northern urbanism

Oltre la retorica della bella città innevata

In winter cities it is normal that piled-up snow, perhaps moved by the wind or the snowplows, subtracts a large part of the public space, the surfaces compacted by the trampling become dangerously slippery, the melting water, the ice and the slush behave as physical and mental barriers to soft mobility, that seasonal deposits capture large quantities of pollutants and congest the water disposal system.

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