FAMILIES OF SITES

Topic 1: extensions in question

Since a sustainable approach of the urban development implies a moderate consumption of the territory, how to deal efficiently with the best potentialities for extensions?

a) Aligning

Badajos (E) - Calahorra (E) - Cork (Ir) - Moudon (CH) - Ørestad (DK) - Riga (LV) - Santander (E) - Tartu (EE) - Tjörn (S)

b) Limiting

Almere (NL) - Catania (I) - Espoo (SF) - Kapfenberg (A) - Kotka (SF) - La Laguna (E) - Odda (N) - Rostock (D) - Tallinn (EE)

Topic 2: networks on the move

Is there a new way to consider the networks of mobility within the city, not only as a functional mean to move, but also as a new starter to create intensity and urbanity?

a) Linking

Herning (DK) - Linz (A) - Loures (P) - Nacka (S) - Praha (CK) - Reims (F) - Sion (CH)

b) Polarizing

Graz (A) - Nijmegen (NL) - Ottignies (B) - Upplands Väsby (S) - Vantaa (SF)

c) Diffusing

Andenne (B) - Le Locle (CH) -Oslo (N) - Reggio Emilia (I)

Topic 3: local mutations

What kind of urban project can be proposed to "build the city over the city" in obsolete areas as well as in living districts to transform them into multifunctional neighbourhoods?

a) Infiltrating

Ama (E) – Amsterdam (NL) - Babenhausen (D) - Carbonia (I) - Genève (CH) - Gyor (H) - Saint Chamond (F) - Straubing (D) - Warszawa (PL) - Zagreb (HV)

b) Intensifying

Dublin (IR) - Erice (I) - Groningen (NL) - Le Havre (F) - Mulhouse (F) - Pistoia (I) - Poïo (E) - Selb (D) – Sheffield (UK) - Stoke-on-Trent (UK) - Vejle (DK)

Topic 4: opportunities for public space

How to create new types of public spaces, not as artificial forms cut off from the social dynamics, but related to living spaces and profiting of the opportunities offered by the existing urban territory?

a) Walking

Berlin (D) - Clermont-Ferrand (F) - Donauwörth (D) - Ljubljana (SL) - Milton Keynes (UK) - Spremberg (D) - Tirso (P) - Trondheim (N) – Wien (A)

b) Sharing

Bisceglie (I) - Bordeaux (F) - Délémont (CH) - Firenze (I) - Lillestrøm (N) - Odivelas (P) - Opatija (HV) - Siracusa (I) - Soria (E)

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