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Incremental Urbanism

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: The Practice of New Urbanism
18 March 2005 - 7:00am

Michael Gamble and W. Jude Leblanc offer new models for the redesign of America's commercial strips.

The authors use an eight-mile stretch along Buford Highway in Atlanta, Georgia for their study, and ask:

"How can we as design practitioners be ambitious, committed, and fiercely realistic about one of the most significant challenges to the profession, the rehabilitation of America's default greyfields? We strategically chose greyfield sites to force speculation on the relationship between architectural projects, public policy, and community design."

[Editor's note: This is a poor-quality scan of the article, and may be difficult to read. PDF format: 7 pages, 19.6 MB]

Full Story: Incremental Urbanism: New Models for the Redesign of America's Commercial Strips
Source: Harvard Design Magazine, March 17, 2005
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