Tag Archives: Design Patterns

Smart City Lessons from Shopping Alleys

Posted on July 31, 2014 by mjs

In Edinburgh they call them “closes”. Other names include arcades, lanes, and alleys. For urban designer Christopher Alexander, an alley is kind of pedestrian street (design pattern #100). A shopping alley is an alley with store fronts. It is often an integral part of a shopping … Continue reading →

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Design Patterns for Smarter Cities

Posted on June 27, 2014 by mjs

It is counterintuitive, but as Wired says, building more roads increases traffic. How can we do better? On a wall at Xerox Services in Los Angeles there is a photo of Sepulveda Grade packed with cars from the 1950’s and 1960’s. As a colleague observed … Continue reading →

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