Went to see a superblock in Barcelona. Given how much they feature as urbanism of the future, they are amazingly simple. Take an intersection, block traffic in all four directions and you have a square. Plant trees, add some tables and benches. That's basically it. Replace cars with trees and don't privatize the resulting space. All you need, and all that is usually missing, is political will.
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felix stalder (festal@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 16:08:35 JST felix stalder - clacke likes this.
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clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 16:08:36 JST clacke Image description:
In the background some multiple-storey residential blocks. Between them: Trees. In front of them: Trees. In the foreground a big open space with plants and a wide pedestrian walkway. To the side a pedestrian street in front of a multi-storey building with a street-level café and some people sitting at outdoor tables.