America vs Europe: Two Ways to Build a City

Architect and urban & computational designer Abhinav Bhardwaj made this great set of slides comparing urban design in the US and Europe , peppered with pithy observations like: European space is shaped on purpose: American open space is what’s left over. Small blocks make more corners, more routes, more street life. A fine grid offers hundreds of routes; the tree offers one way out. (thx, meg) Tag