Category: Articles
The Arterial Strip and Active Consolidation Part 1
by James Maude | Mar 22, 2024 | Articles, Design | 0
At time of writing, Mitcham Council's 207-217 Main Road Blackwood: the old library and Karkoo...
Read MoreBlackwoodTown by the numbers
by James Maude | Feb 29, 2024 | Articles | 0 |
BlackwoodTown needs scale to succeed. It needs to be of a sufficient size and development density...
Read MoreBlackwoodTown 4 Page Summary
by James Maude | Mar 23, 2023 | Articles | 0
This is a quick summary of the BlackwoodTown...
Read MoreThe Impossibles
by James Maude | Sep 29, 2022 | Articles | 0
BlackwoodTown is obviously impossible. But the impossible becomes the possible through human...
Read MoreDig, Loop, Frame, Scale, Live.
by James Maude | Sep 26, 2022 | Articles, Design | 0
Dig Get the cars under the buildings and create new car free spaces. Loop Build a ring...
Read MoreMacroforms and Scale
by James Maude | Aug 26, 2022 | Articles | 0 |
Macroforms can be a way of looking at human settlements, and our transport systems, as big,...
Read MoreStreets, Lanes and Squares
by James Maude | May 30, 2022 | Articles, Uncategorized | 0
Streets, lanes and squares are the traditional building blocks of urban form. Streets provide...
Read MoreBlackwood Urban Node
by James Maude | May 17, 2022 | Articles | 0
Blackwood Urban Node There’s another name for BlackwoodTown and that’s the Blackwood Urban Node or...
Read MoreWhat’s in a Name
by James Maude | Apr 16, 2022 | Articles | 0 |
Why are we called BlackwoodTown?
Read MoreUrban Form – Historical Towns
by James Maude | Apr 12, 2022 | Articles | 0
Urban form Blackwood is an amorphous suburban blob, slopping across the hilltop. It has no real...
Read MoreTo the residents, businesses and landowners of Blackwood Town
by James Maude | Mar 30, 2022 | Articles | 0
An Acknowledgement This project encompasses many stakeholders, including numerous businesses and...
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