Thanks to Laura for raising such an interesting topic about designing the cities with the help of kids. As we say that our design should be universally accepted, therefore I think that designing the city should be done keeping in mind the needs of a child. According to Mara Mintzer, director of Growing up Boulder,…
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Thank you Sophie for sharing the merits and importance of cohousing. I am also quite influenced by the concept that cohousing scheme follow about sharing the facilities for having a sustainable development. There have been some drawbacks of cohousing such as property cost which may be higher as compared to other housing projects making it…
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Thanks Harley for sharing such a great experience of The Late Show where different artist and designers get an opportunity to showcase their work. I also visited the same event on 17th may 2019 with Harley and I felt so lucky that being in Newcastle I got this opportunity to experience such thing that I…
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All thanks to Danilo for raising an important current topic about the historical building and the importance of conserving these buildings. I was shocked when I heard the news about the Notre Dame in Paris buried in the ashes. As I belong from India, which has a rich history and various heritage buildings that spreads…
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Nowadays, housing has become a major crisis in most part of the world. Cohousing is a real alternative to housing solution and a better solution for the housing crisis. In this blog, I will discuss some of the learnings of cohousing, its benefits and how I used these learnings to develop my own scheme of…
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Streetscape is designed to improve the aesthetics and atmosphere of a publically used space. These include different visual elements of space including the road, adjoining buildings, sidewalks, street furniture, trees, and open spaces, etc. that define the street character. In this blog, I will discuss how some of these elements can be designed to have better…
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Waterfront regeneration has always been a major issue of urban design and planning since its decline during the industrial revolution in the late 20th century. Seeing the decline of the waterfront as an opportunity and not a threat, different cities started various regeneration programs to work towards these issues. In this blog, I am going…
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Derwenthorpe is a housing scheme located 2 miles to east of York city centre. Being on the outskirts of York, the development is adjacent to Osbaldwick, Tang Hall and Meadlands. The community is being developed in for phases and is expected to provide 540 high quality houses. This new scheme was designed and planned by…
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Honestly, this is a very new experience for me to write an academic blog as I have never done this before. You are bound to produce a good quality if work as others see what you post and comment on our post. The idea of writing a blog and reading other peoples blog from all…
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Thanks Li-Hsuan for making a post on compact city and mixed used development (also thank you so much for the wishes). I completely agree with the idea of having a mixed used development for better liveable cities. The two cases (of Mumbai, India and New York, America) are the best examples to show two different…
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