Comments on: The Endurance of Cities, pt.1 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/ the herculez gomez of architecture blogs Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: the city we have – mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-12407 the city we have – mammoth // building nothing out of something Sun, 23 May 2010 20:28:13 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-12407 [...] contradictions also tie back into the observations Stephen made a couple weeks ago about the endurance of the city.  The permanence of infrastructures such as [...] [...] contradictions also tie back into the observations Stephen made a couple weeks ago about the endurance of the city.  The permanence of infrastructures such as [...]

]]> By: max http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-12019 max Wed, 19 May 2010 01:29:50 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-12019 thank you for the reply stephen, actually read these two posts before (they were both good, comments included!) thank you for the reply stephen, actually read these two posts before (they were both good, comments included!)

]]> By: Stephen http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-11993 Stephen Tue, 18 May 2010 17:18:41 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-11993 Hi Max, I'm shamed to say that the follow up post is still woefully incomplete, sitting in the draft-posts folder. I've been meaning to think more about exactly the issues you mention, so thanks for the additional impetus to get writing, even though I'm a year late. Rob touched on the meta-topic, which I understand as engaging cities according to how they are, rather than how we imagine them to be, here: http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/05/the-city-we-have/ And he and I discussed how architects might need to alter our definition of the context of projects (and thus, our scope of engagement) here: http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/09/dialogue-finance-context-scale-and-intervention/ Hi Max,

I’m shamed to say that the follow up post is still woefully incomplete, sitting in the draft-posts folder. I’ve been meaning to think more about exactly the issues you mention, so thanks for the additional impetus to get writing, even though I’m a year late.

Rob touched on the meta-topic, which I understand as engaging cities according to how they are, rather than how we imagine them to be, here:
http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/05/the-city-we-have/

And he and I discussed how architects might need to alter our definition of the context of projects (and thus, our scope of engagement) here:
http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/09/dialogue-finance-context-scale-and-intervention/

]]> By: Max http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-11721 Max Fri, 14 May 2010 12:37:48 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-11721 Carefully follow the blog.. its really a great site. Making my way back through the old entries.. Keep up the good work! Was wondering if there are any updates to this topic... (ie malleable vs less malleable parts of city) Carefully follow the blog.. its really a great site. Making my way back through the old entries.. Keep up the good work!

Was wondering if there are any updates to this topic… (ie malleable vs less malleable parts of city)

]]> By: avent and cowen on tysons corner - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 avent and cowen on tysons corner - mammoth // building nothing out of something Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:14:44 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-2424 [...] to emphasize “path dependence” (which, I suppose, is not a dissimilar concept to the endurance of cities, even if its not exactly the same), and Avent responds that Wilkinson is giving too much weight to [...] [...] to emphasize “path dependence” (which, I suppose, is not a dissimilar concept to the endurance of cities, even if its not exactly the same), and Avent responds that Wilkinson is giving too much weight to [...]

]]> By: dialogue: finance, context, scale, and intervention - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 dialogue: finance, context, scale, and intervention - mammoth // building nothing out of something Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:53:33 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-2229 [...] and some of the consequences.  Considered against that background, and what we know about how cities develop, ‘designer’ seems a remarkably inefficient career choice, at least when acting in [...] [...] and some of the consequences.  Considered against that background, and what we know about how cities develop, ‘designer’ seems a remarkably inefficient career choice, at least when acting in [...]

]]> By: its prettiness and romance will then be gone - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-524 its prettiness and romance will then be gone - mammoth // building nothing out of something Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:57:12 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-524 [...] the powerful apparatus of NIMBYism which resists (quite rightly) Olmstedian intervention and the static weight of a couple hundred years of city-building. Image of the channelized Rio Grande and Bridge of the [...] [...] the powerful apparatus of NIMBYism which resists (quite rightly) Olmstedian intervention and the static weight of a couple hundred years of city-building. Image of the channelized Rio Grande and Bridge of the [...]

]]> By: congestion pricing manhattan - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/04/hippodamian-endurance-pt1/comment-page-1/#comment-392 congestion pricing manhattan - mammoth // building nothing out of something Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:59:58 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=73#comment-392 [...] the sort of strategy that can be used to transform conditions in a megacity with a great deal of infrastructural inertia. This entry was written by rholmes, posted on July 8, 2009 at 1:59 pm, filed under asides, [...] [...] the sort of strategy that can be used to transform conditions in a megacity with a great deal of infrastructural inertia. This entry was written by rholmes, posted on July 8, 2009 at 1:59 pm, filed under asides, [...]

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