http://localhost/taxonomy/term/308/all en http://localhost/2009/02/02/planning-for-nomads <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><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2009-01-29-where-we-live_N.htm">Almost half of Americans want to live somewhere else</a>. Even for a nation known for its exceptional mobility, the fact that people are not only moving in pursuit of employment opportunities but are looking to move simply because they hate the place they live in reveals a much deeper problem. Economic opportunity is no longer what keeps people moving, it is what keeps them immobilized. Given the same opportunity they would relocate to the kind of place where life is good.</p></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:39:16 +0000 Mathieu Helie 119 at http://localhost http://localhost/2008/11/30/producing-land-with-nested-markets <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"><div style="width: 240px;"><a href="http://mathieuhelie.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/poundburies.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-195" title="The Poundbury Grid" src="http://mathieuhelie.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/poundburies.jpg" alt="The Poundbury Grid, from Streets and Patterns by Stephen Marshall" width="230" height="294" /></a> <p>The Poundbury Grid, from Streets and Patterns by Stephen Marshall</p></div></div></div></div> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:57:26 +0000 Mathieu Helie 113 at http://localhost http://localhost/2007/11/30/how-is-a-subdivision-possible <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>The subdivision is the dominant building typology of contemporary urbanism. The prototype subdivision was <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;q=levittown,+new+york&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=40.725665,-73.504715&amp;spn=0.065566,0.160675&amp;t=h&amp;z=13&amp;om=1">Levittown, Long Island New York State</a>. Built for soldiers returning from the war, it served the role of emergency housing in a crowded post-war. In that sense, the mass-produced uniform housing estate had a useful purpose.</p></div></div></div> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:02:12 +0000 Mathieu Helie 84 at http://localhost