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“The Ghastly Tragedy of the Suburbs” by James Kuntsler - Coggle Diagram
“The Ghastly Tragedy of the Suburbs” by James Kuntsler
American Landscape
Sense of Place
Meaningful, character and quality
Cultural design and a sense of identity
Civic Design
Living city
Change in malls, transportation etc.
Street and block system
Courtyard, city square model
Lifestyle change supported by city
Define space
Where are we, who, where are we going?
Industrial City Trauma
Suburbia
Idea of a lifestyle rather than a lifestyle
ex. School Architecture
End of cheap oil
Down-Scale, Re-scale, Resize
Closer Food
Live closer work, eachother
Local, community living
The 'Hopeful Present'
Sense of self-identity
Places not worth Caring About
Craft festival joke
ex. Boston City Hall Plaza
Other building
Uncaring design
Places that are worth caring about
"Public Realm" in US
Contrast Other Public Spaces
"Permeability"
More lively
Main St. Issue Downtown Blocks
More than one story
Shopping bottom and residences upstairs
ex. Glens Falls NY
Retail higher up
Business and sidewalk relationship
Nature "Band-Aid"
Good Buildings
ex. Street Trees
Provide barrier and soften landscape
Public Realm
ex. Streets
Civic Life
Representation of values
Tangents
Cultural civic design diffeenvces
Afghanistan War
American idea of "home"
Fuel Crisis
WW2
And not using civic design
New-Urbanists
Kwanians?
Perceived problem
"Consumers" in contrast to "citizens"