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“CROSSING” EIXAMPLE BLOCKSTHE TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN STREET AND COURTYARD:
HOW THAT SPACE CAN ALLOW FOR ACTIVATION?
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SPACE OF TRANSITIONEXTERIOR 1
PUBLIC
TRAFFIC
CITY SCALE
EXTERIOR 2
PRIVATE [PUBLIC]
CONTEMPLATION
BLOCK SCALE PRIVATE SPACE (APARTMENT, OFFICE)
“PASSIVE CROSSING”
THE GENERIC PLAN:CERDA’S BLOCK TYPOLOGIES VISION (1859)
PRIVATE
P U B L I C
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
SEMIPRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
P U B L I C
P U B L I C
HOW IS “ACTIVE CROSSING” ACHIEVED?
PUBLIC ACTIVITY CROSSING PRIVATE AND ENTERING THE COURTYARD
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“FUNCTIONAL CROSSING”: BUILDINGS + OPEN PUBLIC SPACES
MARKET
CHURCH ANDPUBLIC BUILDING
SHOP ARCADE
SHOP ARCADE
TYPOLOGYEXCEPTION
“CAR CROSSING”: PARKING AREAS
“CROSSING MECHANISMS”: PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE
STREETTYPOLOGES
EXCEPTION:PLAZA CREATION
PLAYGROUNDFACILITIES
PUBLICFACILITIES
PASSAGE
RAMPACCESS
COURTYARD
STREET
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COURTYARD
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STREET
STREET
UNDERGROUND PARKING - UNDER COURTYARD
OVER-GROUND PARKING - ON COURTYARD
COURTYARD
STREET
STREET
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FROM
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PUBLIC CROSSING THROUGH ALL THE BLOCK
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SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
SHOP
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
OVERLAPPING OF CROSSINGS:BUILDING / ARCADE / PARKINGGEOMETRY DERIVING FROM PROPERTY
CONTEMPLATION
MICRO-COURTYARD
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TO
STREET
SHOPCOURTYARD(S)
COURTYARD
STREET
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STREET
P U B L I CACTIVITYP U B L I C
COURTYARD
FROMTO
FROMTO
“FORMS OF CROSSING”FROM PASSIVE (PRIVATE) TO ACTIVE (PUBLIC) TRANSITION
COURTYARD(PUBLIC)
STREET
PUBLICFACILITY
PRIVATE
COURTYARD(PUBLIC)
STREET
CHURCH
PRIVATE
PATIO
STREET
PARKING(UNDER COURTYARD)
PRIVATE
STREET
PRIVATE
STREET
COURTYARD(SEMI-PUBLIC)
STREET
STREET
PATIO
PATIO
PRIVATE
STREET
STREET
STREET STREET
SHOP
COURTYARD(COVERED)
SHOP
COURTYARD(PUBLIC)
STREET
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
BIArch __AD.501_MATERIALITY I___FALL 2010_____GEORGE KALLIS