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“CROSSING” EIXAMPLE BLOCKSTHE TRANSITION AREA BETWEEN STREET AND COURTYARD:

HOW THAT SPACE CAN ALLOW FOR ACTIVATION?

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going to / coming from

going to / coming from

SPACE OF TRANSITIONEXTERIOR 1

PUBLIC

TRAFFIC

CITY SCALE

EXTERIOR 2

PRIVATE [PUBLIC]

CONTEMPLATION

BLOCK SCALE PRIVATE SPACE (APARTMENT, OFFICE)

“PASSIVE CROSSING”

THE GENERIC PLAN:CERDA’S BLOCK TYPOLOGIES VISION (1859)

PRIVATE

P U B L I C

PRIVATE

PRIVATE

PRIVATE

SEMIPRIVATE

PRIVATE

PRIVATE

P U B L I C

P U B L I C

HOW IS “ACTIVE CROSSING” ACHIEVED?

PUBLIC ACTIVITY CROSSING PRIVATE AND ENTERING THE COURTYARD

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CHURCH ANDPUBLIC BUILDING

SHOP ARCADE

SHOP ARCADE

TYPOLOGYEXCEPTION

“CAR CROSSING”: PARKING AREAS

“CROSSING MECHANISMS”: PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

STREETTYPOLOGES

EXCEPTION:PLAZA CREATION

PLAYGROUNDFACILITIES

PUBLICFACILITIES

PASSAGE

RAMPACCESS

COURTYARD

STREET

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UNDERGROUND PARKING - UNDER COURTYARD

OVER-GROUND PARKING - ON COURTYARD

COURTYARD

STREET

STREET

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PUBLIC CROSSING THROUGH ALL THE BLOCK

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SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP

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PRIVATE

PRIVATE

OVERLAPPING OF CROSSINGS:BUILDING / ARCADE / PARKINGGEOMETRY DERIVING FROM PROPERTY

CONTEMPLATION

MICRO-COURTYARD

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TO

STREET

SHOPCOURTYARD(S)

COURTYARD

STREET

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STREET

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COURTYARD

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“FORMS OF CROSSING”FROM PASSIVE (PRIVATE) TO ACTIVE (PUBLIC) TRANSITION

COURTYARD(PUBLIC)

STREET

PUBLICFACILITY

PRIVATE

COURTYARD(PUBLIC)

STREET

CHURCH

PRIVATE

PATIO

STREET

PARKING(UNDER COURTYARD)

PRIVATE

STREET

PRIVATE

STREET

COURTYARD(SEMI-PUBLIC)

STREET

STREET

PATIO

PATIO

PRIVATE

STREET

STREET

STREET STREET

SHOP

COURTYARD(COVERED)

SHOP

COURTYARD(PUBLIC)

STREET

PRIVATE

PRIVATE

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