Analyzing Urban Form by Block Shape and Size
The block pattern of Paris in map form and arranged by shape and size
French artist Armelle Caron has created a series called “tout bien rangé” in which the block patterns of various cities have been disassembled, sorted by shape and size and rearranged as a new graphic representation of the city. While the result of the taxonomicalish classification and reorganization is not particularly useful from an urban design perspective (the city maps don’t seem to be at the same scale, for one), it’s certainly an interesting way to look at the city, and to think about blocks, block size and block shape, which are such an integral and enduring element of our cities’ urban forms. See all of the pieces on the artist’s site. (via Strange Maps)
For something similar see The Patterns of the Urban Fabric of Beijing’s Hutong.
The block pattern of New York (part of Manhattan and part of Brooklyn) in map form and arranged by shape and size
The block pattern of central Berlin in map form and arranged by shape and size
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so cool!!!
By Rabbit on 11.20.11 9:53 pm
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