Paola Viganò, Studio 014 Milan . EPFL Lausanne CH . Università IUAV Venice

HMThe “Horizontal Metropolis refers to closely interlinked, co-penetrating rural/urban realms, communication, transport and economic systems. It is a layered territorial construction where agriculture and non-agriculture economic activities create

an original mix.

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HMthe Horizontal Metropolis,

as an energetic, ecological and social design issue

the HM a renewable resource

Brussels 2040the Horizontal Metropolis

The cities in the Horizontal Metropolis The vision of an isotropic mesh

of public transport

The cities in the Horizontal Metropolis The vision of an isotropic mesh

of public transport

STEP 1The first no car islands: zone lievers in/out BCR, public transport nodes in the region (RER, metro, tram…). The no-car islands can be very small, even on neighborhood scale. BCR has the best connectivity and accessibility. As a result it is where the most no-car islands concentrated. Here we also can see that zone lievers are quite big (can be bigger than the city center of leuven), which give them a territorial importance.

« NO car » scenarionetwork

STEP 2The public transport network will expend, which generates more nodes in the territory with enough connectivity and accessibility for no-car island. The no-car islands will also expand and merge into patches, especially in BCR. From islands, no car corridors can also be imagined..

« NO car » scenarionetwork

« NO car » scenarionetwork

STEP 3Finally in the long future the whole region will be no-car

« NO car » scenarioNetwork towards space

of relation

le grand Sablon without cars

0 m 250 m 500 m 750 m 1000 m

tissu urbain

équipements/activités

Woluwe Shopping Center

Bld de la Woluwe

Parc Malou

« NO car » scenarioNetwork towards space

of relation

« NO car » scenarioNetwork towards space

of relationThe Mesh, schools and

urban agricuture

New MoscowCivic Magnificence

M3

M1

M10

M2

M9

M4

M5

M7

M8

St. Petersburg

Bleak SeaSea of AzovOdessa

Minsk

Riga

Novgorod

White Sea

Novaya Moska?

ecology as a carrying structure

the urban and natural skeleton

the “square”the void at the centera new concept of centrality

Sokol’niki, Losinyy Ostrov Park

Teplostanskaya Park

the “square”the void at the centera new concept of centrality

Moscow State University

Anino (inside MKAD)

Komunarka

MoscovskySkolkovo

Peredelkino

Moscow State University

ZIL

Anino (inside MKAD)

Komunarka

MoscovskySkolkovo

Peredelkino

meshing the metropolis

a new project of public transportfor after-peak oil Moscow

the square the grid

Kommunarka: the terracea variety of living spaces

AntwerpRenovatio Urbis

soft spinehard spine

lower network

green singel

living canal

Antwerp

strategic spaces

Spoornoordpark, Antwerp

Spoornoordpark, Antwerp

Theaterplein

Antwerp

Theaterplein

Antwerp

Theaterplein

AntwerpTheaterplein

Antwerp