If watercolors had graced Bernard Rudofsky’s 1969 book, Streets for People, perhaps this Middle East representation would have appeared in the chapter, “The Street is Where the Action Is”. PS: For those wanting to move beyond Jane Jacobs, Rudofsky is a must-read.
Shadows and illumination create a unique use of space by night.
Abstractions often send messages and inspiration for change.
Here are four stylized renderings based on myurbanist photographs, commissioned to further contemporary dialogue about urban experience by foot, and to enhance our sense of the possible.
In each case, the artist has responded to the original imagery in ways that emphasize native interaction with public space. Click on each image for more detail.
In Otranto, the most southeastern point in Italy, a captivating urban space awakens in moonlight.
Envision this dream sequence of right-of-way confusion, contrasting a portion of Rome’s legendary Via Appia (the “queen of the long roads” of ancient military transport and commerce) with an American suburban street.
The scary part? No sidewalks.
