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Wide sidewalk should be on the south side of an east-west street for visual comfort (Oakland simulation)

Standing on the north side looking south into the sun was uncomfortable, while the south side looking north at sunlit buildings was comfortable; therefore the wide sidewalk was placed on the south.

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Claims (1)

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Using real-place simulation, one can reliably determine the optimal dimensions and orientations of urban spaces.
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Assertion that the Oakland experiments show the method's reliability.

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The minor street intersecting the main 18m street should be no more than 9m wide, with a slight widening to about 11m at the mouth to form a good T-junction.
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Through real-place simulation in Oakland, California, for the Frankfurt Parkstadt project, a width of 18 meters felt right (20m too wide, 16m too narrow) for an east-west main street with 3-4 story buildings.
What do you think is a proper width of the front street? Do you want a big street or a small lane?question0.752
Survey Question 3.
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Radical transformation of the street from traffic channel to public living room.
A wide green swath flanking the road, forming a smooth green valley, would be a large boundary contributing to the vision of the whole.claim0.715
Sixth morphological ripple proposed for the canyon.
The street is not a thing to drive through, but a series of spaces which are the places where you most want to be.claim0.704
Redefines the street from a transportation corridor to a sequence of beloved public rooms
Adding a secondary system of narrow connecting streets and paths made every bit of space more animated (Parkstadt model)finding0.697
Working with the model of space alone at Parkstadt, introducing smaller passages connecting courtyards into a coherent secondary grid increased life and spatial animation throughout.
Improved street narrowing processmethod0.697
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