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Definition of Superblocks
1. superblock [n] - See also: superblock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superblocks
Literary usage of Superblocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archiprix 2005: The Best Plans by Dutch Studentsby Henk van der Veen by Henk van der Veen (2005)
"Door een verdichting van de 40.000 huizen binnen de superblocks in mijn ...
In its tree- lined grounds, superblocks alternate with land for other uses. ..."
2. Urbanisation in SA Volume 1: Dynamics: South Africa's Challenge by Derik Gelderblom, Pieter Kok (1994)
"Potter (1985) shows that by that time the superblocks were in near chaos: some 4
... Squatter shacks had been built in close proximity of the superblocks, ..."
3. OECD Territorial Reviews by Oecd (2003)
"At the scale of the community, its rationalist separation of land uses into
Cartesian zones and campus-like superblocks and districts have come under attack ..."
4. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movementby Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"The superblocks with numbers attached to building ends, read at a distance, became
the metaphor for an urbanism in which new repetitive building types were ..."
5. The European Office: office design and national context by Juriaan van Meel (2000)
"Is there, for example, still a need for the corporate superblocks we are building
today, or are we all going virtual in the near future? ..."
6. Architectuurgids Nederland: 1900-2000 = Architectural guide to the by Paul Groenendijk, Piet Vollaard (2006)
"... three superblocks breaking the monotony of the low-rise on the Borneo and
Sporenburg peninsulas. lts rectangular volume is shaped so that all units ..."
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