Category: transportation
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Post-Successional Landscapes
This week came to a close with another Park(ing) Day, a phenomenon created by San Fran group REBAR a few years back. It was evidently a success around the world via blog posts, and from the few examples I saw around Portland, it was evident that there was a lot of interest and support… It’s…
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What I did on my Summer Vacation – Pt.2
Again, I have a lull due to the joy of taking a bit of time off and visiting family… For round two of my summer break, I have recently returned from a trip to North Dakota to visit my dad. Starting in Minot, and traveling a good portion of the state over four days along…
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What I did on my Summer Vacation…
Summer is a great time to think – specifically in Oregon where August and September are typically the prime season and weather for outdoor activity, as well as conducive to the more cerebral… so what have I been doing? Well primarily watching the Beijing Olympics, working too much and too long, finishing a Fellowship application…
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China’s Urban Forest
Via Bustler, an amazing competition winner at the New Urban Streetscape in Beijing, sponsored by New World China Land Limited. Entitled ‘Urban Forest’ and anchored by SITE New York along with Chinese firm WaHa Studio. :: image via BustlerBustler offers some extensive text, so definitely check out the link and the description. Some highlights: “It…
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High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines
In searching for some new landscape-related links to explore, I stumbled across the blog for Design Trust for Public Space (aka I (heart) Public Space) and their 2005 publication High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines. :: image via Design Trust This “…detailed handbook describes practices for creating sustainable city streets, sidewalks, utilities, and urban landscaping. Following the…
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Design the 21st Century Street
Well, it’s time again for another competition – gleaned via Death by Architecture. Sponsored by Transportation Alernatives, the Designing the 21st Century Street Design Competition challenges entrants to envision: “…new conceptual and physical approaches to the planning of public streets.” :: image via 21st Century Street The competition focuses on an intersection in Brooklyn, at…
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Revisiting the High Line
Continuing the coverage of NYC’s High Line project, which has been featured in detail here, and minimally here, as well as a study of one of the precedents in France here… Curbed has a multi–part feature showing the project evolving from idea, with some new renderings of Phase II. I’m trying to track down some…
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Parking sans Car
Somedays it seems parking will take over the world – either in reality or in project programs. While a necessary evil the slow deterioration and need for automobiles (can we say $4.29 / gallon gas anyone?) will inevitably lead to chaos and anarchy (or, creative solutions). Imagine the group Rebar on steroids – with free…
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A Trio of Bikes = A Tricycle?
A couple of landscape-related bicycle designs encompassing the crossover potential for design into transportation and even ecology. One of the winners of the competition for the competition results for the Design 21: Power to the Pedal contest is entitled Bloom : peddling green by Society Creative llc. Designers Matthew Boyko, Christina Ng envision a bike-mounted…
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Chicago: Bridge to Nowhere
It’s tongue and cheek, but of course I couldn’t resist taking a friendly barb at Chicago. It’s like you want to cross Lake Michigan, but decide it’s not going to work, and going back to Chicago seems like a good plan. C’mon, they can take it, as it IS the cultural creative capital of the…