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Neighborhood

Eco-Compact Neighborhood


An organic portion of the polycentric city, with a certain functional and administrative authonomy. Rich in public spaces, both open and built, proportionally to the social life of the group of citizens residents there.
A Neighborhood is always presenting a centre, defined by clear boundaries and articulated through a structure of streets, squares and urban blocks.
A Neighborhood includes a balanced system of activities: commercial, residential, productive, lodging, administrative, educational, office. This structure is particularly useful for young and elder people, as well as for low-income class and, generally, to all those who cannot depend on automobiles for their movements.
The Neighborhood is an incubator for new activities while offering a wide range of residential solutions for social classes according to age and income. The fundamental building types are the gothic-lot, the courtyard building, the palace, the apartment-palace.
Every Neighborhood has a Centre and a Limit. This combination allows the development of a strong identity in the local community. The Centre is made of a clear public open space which can be a piazza, a square, a garden, or an important urban crossroad. It is located close to the geographical centre of the urban area, unless specific historic or topographic conditions.
The Centre is the space occupied by Public Buildings. Commercial and workplaces are usually associated with the Centre. Within the polycentric structure of a City these buildings can also located in the boundaries, thus serving the adjacent neighborhoods.

The Limits of a Neighborhood may vary in terms of characteristics. In Villages the Limit is usually made of an open area. In Cities, the limit is usually defined by corridors.

The new Medina in Hammamet, Tunisie, 2000-2001
Masterplan & Architecture:
TARAK BEN MILED

Medina, Tunisia Medina, TunisiaMedina, Tunisia

Borgo Città Nuova New Urban Neighborhood, Alessandria, Italy, 1995-2002
Masterplan:
LEON KRIER
GABRIELE TAGLIAVENTI
Architecure:
G.TAGLIAVENTI,
L.KRIER consultant

Borgo Città Nuova, Alessandria, Italy Borgo Città Nuova, AlessandriaB. Città Nuova, Alessandria

Gesellschaft Historischer, Neumarkt, Dresden, Germany, 2001-2009
Masterplan & Architecture:
GESELLSCHAFT HISTORISCHER NEUMARKT DRESDEN

Neumarkt, Dresden NeumarktNeumarkt, Dresda

New Urban Neighborhood Richmond Riverside, London, UK
1988-1994
Architecture:
QUINLAN TERRY

Richmond, London, UK Richmond, London, UKRichmond, London

Plessis-Robinson, Ile-de-France, France
1993-2006
Masterplan:
FRANCOIS SPOERRY

Plessis RobinsonPlessis Robinson, France

Sankt Erik, Stockholm, Sweden
1990-2003
Masterplan:
ALEKSANDER WOLODARSKI

Sankt Erik, Sweden Sankt Erik, SwedenSankt Erik, Sweden

Quartier am Techeles
Berlin Mitte, Germany,
2000-2006
Masterplan: Duany&Plater Zyberk with D.Phillips
Architecure: P.Choynowsky, D.Porphyrios, G.Tagliaventi, J.Cenicacelaya, I.Salona, Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, Robert A.M. , C.TsaO

Quartier am Tacheles, Germany Quartier am Tacheles, Germany
Tacheles, Germany

Polígono das Fontiñas, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2001
Masterplan:
PPORTELA
CASABELLA
FRECHILLA
PEREZ

Poligono das Fontinas, Spain Poligono das Fontinas, Spain
Poligono das Fontinas, Spain

Laurel Homes revitalization, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2002
Masterplan & Architecture:
TORTI & GALLAS

Laurel Homes, Cincinnati,  Ohio Laurel Homes, Cincinnati,  Ohio
Laurel Homes, Ohio
St. Nikolaiviertel, Germany St. Nikolaiviertel, Berlin, Germany, 2004
St. Nikolaiviertel, Germany St. Nikolaiviertel, GermanySt. Nikolaiviertel, Germany

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