a+t architecture publishers

THE PUBLIC CHANCE, a+t’s new book about public spaces, features 30 urban landscapes as opportunity generators. a+t identifies a series of opportunities, from territorial to individual scale, that come up from the re-used scenes.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY
1. Stitching up urban fabric
2. Intensifying land use
3. Vindicating the compactness of the city
4. Balancing the relationship between constructed fabric and empty spaces
5. Promoting mixed uses
6. Grafting the natural environment into the urban environment
7. Integrating new infrastructures
8. Introducing sustainable habits in city life
9. Compensating public against private
10. Taking back identities

OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITIZEN
1. Escaping
2. Experimenting
3. Connecting to virtual spaces
4. Being different
5. Appropriating space
6. Feeling safe
7. Being isolated from the flow of activities
8. Meeting one another
9. Increasing relationship with nature
10. Having healthy habits

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