the open city cannot be designed: it
has to be produced via active intervention strategies. the urban designer’s
instrumentarium does not consist of a clear-cut urban development plan, but of
a strong vision that takes the status quo starting as the starting point, is
implemented through gradual transformation, and can react to changing
circumstances. the design of the implementation process is thus as important as
the actual design itself. a good process improves the integration of any traces
of the pre-existing context, and its characteristic properties, as a potential
for identification. even the best vision will fail without a carefully thought
out design process.
kees christianse,
curator of the 4th
international architecture biennale rotterdam 2009: designing coextistance
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