S T R A T E G I E S
The Middle Ground of Urban Design
Miami is a typical city facing a myriad of typical contemporary challenges…Traffic can keep its inhabitants in their car for up to an over four hours a day. Community is not at all a major focus, and mostly seems to revolve around shopping malls, destinations, and districts – which are all miles apart. Then, to the lack of convenience that other major cities boast through walkable distances and public transportation.
However, Miami beams as the most southern city and epicenter of the continental United States. It offers miles upon miles of beaches, and perpetuating as a tourist destination, while maintaining status for its locals, but however has still situated itself with endless miles of suburban development.
M A P P I N G
before: the disconnection of sites + thoroughfares featuring:
patchwork urbanism…
The development pattern of uncordinated planning decisions made without a clear vision of cities as a whole organism.
of “big box” stores + strip malls…
33 “Big Box” stores and strip malls
after: the re-connection of sites + thoroughfares featuring:
retrofitted suburbia…
Altering the mindset and design principles of an existing car-minded suburb for the urban awakening of coming generations.
of street organism…
55 street re-connections.
