu

al a

nti

c ca

rtoons

of ar

chit

ectu

ral r

ender

ings—

is

even

som

ethin

g li

ke

the

bes

t pla

ys that

rar

ely

impose

sta

ge

dir

ecti

ons.

Anto

nas

off

ers

som

e sc

ripts

and s

tori

es for

the

city

that

are

sugges

tive

of ac

tivi

ties

, then

, lik

e a

good p

layw

right,

he

leav

es the

per

form

ance

to the

city

itse

lf.

In m

any

way

s th

ere

is n

oth

ing u

nusu

al a

bout urb

an p

roto

cols

.

Most

cit

ies

run fro

m fra

gm

ents

of co

de

that

est

ablish

par

tial

pro

toco

ls

appea

ring a

nd e

xpir

ing o

ver

tim

e. T

hey

rar

ely

follow

a m

aste

r pla

n

that

is the

offi

cial

docu

men

t of sp

atia

l arr

angem

ents

. Pow

erfu

l forc

es

circ

ula

te in

any

city

, oft

en fi

ndin

g lo

ophole

s an

d o

ther

tec

hniq

ues

for

shap

ing u

rban

policy

and w

elfa

re to s

erve

pri

vate

pow

er. R

ecen

tly,

the

glo

bal

finan

cial

indust

ry h

as m

ade

urb

an p

roper

ty in

to tra

ffick

ed

mort

gag

e pro

duct

s, a

nd the

most

pow

erfu

l urb

an p

laye

rs h

ave

bee

n

trad

ing in

rea

l est

ate

vari

able

s th

at a

re la

rgel

y div

orc

ed fro

m thei

r sp

atia

l

real

ity.

Ath

ens

rece

ived

a d

evas

tati

ng, i

f in

dir

ect,

hit

fro

m the

rece

nt

glo

bal

finan

cial

cri

sis,

one

sym

pto

m o

f w

hic

h a

re the

vaca

nci

es that

appea

r in

sev

eral

of th

e pro

ject

s th

at A

nto

nas

conte

mpla

tes.

Collec

tive

Roof

Ter

race

s

11

Pro

toco

l 1

13

Pro

toco

l 1

Art

icle

2

Conce

pt of co

mm

on u

se

A c

om

mon

use

is d

efin

ed a

s th

e ty

pe

of u

se that

con

sist

s of an

open

ly a

cces

sible

, n

ot-

for-

pro

fit,

occ

upat

ion

an

d fu

nct

ion

, w

hic

h tak

es p

lace

on

a p

lan

e

or

a m

ult

itu

de

of pla

nes

in a

bu

ildin

g b

lock

. A

com

mon

use

est

ablish

ed b

y dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

en

tails

the

pote

nti

al for

the

hori

zon

tal p

arti

cipat

ion

of re

gis

tere

d

mem

ber

s of th

e co

mm

on

hold

in it

s ad

min

istr

atio

n,

det

erm

inat

ion

an

d fu

nct

ion

. A

com

mon

use

does

not

requ

ire,

or

giv

e ri

se to, an

y pro

pri

etar

y cl

aim

s.

Art

icle

3

Form

ati

on o

f a d

iago

nal co

mm

onhold

The

maj

ori

ty a

gre

emen

t of th

e ow

ner

s an

d

poss

esso

rs o

f th

e bu

ildin

g b

lock

is r

equ

ired

to form

ally

con

firm

the

dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

. T

he

com

mon

hold

is p

lace

d u

nder

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

of a

dia

gon

al

com

mit

tee

as d

efin

ed b

y ar

ticl

e 5

.

Art

icle

4

Mer

ger

of dia

gonal co

mm

onhold

s

A d

iagon

al c

om

mon

hold

, at

the

tim

e of it

s

inst

itu

tion

, or

at a

late

r poin

t, c

an b

e m

erged

wit

h

dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

s of ad

jace

nt bu

ildin

g b

lock

s.

This

mer

ger

can

be

auth

ori

zed b

y a

maj

ori

ty d

ecis

ion

of th

e re

gis

tere

d p

ropri

etors

of ea

ch b

uildin

g b

lock

.

12

Pro

toco

l 1

Wher

e an

act

of co

mm

on

poss

essi

on

is a

ffirm

ed

in a

law

ful t

acti

c; o

n the

bas

is o

f a

legal

pro

toco

l

hold

ing la

nd w

ithou

t cl

aim

s to

pro

pri

etar

y ow

ner

ship

is a

ccep

ted; th

e pro

toco

l oper

ates

thro

ugh o

nlin

e

regis

trat

ion

an

d p

roce

ssin

g; th

e pro

toco

l allow

s th

e

com

mon

poss

essi

on

thro

ugh a

sys

tem

of in

div

idu

al

agre

emen

ts o

per

ated

on

the

web

.

Art

icle

1

Conce

pts

of dia

gonal co

mm

onhold

and p

lane

A d

iagon

al c

om

mon

hold

is d

efin

ed a

s th

e de

fact

o form

of an

act

of co

mm

on

poss

essi

on

ove

r a

pla

ne

or

a m

ult

itu

de

of pla

nes

, fo

r th

e pu

rpose

s of

com

mon

use

. A

dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

does

not giv

e

rise

to a

ny

pro

pri

etar

y ri

ghts

. A

pla

ne

is d

efin

ed a

s th

e

det

erm

ined

spac

e in

whic

h is

est

ablish

ed a

dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

. A

pla

ne

is s

pat

ially

det

erm

ined

at th

e

inte

rsec

tion

bet

wee

n h

ori

zon

tal a

nd/o

r ve

rtic

al le

gal

ow

ner

ship

, w

hic

h form

s sh

ared

spac

e. T

he

dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

of a

pla

ne

in a

bu

ildin

g b

lock

, or

a

mu

ltit

ude

of blo

cks,

ren

der

s te

mpora

rilly

dorm

ant

the

pro

pri

etar

y ow

ner

ship

, or

co-o

wn

ersh

ip, of th

e

par

ticu

lar

pla

ne

or

pla

nes

of th

e sp

ecifi

c bu

ildin

g

blo

ck o

r blo

cks.

A d

eter

min

ed p

lan

e, for

the

du

rati

on

of a

dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

, in

stit

ute

s a

tem

pora

ry

auto

nom

ou

s fi

eld o

f dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

, w

hic

h is

esta

blish

ed for

the

pu

rpose

s of co

mm

on

use

.

15

Pro

toco

l 1

roof co

atin

g, sh

adin

g s

upport

str

uct

ure

s an

d s

ola

r

cells,

on

the

con

dit

ion

that

a c

ivil e

ngin

eer

form

ally

appro

ves

them

.

Art

icle

8

Sit

e of dia

gonal co

mm

onhold

The

con

stru

ctio

n a

nd p

ublica

tion

of a

un

iqu

e,

open

ly a

cces

sible

sit

e of dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

is a

pre

requ

isit

e fo

r th

e in

stit

uti

on

of a

dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

. T

he

site

of dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

mu

st

be

form

ally

reg

iste

red a

s a

non

-pro

fit org

aniz

atio

n

of co

mm

on

use

s. T

he

inst

itu

tion

of ea

ch d

iagon

al

com

mon

hold

, it

s ad

min

istr

ativ

e bodie

s, the

list

of

its

regis

tere

d g

ener

al m

ember

s, a

nd a

ll the

dec

isio

ns

and o

per

atio

ns

it in

volv

es m

ust

be

pu

blish

ed a

t th

e

ded

icat

ed a

rchiv

e of ea

ch d

iagon

al c

om

mon

hold

of th

e si

te o

f dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

.

Art

icle

9

Res

olu

tion o

f dis

pute

s

The

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tee

un

der

takes

to p

rovi

de

a co

nci

liat

ory

pla

tform

for

the

con

sider

atio

n a

nd

reso

luti

on

of an

y ar

isin

g d

ispu

tes

bet

wee

n p

ropri

etors

,

or

bet

wee

n p

ropri

etors

an

d p

oss

esso

rs, w

ith

regar

d to the

inst

itu

tion

an

d fu

nct

ion

of a

dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

. T

he

pro

cess

shal

l req

uir

e th

e on

lin

e

subm

issi

on

of fo

rmal

obje

ctio

ns

at the

site

of dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

, fo

llow

ed b

y an

on

lin

e vo

tin

g p

roce

du

re

amon

g it

s re

gis

tere

d p

ropri

etor

and p

oss

esso

r

14

Pro

toco

l 1

Art

icle

5

Conce

pt and res

ponsi

bil

ity

of th

e dia

gonal

com

mit

tee

The

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tee

is c

om

pose

d o

f fi

ve m

em-

ber

s w

ho a

re e

lect

ed b

y th

e m

ajori

ty o

f th

e co

mm

un

ity

of pro

pri

etors

of th

e bu

ildin

g b

lock

in w

hic

h a

dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

is e

stab

lish

ed. T

he

elec

tion

takes

pla

ce a

t th

e si

te o

f dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

. T

he

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tee

un

der

takes

the

resp

on

sibilit

y to

adm

inis

ter

the

com

mon

hold

, th

e ap

pro

ved u

se, an

d to

dec

lare

its

com

posi

tion

an

d m

ajori

ty d

ecis

ion

s at

the

site

of dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

.

Art

icle

6

Mer

ger

of dia

gonal co

mm

itte

es

In a

ccord

ance

wit

h a

rtic

le 4

, in

the

case

of a

mer

ger

of ad

juce

nt dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

s, the

indep

enden

t

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tees

are

sim

ult

aneo

usl

y m

erged

an

d

form

a s

ingle

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tee

of th

e m

ult

itu

de.

The

nu

mer

ical

com

posi

tion

of th

e jo

int dia

gon

al

com

mit

tee

mu

ltip

lies

acc

ord

ingly

.

Art

icle

7

Res

ponsi

bil

itie

s of th

e dia

gonal co

mm

itte

e

The

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tee

un

der

takes

the

resp

on

sibilit

y fo

r th

e re

con

stru

ctio

n, re

pai

r an

d

use

of th

e det

erm

ined

pla

ne

in w

hic

h the

dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

is c

on

stit

ute

d. T

he

dia

gon

al c

om

mit

tee’

s

resp

on

sibilit

y ca

n in

clu

de

the

inst

alla

tion

of hori

zon

tal

The

frag

men

ted s

pac

es o

f a

blo

ck a

re u

nifi

ed a

s fo

rmin

g a

mat

eria

l

conti

nuum

thro

ugh a

dded

ladder

s an

d li

ght st

airs

that

bri

dge

gap

s

bet

wee

n d

iffe

rent le

vels

of buildin

gs;

a s

imult

aneo

us

pro

cedure

unifi

es

the

frag

men

ted u

nuse

d c

om

mon p

roper

ties

to a

sole

com

mon p

roper

ty

conti

nuum

. This

unit

y of blo

cks

is s

how

n b

y th

e co

nst

ruct

ion o

f light

canopie

s ove

r th

e te

rrac

es; th

e ca

nopie

s su

pport

gri

ds

for

shad

ing

and li

ght photo

volt

aic

mem

bra

nes

and p

roduce

ele

ctri

city

for

the

inhab

itan

ts o

f th

e blo

ck.

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

17

mem

ber

s. I

n the

even

t of a

maj

ori

ty d

ecis

ion

in fav

ou

r

of th

e in

stit

uti

on

of a

dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

, th

e

con

firm

atio

n o

f th

e dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

will b

e

con

sider

ed tem

pora

rily

obligat

ory

for

the

du

rati

on

of th

e co

mm

on

use

. In

the

even

t of an

obje

ctio

n to

the

appro

ved c

om

mon

use

by

a m

inori

ty, it

is r

equ

ired

that

, at

the

end o

f th

e co

mm

on

use

, th

e dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

be

dis

solv

ed. U

pon

the

dis

solu

tion

of th

e dia

gon

al c

om

mon

hold

the

bu

ildin

g m

ust

be

retu

rned

to the

stru

ctu

ral a

nd d

ecora

tive

sta

te in

whic

h it

was

bef

ore

the

esta

blish

men

t of a

dia

gon

al

com

mon

hold

.

16

Pro

toco

l 1

19

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

21

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s20

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

23

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s22

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

The

firs

t pro

toco

l form

s th

e le

gis

lati

ve b

ackgro

und for

the

Ath

ens

Ter

race

pro

ject

, it is

a le

gis

lati

ve u

nifi

cati

on o

f blo

cks

and p

ow

er p

roduct

ion o

n

terr

aces

. In A

then

s th

e te

rrac

es form

a forg

ott

en la

ndsc

ape

and a

sys

tem

of te

rrai

ns

vagues

.

25

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s24

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

27

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s26

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

29

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s28

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

31

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s30

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

33

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s32

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

35

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s34

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

A la

wfu

l tac

tic

inst

alls

a form

of hold

ing la

nd w

ithout cl

aim

s to

pro

pri

e-

tary

ow

ner

ship

; th

is is

oper

ated

on the

bas

is o

f a

com

monly

agre

ed tex

t

that

one

can s

ign o

n the

web

thro

ugh o

nline

regis

trat

ion a

nd p

roce

ssin

g;

it a

llow

s th

e co

mm

on u

se o

f a

spac

e.

Roof P

layg

rou

nds

37

An in

stal

lati

on o

f a

larg

e num

ber

of la

dder

s, s

lides

and h

ori

zonta

l bar

s

in s

elec

ted A

then

ian c

ente

r blo

cks.

The

added

met

allic

obje

cts

are

suppose

d to b

e pla

ced b

y ar

tisa

ns

work

ing in

Ath

ens

wit

hout gen

eral

or

det

aile

d a

rchit

ecto

nic

pla

ns:

the

des

crip

tion for

the

exec

uti

on o

f th

e

const

ruct

ion w

ould

be

the

only

des

ign; an

indic

atio

n o

f th

e co

nnec

tion

poin

ts a

nd the

type

of ea

ch c

onnec

tion is

what

rep

lace

s her

e th

e

arch

itec

tura

l dra

win

gs.

The

pro

gra

m c

ould

concl

ude

wit

h b

ridgin

g

dif

fere

nt ci

ty b

lock

s th

rough s

usp

ensi

on b

ridges

.

36

Ath

ens

Ter

race

s

39

Roof

Pla

ygro

unds

41

Roof

Pla

ygro

unds

Rep

eata

bilit

y, h

ypnoti

c in

itse

lf, i

s usu

ally

founded

by

cycl

ical

dura

-

tions.

The

dep

th o

f hum

an d

esir

es, i

s oft

en b

ased

on in

stal

lati

ons

of

repet

itio

ns.

This

hyp

noti

c pote

nti

al is

pro

ject

ed h

ere

on s

om

e pla

yful

landsc

ape,

whic

h e

xist

s al

read

y in

the

roofs

of A

then

s. T

his

invi

sible

and

div

erse

roof la

ndsc

ape

of th

e ci

ty w

ould

then

be

a sh

ared

urb

an s

pac

e

and a

n a

rea

of par

ticu

lar

moti

on.

40

Roof

Pla

ygro

unds

43

Roof

Pla

ygro

unds

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