Re-imagining Paris à la monseiur Sarkozy

President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to leave his legacy as others have done before him.  For his “Le Grand Paris” project, he has invited 10 teams of architects to reimagine Paris as a city integrated with its suburbs and environmentally responsible. These are some interesting developments:

via NYtimes

Juxtaposing Urban fabrics: form comparison

There is nothing like learning from simple visual comparisons; if only my last History professor (ofcourse, i say it with much respect) used this technique… I would have been less asleep listening to his lullaby-isque lectures and his ancient traveloque slideshows.

Bottom line: Juxtapose the maps of the city layout for quick insight and livelong knowledge!

Here, via spacing toronto – what wonderful visuals! Thank you.