Structured accidentalness: argument in favour of liveable urban congestion

• Autores: Alexander Maller
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 4, 2, 1999, págs. 131-154
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Structured accidentalness is proposed here as an urban design approach intended to generate congested, livable urban developments. The proposed approach is based on a compact superposition of a number of information layers structured according to human and territorial design criteria. The assumption is that such a congested environment becomes urban if it generates physical and community living conditions which encourage accidental encounters. The paper describes and discusses the application of structured accidentalness to the design of a new mixed-income residential scheme in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.