REJECTING THE OBSOLETETHE SOCIO-SPATIAL ECONOMY

THIS IS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.THIS IS THE GLOBAL CONNECTION.

THIS IS THE POSSIBLE FUTURE.GENTRIFICATION + DISPLACEMENT.

REJECT THE OBSOLETE!

MATERIAL CO

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ITY WEALTH

ACCUMULATION

CRISIS

SHIFT

(perpetual growth)unlimited resources inherently exclusive

dependency on capital

(end of growth)dwindling resourcesdemanding inclusion

re-definition of capital

FANTASY REALITY

INCLUSION

urbanist:normative paradigm

lifecycle

embodiedenergy

spatialeconomy

lifecycle

embodiedenergy

inclusion

spatialeconomy

trans-urbanist:alternative paradigm

humanpotential

humandiversity

TRANSFORMATION

HYPOTHESIS

By engaging a greater diversity of stakeholders, and by prioritizing isssues of inclusion, a stronger model of development can be produced in which the definitions of life cycles and embodied energy include the social and human dimensions of urban space.

MESTRE / MARGERA OSCILLATING BORDERS

FORMAL INFORMAL GRADIENT

HIGH SPEED DEVELOPMENT

VENICETRIESTE

MILANROMAFLORENCE

LOCAL CONNECTIONS

NEWSYMBIOSIS

PROPOSAL : THE MARKET AS A PLACE FOR EXCHANGE

SITE PLAN : PROGRAMMATIC OPPORTUNITIES

SERVICE EXCHANGE:

CITA

EVENT EXCHANGE:

PARK

SOCIAL EXCHANGE:

TUNNEL

MARKET EXCHANGE:

MESTRE STAZIONE

SITE CONNECTIONS : A NEW CENTRALITY

SOCIAL EXCHANGE:

TUNNEL

MARKET EXCHANGE:

MESTRE STAZIONE

BEFORE : TRAIN CORRIDORS AFTER : PLATFORM MARKET

MARKET EXCHANGE

SOCIAL EXCHANGE : TUNNEL GALLERY

AFTER : INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGYAFTER : INFORMATIVE TECHNOLOGY

SOCIAL EXCHANGE

EVENT EXCHANGE:

PARK

BEFORE : UNDEFINED STREET AFTER : VISIBLE GATEWAYS INTO PARK

EVENT EXCHANGE

BEFORE : VACANT STRUCTURE AFTER : EVENT SPACE

EVENT EXCHANGE

BEFORE : HIGHWAY DIVIDER AFTER : VISUAL CONNECTION

SERVICE EXCHANGE

SERVICE EXCHANGE:

CITA

BEFORE : HIGHWAY DIVIDER AFTER : VISUAL CONNECTION

SERVICE EXCHANGE

IS THIS OUR NEW PARADIGM?