Cities exist to bring people together, but cities can also keep people apart
– Daniel D’Oca, Urban Planner, Interboro Partners.
Monthly Archives: June 2013
mark skwarek: erase the separation barrier
Mark Skwarek – Erase the Separation Barrier Showing what’s on the other side of a border through Augmented Reality. In this case, the border is rendered invisible – a projection of a possibility.
Aslihan Senel – Mapping the borders of Taksim Square
Analysis performed earlier this year of the borders that divide and define Taksim Square. The divisions are categorized by their permeability or “fusibility”.
Tuca Vieira – São Paulo
This photo taken by Tuca Vieira in São Paulo is a powerful image of the divided city. High-rise luxury housing on the right, a slum on the left.
What is a border?
the border: “a place for sharing, a ‘transactional space’. a zone of interaction, an ‘interval of resonance’, a location where functional relationships are evident, and potentially an area of community integration.”
Where does the city without gates begin?
Moscow as Border Town
A brief history of the walls, borders, dividing lines, and spatial practices that define Moscow. Map from 1836 (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamer-Kollezhsky_Val).