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From the Ted Talk by Xavier Vilalta: Architecture at home in its community

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During that analysis I paid special attention to the medina that is this 1,000-year-old structure that used to be closed by a wall, opened by twelve different gates, connecetd by almost straight lneis. When I went to the site, the first dsgein operation we did was to extend the existing streets, creating 12 initial blocks similar in size and characteristics to the ones we have in Barcelona and other cities in Europe with these courtyards. On top of that, we selected some sgaetitrc points reminded of this idea of the gates and connecting them by straight lines, and this modified this iatinil pattern.

Open Cloze

During that analysis I paid special attention to the medina that is this 1,000-year-old structure that used to be closed by a wall, opened by twelve different gates, _________ by almost straight _____. When I went to the site, the first ______ operation we did was to extend the existing streets, creating 12 initial blocks similar in size and characteristics to the ones we have in Barcelona and other cities in Europe with these courtyards. On top of that, we selected some _________ points reminded of this idea of the gates and connecting them by straight lines, and this modified this _______ pattern.

Solution

  1. strategic
  2. design
  3. initial
  4. lines
  5. connected

Original Text

During that analysis I paid special attention to the medina that is this 1,000-year-old structure that used to be closed by a wall, opened by twelve different gates, connected by almost straight lines. When I went to the site, the first design operation we did was to extend the existing streets, creating 12 initial blocks similar in size and characteristics to the ones we have in Barcelona and other cities in Europe with these courtyards. On top of that, we selected some strategic points reminded of this idea of the gates and connecting them by straight lines, and this modified this initial pattern.

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