Tag: urban planning
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5.5 · Fort Collins, Colorado – Main Street and the American Imagination
Did Fort Collins help inspire Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A.? Whether myth or truth, the comparison reveals something deeper: Fort Collins embodies the physical memory of the American town. This case study explores how preservation, pedestrian design, and civic continuity transformed a threatened frontier downtown into one of the nation’s most successful urban revitalization models—while raising…
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Chapter 9 – Circular Urbanism and the Design of Consequence
Recycling is not a complete solution. Contamination, cost, and material complexity limit what can actually be recovered, exposing waste as a design problem rather than a disposal problem. Circular urbanism reframes these flows—waste, energy, and materials—as interconnected systems that define how cities function, perform, and endure over time.
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Preface – The Line and the Nation
The United States was first drawn before it was built. From Jefferson’s township grid to today’s digital infrastructure, design has shaped how Americans live, govern, and understand freedom. The Intelligent Republic explores how architecture, planning, and systems operate as instruments of both democracy and inequality—revealing the built environment as a record of national belief, ambition,…
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