PLANEANDO LA CIUDAD A TRAVÉS DE
PAISAJE DE INFRAESTRUCTURA
The infrastructural landscape of the I-285 has emerged in Atlanta as a powerful case of urban growth. An urban order and structural change made possible by the anticipatory flexibility of landscape.
The representation of Georgia’s interstate highways made by different landscape architects shows an image of the state’s planning and the way Atlanta is framed by transportation. The complexity of the complete system with around 1,100 miles of interstate highway is at the same time framing a wider national context as a result of serving a multitude of purposes and in some cases determining the dynamics of cities. The understanding of the construction of this transportation network such as the growth of the environmental movement and its consequence on construction, the new design standards and technologies and the desire to connect the state with the earliest executed urban interstates produced a materialization of the transportation system in Atlanta. Atlanta is Georgia’s biggest city and its story is central to Georgia’s state.
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If we examine what is the category of the I-285 into its specific physical, spatial and urban conditions, there is a series of attributed considerations to interpret and have in account. The construction and development of these considerations can be traced by paying close attention to the configuration, materiality, and performance of the I-285 highway. Many authors have articulated a range of theories to define the role of transformations of territory and land such as it occurs with the I-285 in Atlanta. The framework of the instrumentality implicit in the critique and argue that I make for this highway, is a reflection of distinct landscape theories by Stan Allen, Rem Koolhaas, Marcel Smets, and Kelly Shannon, among others.