Urbanism (Not Urbanism)

"NAVIDAD" URBANISM
Housing units go lot-to-lot, piteously pleading for "posada" (shelter). They are turned away time and time again by regretful local authorities. When their stock of hope is nigh-exhausted, they finally happen upon a worthy hospitaller who will heartily answer their call, and extend heris invitation.

SHELL-BEAN URBANISM
Encased by a steep snake-wall of solid kudzu, a line of tiny standalone specialty boutiques waits to satisfy the adventurous shopper. Suggested retail lines: designer housewares, specialty grocery, antiques.

ZITTEL URBANISM
If the suburbs are planets for the star-city, it follows that there must be asteroids as well. Erect among the far foothills small communities, lone ranches, and miniscule shelters, furnished with an absolute bare minimum of amenities. Hide dedicated visionaries here, couched in idiosyncratic design, clinging to steep grades--and watch the pilgrims come flocking. Also known as "Last Starfighter" urbanism.

SWEATER URBANISM
Put on a comfortable sweater and venture out on an average day. The sweater will lend you an air of trustworthiness and allow you to successfully approach any passerby you may meet with. Don't pass out fliers, don't make demands--just extend a hand. Community will be forged. Note: sweater cannot be black.

CONTROVERSY URBANISM
A series of electronic bulletin boards are erected at street level (roughly blackboard sized, black-on-green LED), one standing at the central crossing for each four-block area. They will broadcast fabricated controversies loosely predicated on standard neighborhood issues (an untoward odor emanating from below the hardware store; an epidemic of thieving magpies). Residents will congregate and carry on productive arguments based on the presented scenarios.

PLANT-CELL URBANISM
A planned community without streets, only a grid of variably-sized lots enclosed by fences. These fences appear to be composed of standard planking, but are outfitted with outlandishly advanced gates regulated by a complex series of protocols that follow each homeowner's personal preferences. To ensure free passage through neighbors' lots, residents must cultivate goodwill, or else risk an escalating loss of mobility. Kindly consult Deleuze's formulation of the "access society" for more information.

INTESTINAL URBANISM
Society is reconfigured into winding linear tracts. Residents spend their lives migrating forward--inhabiting each zone for a set time, and then being forcibly moved on. Wild whorls are visible from space, regulating land and motion.