That Far West: paradoxes of (im)mobility in the city of Santa Fe

Abstract The uneven and fragmented growth of the western edge of the city of Santa Fe, in Argentina, can be analysed in terms of the mobility and immobility experienced there. A paradox materialized in the design of the belt highway as a space destined to high speeds and, at the same time, as a limit and a barrier to socio-spatial exchange. With the aim of reviewing the epistemological foundations of urban policies (that led to omissions and technocratic resolutions), this paper tries to recover the historicity of the ideation and planning process through different documents and urban plans made to the city, analyzing the ways the west bank was conceived in relation to the Salado river.

摘要：阿根廷圣达菲市西部边缘的发展呈现不均衡且碎片化的特征，可结合当地所经历的流动性与非流动性状态展开分析。环城高速公路的设计呈现出一处明显悖论：该空间本被定位为适配高速通行的载体，却同时成为社会空间交流的边界与壁垒。为反思催生了诸多疏漏与技术官僚式解决方案的城市政策的认识论基础，本文通过梳理针对该市编制的各类文献与城市规划方案，试图还原其构想与规划进程的历史性，并分析圣达菲西部滨河地带围绕萨拉多河（Salado River）的规划构想逻辑。