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Starters of change (11) Water
The upper image corresponds to the village of Alange, in the Spanish province of Badajoz. The dam was completed in 1992, with a wall 67 m high (from foundation) and 720 m long, so what until then was...
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Biblio (124) The 1935 Moscow General Plan for Reconstruction
Elisabeth Essaïn presented in 2006 her PHD in Architecture before the Paris 8 University, as a work on the 1935 Moscow Plan. This post is based on a special issue of the Annales de la Recherche...
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Blocks (1)
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a block is “an area of land surrounded by four streets in a city”. It is one of the less specific definitions among the languages I have consulted, but it...
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Biblio (125) Morphological analysis of traditional urban tissues according to...
UNESCO published this text, by Alain Borie and François Denieul, in 1984. The World Heritage Convention was enacted in 1972, and the first properties were inscribed in 1978, so this is a rather early...
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Blocks (2) Façades
A façade on the Calle de Alcalá, Madrid When you think about façades you think about buildings (one by one, taken as separate items) ; if you think in terms about bocks, the building façade is in a...
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Biblio (126) Urban energies in Germany
What do Germans think about when they think of energy, but also urban dynamics? a publication by their national programme for urban planning.
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Blocks (3) Olivenza
Central Olivenza. Reference grid: 100 m Olivenza is a small city in the province of Badajoz, Spain. Until 1801 it was a Portuguese city, and the border is now at a short distance. This border position...
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Blocks (4) El Viso
El Viso as seen from the south, according to cadastral data El Viso is a residential area built in Madrid in 1933-1936 according to the 1925 Low Coast Housing Act. It never really was a worker’s...
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Blocks (5)- Maps 2015 (16) Barcelona as seen by the tax man
French geographer Yves Lacoste used to say that geography is since its inception a war tool. It’s not my aim to contradict him, but in fact urban cartography is since its inception a tool to levy...
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Blocks (6) 22@ at Barcelona
MediaTIC September 2000 marked the enactment of a variance to Barcelona’s Plan General Metropolitano aimed at renovating the industrial areas in Poblenou, also known as 22@BCN Activity District. The...
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