A brige connects two residental houses in the area of Vauban, Freiburg, Germany.
A old path between two old houses in Breisach, Germany
One of Richard Register's main point, differ the idea of ecocities with all other sustainable city plans; that an ecocity is about the connections in the city; pathways, roads in different levels, squares at the roof top, or in the middle of the house makes a city in several layers, not just streets and buildings.
Richard Register's sketch of the bridges between houses and squares at the roof top, with trees follow the building all way up.
Katarinahissen and Gondolen, Stockholm.
From a modern church to another building, New Brisach, France.
Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pedestrian street under the train bridge, Paris.
Cultural center in Alby, Stockholm.
Buildings of today are not connected because they have different owners, a friend told me. "And, he continued, I don't know if I want my neighbor in my apartment!" now he pointed at the apartment at 12th floor in the other building; a man walked around, turned the lights on and off, opened and closed the windows, sat down, did it all over again, for hours.
How will the safety and security operating in a city with more layers and more connections?
Previous themes;
Green roofs and green cities
Make'n a good feeling in the city?
Green walls
Animals in the city
Urban agriculture
Streets in greenery
Greening the streets
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