The Urban Anthro-scape
Team
Name: Alexander J Jeong
Nationality: American
Institution / Company: University of Southern California
Name: Brandon Hing
Nationality: American
Institution / Company: University of Southern California
-HONOURABLE MENTION of Street of Tomorrow Competition
NACTO, also known as the National Association of City Transportation, has famously stated that “streets make up more than 80 percent of all public space in cities.” But how much of public space is truly public? The way that streets were designed in an urban grid, productivity was prioritized in the development of the urban narrative. Streets were catered towards vehicular access, prioritizing getting from point A to point B in the fastest, most efficient way possible. As a result, human interaction on the street scale became an afterthought.
Our proposal aims to flip this script and disturb the narrative which has dominated the ways in which urban streets were designed to be experienced. Why couldn’t we eliminate the need to travel, by having our destination come to us, filling the public space with a vibrantly interactive streetscape. Through The Urban Anthro-Scape, we aim to see the street of tomorrow as a destination, a place of experience, prioritizing the intimate relationship between the public and the people.
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