Friday, April 24, 2009
The collapse of Pruitt Igoeimage from http://images.google.com.au
Occupied by single-parent, welfare families, the design proved a disaster. Because all the grounds were common and disassociated from the units, residents could not identify with them. The areas proved unsafe. The river of trees soon became a sewer of glass and garbage. The mail boxes on the ground floor were vandalized. The corridors, lobbies, elevators, and stairs were dangerous places to walk. They became covered with graffiti and littered with garbage and human waste. The elevators, laundry, and community rooms were vandalized, and garbage was stacked high around the choked garbage chutes.Women had to get together in groups to take their children to school and go shopping. The project never achieved more than 60 percent occupancy. It was torn down about 10 years after its construction and became a precursor of what was to happen elsewhere in the country.
Quoted from Newman Oscar,1996.Creating Defensible Space, Center for Urban Policy Research
Quoted from Newman Oscar,1996.Creating Defensible Space, Center for Urban Policy Research
Rutgers University,US.
Sound familiar?? 
The government block in Malaysia
image from http://images.google.com.au
The government block in Malaysiaimage from http://images.google.com.au
The social issues create from Pruitt Igoe is absolutely obvious. Why is our government still look into this type of housing for the people? Will they be tear down one day? If yes, can we stop it before its too late because the children staying there are also future of the country, we need a better environment to develop them of course...If I would have to stay there i think i will get depression..a serious case i think..
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