Urbanism
Anything involving urban planning, development, or design
Urbanism
Interesting tidbits about construction, energy, and more - lots of “why??”
Unrelated ideas can work well together
Play with unexpected combinations of resources, ideas, or time frames
from Harry Campbell’s Get Real Mindset
EV Database
ev-database.org
The point, to repeat, is to work with the city.
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No need to start from scratch—to bulldoze and build anew. Work with what you have
It’s this gap between fantasy and reality that’s both where imagination lives and where real change can occur. Imagination massages the space between what could be and what is, transforming future uncertainties and hopes into present-day decisions. Speculative futures harness imagination to translate fantasy into reality.
-Johanna Hoffman
from Pace Layers pg.118
Waterfronts are a great asset, but few cities are doing anything with them.
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What is the goal of the system?
adapted from Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
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