Urbanism
Anything involving urban planning, development, or design
Urbanism
Could turning citizens into a committee of decision-makers allow us to see buildings as services, rather than commodities?
-SPACE10, The Regenerative Home
YES! Buildings are more than just pieces of wood, clay, and metal slapped together
Deletion requires courage that addition doesn’t
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #648
Strong Towns
strongtowns.org
Street design dictates how fast people drive and how safe they feel. A wide, straight road invites speeding, regardless of the posted limit. Narrower lanes, tighter corners, and visual cues like trees and streetlights naturally slow traffic.
What Does It Mean When a Prank 60 Mph Sign Goes Unnoticed?
It’s easy to solve a problem almost everyone sees, but it’s hard to solve a problem that almost none sees
-Tony Fadell
A problem’s visibility is different than the number of people who experience it—peeling a sticker off fruit is something many people experience but very few notice
from Tony Fadell TED Talk
The Growroom: Food-Producing Architecture
space10.com
Design files & build instructions: https://github.com/space10-community/the-growroom
Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year
en.wikipedia.orgEV Database
ev-database.org