Emergent Urbanism

Rediscovering Urban Complexity

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Lake country

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 00:53, last updated Sun, 11/06/2011 - 00:53

In the outskirts of Miami, ill-thought subdivision development codes require developers to build on-site water reservoirs. The result is a patchwork of unconnected pools.

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Fake Complexity - Frank Gehry

Submitted by Mathieu Helie on Sun, 08/10/2008 - 15:47, last updated Sun, 11/06/2011 - 01:04

The emperor of starchitecture, Mr. Frank Gehry (as seen on The Simpsons), is really quite naked when you lean in to take a closer look at any of his buildings. While he has made himself famous by defining his own characteristic style, flowing metal shells and mid-collapse building frames, the complexity of his buildings is there only in name.

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