Chapter 4: The physical creation of society

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Chapter 4 The physical creation of society
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The Decline of the public realm

• TV, internet, McMansions have replaced
  interacting in public
• When were in public, were most likely to be
  motorists, not citizens
• The road rage phenomena
• Why is Disney World so popular?
• Hint its not the rides

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It provides an artificial form of a deep human
need.communal/social space
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Prerequisites for Street Life

• Meaningful destinations
• Streets must be safe, in both a physical sense
  and a psychological sense.
• Quick Detour How did our streets/public realm
  become converted to engineered for traffic?

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Modernism

• Le Corbusier
• Cold War
• The needs of
• Fire service

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How can we make streets safe to pedestrians

• 1 Narrow streets
• 2 curb radii
• 3 center-line radius
• 4 on-street parallel parking
• 5 crime and the eyes of the street
• 6 degree of architectural enclosure
• Fairly continuous, flat streetwall
• Minimal width/height ratio
• 7 architectural details

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1 Narrow streets

• Most municipalities have a 30 foot minimum

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2 Curb radii
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bulb outs
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More bulb outs
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textured cross walks
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3 Center-line radius

• This controls how sharply a street is allowed to
  bend along its trajectory
• Curvilinear/sparse hierarchy vs.
• Grid and modified grid

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4 on-street parallel parking
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5 crime and the eyes on the street
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6 Degree of architectural enclosure streets
should feel like an outdoor living room

• A a fairly continuous, flat street wall

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• B width/height ratio
• Not to exceed 61, and ideally 11.

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7 architectural details make the street
experience interesting