Trace Urbanism is a blog about cities. Urban environments are in constant flux and ‘trace urbanism’ refers to this palimpsest of change. The methods of city design are changing. Specifically, the affects of regional influence on place are strengthening concurrently with a rise in neighborhood activism in planning. If the next generation of designers is to respond in a meaningful way to the urban problems of our time, it is necessary to have studied both the globalizing systems that are manipulating this emergence and traditional community building exercises.
Trace Urbanism is authored by a graduate student currently pushing through her thesis project to complete the degree requirements of a dual Masters program in Architecture and City and Regional Planning. Its purpose is to explore the implications and motivations of the changes that impact our urban environments.
Thanks for joining in this pursuit, and I hope you’ll add your own voice to the conversation via the comments.
You can contact me at arae08@gmail.com. Enjoy!
September 13, 2007 at 4:52 am
Hello, My name is Evelina, masterstudent in Urban Planning and Design in Stockholm, Sweden.
What is your comment about Koolhaas view on Atlanta?
/The blogg looks great by the way
June 21, 2009 at 11:15 am
fascinating stuff! we need more wifi cafes and informal work environments in Boston, not to mention powerful municipal networks, if we’re going to maintain our status as a startup hub. I think the macro/regional approach to planning is dead on.