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Competition Athens x4 - Cascading Markets
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Competition Athens X4 2010
Cascading Markets The competition proposes the assimilation of 4 inner-city
urban blocks into a unified entity, with the aim of improving the neighborhood
and the quality of life of the community.
Our position is that the hegemony of contemporary socio-political
conditions leads to the degradation of human beings through the unequal
distribution of wealth, in favour of the few. What is required to address this
issue is a new political approach that offers alternatives and opportunities
for every citizen to provide for their own survival. Urban design cannot
separate itself from this enabling obligation; indeed it forms the very
breeding ground for such changes.
The architecture prescribed by static models can no
longer meet the demands of these new conditions. It becomes necessary to seek a
new architectural discourse that stems from human interaction; proposing
dynamic spatial systems for urban development. We believe in the ?cascading? of
the market place from the financial system back to the streets, a system of
exchanging goods produced in every cell of the city via digital and other
networks. The new urban block has a dual footing: a city of planned
interventions coupled with the aspirations of its residents. As a result, all
available space is utilised for the production of basic goods, thereby integrating
the provision of accommodation and subsistence.
A new, dynamic system of cascading networks provides the
driver, the basis, and the setting for a new urban market place for the
exchange of goods, ideas and civilizations.
The proposal does not take an ornamental approach to the
city; rather it supports the input of its citizens into production reconciled
with occupation, in this way helping to project the topical character of the
place as well as its relationship with the city at large through use of the
internet. The ancient Greek agora returns to 21st Century Athens in
a contemporary interpretation.
Cascading Markets The competition proposes the assimilation of 4 inner-city
urban blocks into a unified entity, with the aim of improving the neighborhood
and the quality of life of the community.
Our position is that the hegemony of contemporary socio-political
conditions leads to the degradation of human beings through the unequal
distribution of wealth, in favour of the few. What is required to address this
issue is a new political approach that offers alternatives and opportunities
for every citizen to provide for their own survival. Urban design cannot
separate itself from this enabling obligation; indeed it forms the very
breeding ground for such changes.
The architecture prescribed by static models can no
longer meet the demands of these new conditions. It becomes necessary to seek a
new architectural discourse that stems from human interaction; proposing
dynamic spatial systems for urban development. We believe in the ?cascading? of
the market place from the financial system back to the streets, a system of
exchanging goods produced in every cell of the city via digital and other
networks. The new urban block has a dual footing: a city of planned
interventions coupled with the aspirations of its residents. As a result, all
available space is utilised for the production of basic goods, thereby integrating
the provision of accommodation and subsistence.
A new, dynamic system of cascading networks provides the
driver, the basis, and the setting for a new urban market place for the
exchange of goods, ideas and civilizations.
The proposal does not take an ornamental approach to the
city; rather it supports the input of its citizens into production reconciled
with occupation, in this way helping to project the topical character of the
place as well as its relationship with the city at large through use of the
internet. The ancient Greek agora returns to 21st Century Athens in
a contemporary interpretation.
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