#this book is about Oasis architecture btw!

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THEYRE READING THE SAME BOOK

#THEYRE SO . THEM #overwatch #overwatch 2 #lifeweaver #symmetra #symweaver #gonna imagine now that they’ve reconnected they’re sharing book recs with each other 🥲 #this book is about Oasis architecture btw!

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IDEAS & INSPIRATION FOR BETTER CITIES  URB-I

Simple Transformations Can Change The Way We Perceive Public Spaces. 

Examples of public space transformation from car-oriented to pedestrian friendly. Viewed through google streetview

0953 UK London - Van Gogh Walk

1378 MX San Luis Potosi - Jose Ma. Morelos y Pavon

(via Urb-i - BEFORE | AFTER - YouTube)

Inspired by @missolivialouise​ who I have seen posting on the subject of walkable cities, and neighborhoods recently. I wanted to do another of these short essay things (do y’all like ‘em btw?)

Just finished up reading the book Sprawl Repair by Galina Tachieva

Sprawl Repair - Galina Tachieva

Galina Tachieva is a planner, urban designer and architectural designer with more than twenty years experience in sustainable urbanism, urban redevelopment, sprawl repair, and form-based codes. She is the author of the award-winning Sprawl Repair Manual (Island Press)

(via www.sprawlrepair.com | Sprawl Repair)

It contains everything you need to know about how to actually do this stuff. From policy, the environmental and watershed considerations, urban transport node design, and design patterns to allow for and inspire interventions 

If you end up reading the book or others like it on the subject and want to give it a go, or are in to Cim City or Cities Skylines and like the transport design elements, and why not try out Podaris (disclaimer: friend of the blog) and use your actual town or area as your map! That feels pretty solarpunk, and also why not. Plus.... you know....those games don’t have hyperloops... :D

Podaris

MANY MODES, ONE TOOL Create any kind of fixed-infrastructure transport system, from cycle paths to rail to hyperloops, with our advanced parametric modelling tools.

Simple yet accurate, our physically-correct infrastructure planning tools allow you to quickly design the network you need.

Highly Accurate

Our transportation models are based on the real-world physics of your transport technology, giving you confidence in your plans.

Intuitive Constraints

Use constraints to ensure the network suits your needs for time and space, let Podaris figure out the rest.

Real-time Analysis

Get immediate accurate analysis of right-of-ways, travel times, and capacities.

(via Podaris.com | Podaris)

Podaris Demo Day Pitch 

Podaris pitching at Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy Demo Day on November 19th, 2015. 

(via Podaris Demo Day Pitch | Startupbootcamp)

If transports not your thing, maybe look into community neighbood projects or check out the work of Brad Lancaster author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond 1+2 in Tucson Arizona.

Brad Lancaster

Tucson's resident rainwater guru Brad Lancaster explains how he has transformed the sidewalk along his street into an oasis of hardy desert shrubs and fruit-bearing succulents. Lancaster cut away the curb where storm runoff from the street can flow to where it is needed to water plants and has shaped the landscape to make full use of the desert's sparse rainfall.

(via Rain Man: How one Tucson resident harvests the rain | MPRnews)

Free Water, a short video by Andrew Brown

(via Free Water, a short video by Andrew Brown | Youtube)

#podaris #sprawl repair #walkable cities #walkable neighborhoods #hyperloop #brad lancaster #tucson #arizona #water #water harvesting #rainwater #transport #design #sim city #cities skylines #solarpunk