ReBurbia - voting ends the 18th

Urban Sprawl Repair Kit

Dwell and Inhabitat's sponsored competition, ReBurbia, is coming to a close with voting on the Top 20 Finalists ending on Aug. 18th. In particular, be sure to check out Galina Tahchieva's Urban Sprawl Repair Kit: Repairing the Urban Fabric.

Another interesting submittal is the BIG BOX AGRICULTURE: A Productive Suburb.

Though as a stand-alone concept the Ag vision does little to repair the established sprawl infrastructure, paired with a concept such as the Sprawl Repair Kit it could be much more effective. Utilizing the existing structures for year-round local food production through large scale greenhouse facilities could provide an added component to sustainability of these suburban retrofits. The Sprawl Repair Kit can then be employed on the vast seas of parking and strip malls typically surrounding big box developments.

Big Box Agriculture rendering

Bruce Ferguson on Porous Pavement....

Stormwater Magazine has an article this month featuring a Q&A article by Bruce Ferguson from the University of Georgia and author of a leading guide book on porous pavement design - Porous Pavements (Integrative Studies in Water Management and Land Development). Questions are a collection of Mr. Ferguson's conversations from the past few years.

Additionally, for those in the Nashville, TN area, Mr. Ferguson will be the Keynote Speaker on Friday, October 9th at the joint TN ASLA and USGBC conference.

Sitephocus August 09 update...

Our update of Copenhagen Part II went live last week. Check out the update here and some samples are included below....


Christianshavn Kanal

Amaliehaven


Amalienborg Palace
Frederiks Church

Danish Royal Library

Kongens Nytorv - Plaza with cafe and outdoor dining

Copenhagen Opera House


Frederiksberg Have


Islands Brygge
Miscellaneous Copenhagen - waterfront promenade

The Frosilo - adaptive reuse of former silo structures

Norrebro Cykelrute - greenway/ pedestrian suspension bridge

Slotsholmen

Miscellaneous Copenhagen - cyclists

Vancouver Convention Centre Green Roof....

Check out this video from Treehugger/ Fast Company of a tour of the 6 acre Vancouver Convention Center Green Roof, the largest green roof in the world.

Vancouver's 6 Acre Living Roof from Dave Budge on Vimeo.