Legacy.
Harald Hals, 1929 plan of Oslo.
in the Hals city plan, city and nature
were intertwined, ‘parks and park-like
walkways shall create parkveins through
the city’ in the drive for social welfare
and public health. Hals, H. (1929), Fra
Christiania til Stor-Oslo. et forslag til
generalplan for Oslo. Oslo regulerings-
vesen. Oslo: Aschehoug.
Responsibility.
the supply canal of the
Ghazi Barotha hydroelectric scheme
in Hattian, Pakistan is one of innume-
rable large-scale engineering projects
throughout the globe that is exploiting
resources, taking a toll on landscapes yet
providing man with power. ©Armin Linke.
Opportunity.
2010-12 revision of
Cantho, Vietnam masterplan to
2030 commissioned by the Peoples´
Committee of Cantho and the Southern
institute of urban and Rural Planning
(SiuP, HCMC). Water urbanism of
specific and measured topographic
articulations (re)calibrates the relation
between porous and (non)absorptive
land and protects expanding urban
areas during times of flood. ©Research
urbanism Architecture.
