generative processes http://localhost/taxonomy/term/297/all en The Cultivation of a Spontaneous City http://localhost/2009/07/12/the-cultivation-of-a-spontaneous-city <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>This is the last of a series of excerpts from my article in the upcoming issue of the <a href="http://www.archnet.org/gws/IJAR/">International Journal of Architectural Research</a>, about the principles of emergent urbanism. </em><em><em>Click <a href="/the-journey-to-emergence/">here for part I</a>, The Journey to Emergence. Click <a href="/the-fundamentals-of-urban-complexity/">here for part II</a>, The Fundamentals of Urban Complexity.</em></em></p></div></div></div> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:11:57 +0000 Mathieu Helie 138 at http://localhost Scale-free urban systems http://localhost/2008/04/28/scale-free-urban-systems <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In previous comments, I have argued that <a href="http://mathieuhelie.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/why-build-cities-anyway/">what makes cities different than building projects was the fact that they have to deal with change and uncertainty</a>, and that <a href="http://mathieuhelie.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/how-is-a-subdivision-possible/">subdivision-planned developments are economically inferior to random growth</a>.</p></div></div></div> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:07:15 +0000 Mathieu Helie 95 at http://localhost