Master of Urban Design Thesis

This thesis is based in the need of rethinking the role of Art and Culture in Urban Design projects, in the demonstrated capacity of the Art to reclaim public space, and enhance Culture in the Public Realm.
The research is based in Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, a diagonal-corridor that goes trough some of the densest and more livable neighborhoods in the City.

martes, 29 de septiembre de 2009

finally, PARK(ing) Day 2009 in North Beach

At the end, after years, and for me a year too late,
Park(ing) Day arrived to Columbus Avenue, North Beach.

The SFBC's Great Streets Project in partnership with RenewSF demonstrated the future of what an official "flexible parking space" will look like Cafe Roma (526 Columbus Avenue at Green) and Cafe Greco (423 Columbus Avenue at Green).
The locations of the occupied parking spots were mapped in the Community Map.
If you zoom in it´s crazy how the Upper Grant small businesses want to be visualized in the City´s commercial network. Go Upper Grant!

I found out about this too late in the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Facebook album.

I´m going to upload some of the pictures that come from their link to make it easier to see.

FLEX USE is finally here!!

This is the prefabricated device that they used.