Designing Streets Through the Lens of Care
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This article by Arch Daily discusses streets designed for the coexistence of different rhythms of life instead of just for efficiency and flow. Rather than the rationalist and functionalist ideals of urban planning in the twentieth century, key figures such as Jane Jacobs, saw streets as social ecosystems. Spaces shaped by relationships and uses, and measured by its capacity to accommodate differing bodies, ages, abilities, and ways of being together.This article goes on to discuss what it means to design streets with children in mind. By prioritizing children, such designs can promote intergenerational encounters, strengthen the community and broaden the sense of belonging. To design streets through the lens of care, means that the city can be shaped by the diversity of those who inhabit it.