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16 The Chicago Riverwalk and the Maggie Daley

Park in Chicago exemplify the trend to use landscape

architecture for economic reasons. As a result, the

landscape architect becomes mediator.

24 A new cycle superhighway in Copenhagen

increases the ease of daily commutes. The so-called

“Bicycle Snake” marks another step toward realizing

Copenhagen’s vision of becoming an eco-metropolis.

40 A new public sauna at the derelict harbor at

Frihamnen in Gothenburg, Sweden is a first step to

transform the area by site-specific interventions. This

transformation culture could change city governance.

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56 Urbanization has become a tool for economic

and political interests. The global impact of speculative

urbanism that is no longer in sync with financial

reality affects architecture and city planning.

64 Los Angeles has plans to revitalize the LA

Riverbed and its different facets with the help of Frank

Gehry. The city wants the river to become a place with

urban atmosphere and a high quality of life.

78 The 1960s were an era of utopian visions in

architecture and city planning. These designs still have

the capacity to inspire, but do they really still have

relevance for the pressing urban-planning challenges?

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Cover: Chicago Riverwalk Expansion, Chicago, USADesign: Sasaki AssociatesPhoto: Christian Phillips

MARKUS RICHTER

78 Within the Big Structure Past Visions: utopian architecture and city planning from

the 1960s

GEORG VRACHLIOTIS

84 The City as a Digital Fabric Urban Networks: the integral urban model of Fritz Haller

CARLO RATTI , MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER CLAUDEL

92 Agents of Mutation Futurecraft: predicting future scenarios with the help

of design

ARJAN HARBERS, DANIËLLE SNELLEN

98 Smart Transportation New Mobility: the future of transportation in the Netherlands

JÖRN FRENZEL, REGINA V IL JASAAR

104 Parallel Cities Digital Urbanism: Smart Cities Tallinn and Helsinki

Currents 06 Projects, Competitions, Reviews

110 Authors

111 Credits/Imprint

CONOR O’SHEA

16 Open City – Open Space Economic Design: Chicago Riverwalk and

Maggie Daley Park in Chicago

NATALIE GULSRUD, HENRIETTE STEINER

24 Life Between Buildings Green mobility: cycle superhighway in Copenhagen

MICHAEL KOLLER

32 Adaptive Planning New Masterplan: football stadium and riverbank park

in Bordeaux

CAROLINE DAHL, PER-JOHAN DAHL

40 The Celebration of Co-creation Participation: Bathing Culture and Jubilee Park in Gothenburg

NADIN HEINICH

48 How to Survive in Moscow Public Space: Krymskaya Promenade and Gorky Park

in Moscow

CHRISTOPHER MARCINKOSKI

56 The City That Never Was Speculative Urbanism: city planning as a tool for

economic interests

ALEXANDER GUTZMER

64 Transforming an Urban Dystopia New Identity: radical plans for the Los Angeles River

DANIEL ROEHR, MICKELLA S JOQUIST

70 Social Structures Connecting Element: Under Gardiner Expressway in Toronto

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Conor O’Shea

Open City – Open SpaceIn Chicago, the new Maggie Daley Park and Chicago Riverwalk

exemplify the trend for cities to build high-profile works of

landscape architecture to spur reinvestment in historic urban

cores. In this era of decreased federal and municipal funding

for such projects, private investment is increasingly called

upon. As a result, and as a range of new spaces in Chicago

demonstrate, the landscape architect has emerged as a media-

tor between commercial interests and civic responsibilities.

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The Chicago Riverwalk was designed by landscape architects Sasaki Associates. They pro-

posed a 25-foot extension to be built into the river. Through its proportions and formal

structure it acknowledges Chicago’s call for a pedestrian promenade at the river’s edge.

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The new cycle superhighway is elevated 5.5 meters above

ground level at its highest point. The whole structure is rest-

ing on elegant, evenly spaced white pilotis.

Natalie Gulsrud, Henriette Steiner

LIFE BETWEEN BUILDINGSCopenhagen has a new piece of bicycle infrastructure. The

so-called “Cykelslangen”, the “Bicycle Snake”, is a cycle

superhighway that increases the ease and efficiency of daily

commutes in the city. It not only marks another step in

Copenhagen’s vision of becoming an eco-metropolis, it also

allows a glimpse into the complex structure of a modern city.

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The new public sauna is built on a caisson in the river.

Raised on stilts to even further elevate the space, the build-

ing is visible from various viewpoints in the harbor.

Caroline Dahl, Per-Johan Dahl

The Celebration of

Co-creationPublic Space and Bathing Culture, which currently appro-

priates an area of the derelict harbor at Frihamnen in

Gothenburg, Sweden, is more than a participation project or

an urban renewal process. Through prototyping, the city is

nurturing a transformation culture of site-specific interven-

tions, that may change city governance from the inside out.