Redesigning European Suburbia for Rambling and Transit: Emerging concepts in Almere, Holland

Suau, Cristian and Lascelles, M. 2007. Redesigning European Suburbia for Rambling and Transit: Emerging concepts in Almere, Holland. Presented at: 4th International Seminar on Urbanism and Urbanization (ISUU), Delft, Netherlands, 24-27 September 2007. pp. 122-124.

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Abstract

Sprawl cities are one of the most significant and urgent urban issue in Europe due to its mono-functionality. Public transportation in sprawls is a need in many places. Yet most Europeans persist in their desire to live farther and farther away from urban centers, moving to exurbs made up almost entirely of single-family residential houses and stand-alone retail zones. This research study analyses several configurations and patterns applied in the suburban areas of Almere, The Netherlands, based on the critical study of Almere Homerus masterplan and the Europan projects carried out in the same area (www.europan.org). On one hand, this comparative study shows new design strategies of agile urban interventions in European sprawls and on other hand, it explores the principles of “General Mobility” coined by Yona Friedman based on new frameworks in existing fabrics or dysfunctional spaces by formulating tridimensional mobile and hybrid networks.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Suburbia, programmatic infills, new urban tissues, re-densification
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15009

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