Slums create interesting growth typologies, located in often inhospitable places, they take root and grow outwards, becoming more compact and dynamic. Their networks are entirely human in scale with paths that allow for access of people, bikes and carts. Cars are not accommodated for the obvious reason that the requirements for their size would be wasted space. Also noting that the majority of residents in these cities do not own or use cars, they are for the wealthy minority, all the same the occupy an out weighted amount of land. There is often an obvious start point for these communities, pressed up against a boundary, be it a rail line, waterway or extreme topography, they can cluster or run parallel, become adaptive to climate conditions or unavoidable human influx due to displacement. What now happens when land is almost all used up, economic growth is demanding construction of infrastructure, is the squeeze defensible or is the situation of mass displacement imitate? How can you create something from nothing? How and where do you build space?
quite an interesting view.
ReplyDeleteVery elaborately put forth.