Does anyone know (personally, professionally, or otherwise) of municipal regulations requiring green space on commercial property? US is most useful, but I'll take anything, and from green roof to potted plants by the door.
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"When it comes to buildings, the focus will be on renovation and new buildings can only be demolished and reconstructed when no other option is available. "Of course, we have to build additional housing, otherwise rents will rise even higher, but we have to do this in a smart way by integrating them into the green and public spaces."."
"'When a building, whether it is a house, office or hotel, is renovated or built, or a square or a street is created in the region, we will always first consider the public space and then look at how we can integrate things around this through several principles that we are now concretely setting in stone,' [Pascal] Smet said."
"When a site is being redesigned or created, 30% of the space has to be made into open space, of which three- quarters has to be "open ground". Benches, toilets and water fountains will be systematically integrated into this space to make it "truly liveable," while advertising will be largely prohibited in public places."
As the article is behind a paywall, here are some useful points (excerpts):
"Good Living, one vision that will be applied to all of Brussels, looks to improve the quality of life for all the city's residents. The focus lies on three key principles covering all areas of living spaces: public space, urbanism and the habitability of the city."
How would you make this street better for biking & walking? Capt Bertie’s Way is a short 20 MPH street with residences and an entrance to a major town parking lot at the end. There’s a planned shared use path to connect a new housing development (highlighted parcel). Thoughts? #BikeTooter#UrbanPlanning#SafeStreets#sidewalk#bikelane#UrbanDesign#streets#CompleteStreets
Renovated Food Hall has just (unofficially) opened at the Queen Victoria Market! Still setting up the shops but you can just wander inside to take a look
Back in the 1960s, two Tasmanians – Bill Mollison and David Holmgren – coined the term “permaculture” to describe a new way of thinking about farming, and how we can grow our food in a more ecologically sustainable way.
Loving this block of flats in Darmstadt, Germany. Not just for the sloping roof garden, but the whole approach with onion domes and the painted lines and individually designed windows that create a sense of irregularity.
It's called Waldspirale ("forest spiral") and was designed by an Austrian artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who had a strong dislike for straight lines.
I'm watching a documentary on the US Horn & Hardart Automats (on Prime). It's fascinating how the rise of the suburbs hurt them. Meanwhile, automats are still around in Europe (where they're from). #urbandesign
Mixed land uses are associated with greater social cohesion, according to a new study. Without diverse land uses, dense places can have the opposite effect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104903
A beautiful example of a red sandstone gushet tenement on the corner of Shaw Street and Langlands Road in the Govan area of Glasgow. I just love those curves. Why can't new buildings look as good as this? Or as typically Glaswegian?
White people invented the suburbs specifically to get away from ni-, I mean, "urban thugs," and we're all continuing the (literally) pay the stupid, stupid price.
'Twelve Cautionary Tales for Christmas: Premonitions of the Mystical Rebirth of Urbanism' by Gian Piero Frassinelli (www.readingdesign.org)
Glorious hallucinations that are reminiscent of Calvino's Invisible Cities but also of Borges. Here's an extract:...