Dubai Doesn’t Need a 93 km Walkway. It Needs a Connected Walking Network.
Every city eventually faces the same question:How do we encourage people to leave their cars behind? The answer is rarely found in building a longer walkway. The world’s most walkable cities first remove the everyday barriers that prevent people from walking. Seoul transformed an elevated highway into Seoullo7017, reconnecting parts of the city divided by […]
Dubai Doesn’t Need a 93 km Walkway. It Needs Walkable Communities.
Every time I see Dubai’s proposed 93 km walkable corridor, I ask the same question: Why 93 kilometers? Every major urban intervention should begin with a clearly defined problem, not with the size of the solution. Walking is not an attraction or destination. It is a daily habit. A long pedestrian corridor may look impressive […]
“Less is More.” or “Less is a Bore.”
Which one do you prefer? Some defend Modernism.Others celebrate Postmodernism. But I think we may be asking the wrong question.The real question is not whether less is more or less is a bore. The real question is:Why were these ideas created in the first place? Mies was not simply telling architects to make everything minimal.He […]