Archinect - News2024-05-18T22:11:58-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150141811/carlo-ratti-proposes-2050-vision-for-boulevard-p-riph-rique-in-paris
Carlo Ratti proposes 2050 vision for Boulevard Périphérique in Paris Antonio Pacheco2019-06-17T15:13:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f9/f996941faebd394a04700104393d6137.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As part of a recently-opened exhibition envisioning the future of Paris's urban highway system, a team led by Carlo Ratti Associati (<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/62933/carlo-ratti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CRA</a>) has unveiled a dramatic, two-pronged vision for what the city's <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150138715/paris-to-reformat-its-boulevard-p-riph-rique" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boulevard Périphérique</a> might look like in 2050.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d839d9cf8f4ce442c7946d32e6185cef.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d839d9cf8f4ce442c7946d32e6185cef.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>Ratti, working with research carried out by the <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150037908/america-and-the-av-digital-mobility-for-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MIT Senseable City Lab</a> he directs, proposes a vision that maintains the boulevard's status as a ring road, albeit one ruled by autonomous public and private transit. </p>
<p>One aspect of the plan, dubbed "Living Laterality” by the designers, envisions removing half of the traffic lanes for the 22-mile ring road in order to provide space for a series of reconfigurable playgrounds and other urban amenities. Renderings for the proposal showcase autonomous bus pods running side-by-side with autonomous vehicle traffic, as well as generous, dedicated shared mobility spaces for urban scooting, bicycling, and walking. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67824b72e21133c696df9f81a767ab4f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/67/67824b72e21133c696df9f81a767ab4f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>View of the "Living Above" proposal, image courtesy of Carlo Ratti Associati.</figcaption></figure><p>“Living...</p>