芝加哥片区化

Chicago Compartmentalized

城市空间的割裂导致了芝加哥普遍存在的隔离现象,并引发了社会和种族冲突问题。城市肌理被高速公路、铁路、水路、公园和工业走廊切割为独立的不规则土地斑块。芝加哥区划法进一步加强了种族隔离和隔都化。与雅典宪章的原则相类似,它将城市分成不同的单一功能组团,而且组团与城市障碍物及土地斑块相一致。为深入研究上述问题,本文将以建筑的视角探讨增加社会城市交流,促进民族与文化多样性,通过吸引"新兴产业"可持续发展城市经济等内容。作为城市更新反思会议的主要方面,本文将介绍"胖城计划"(Fatness)。

A phenomenon of isolated inner-urban areas determines Chicago's widespread segregation and significantly contributes to the city's profound social and ethnic conflicts. Highways, train-lines, waterways, parklands, and industrial corridors create barriers that cut the metropolitan grid into isolated irregular patches. Segregation and ghettoization are further amplified by Chicago's zoning ordinance; Comparable to the Charter of Athens, it distributes the city into separated mono-functional sectors that nearly identically coincide with the described urban barriers and patches. Following up on these problematic occurrences the paper will discuss architectural means for increasing social-urban interfaces, fostering ethnic and cultural diversity as well as stabilizing the urban economy through attracting 'Mixed Industries'. As a central aspect of rethinking urban redevelopment conventions the paper will introduce the program of Fatness.