illustration for Auer-Weber: congratulations to their 2nd prize in this urban and landscape planning competition. Together with ver.de Landschaftsarchitekten Stadtplaner, the team impressed with their design. A 1st prize has not yet been awarded and will only be decided among the second-place winners after a revision phase. Good luck to the team!
illsustration for the area around Strangeways and Cheetham Hill, Manchester.
Workshop im Haus der Architektur, München
cover illustration for Michael Eliason
Picture a beautiful, green neighborhood where most of your needs could be met by walking, rolling, or accessing transit. There is a diversity of housing types with abundant affordable and middle-income options. Schools, services, and pedestrianized streets make the neighborhood family friendly. As cities turn brownfields into green fields and look to maximize public investment in transit and infrastructure, ecodistricts are the answer. Eliason shows that this type of affordable, climate-adaptive living option is possible anywhere.
In Building for People, architect and ecodistrict planner Michael Eliason makes the case for low-carbon ecodistricts and presents tools for developing these residential and mixed-use quarters or neighborhoods. Drawing from his experience working in Europe and North America, he shows the potential for new climate-adaptive ecodistricts that directly and equitably address our housing shortages while simultaneously planning for climate change. Eliason explains that to create highly livable places with a low carbon impact, ecodistricts must incorporate ample social housing for a good economic and social mix of residents, invest in open space, create infrastructure that can adapt to a changing climate, and offer car-free or car-light realms. He also looks at how public health, livability, climate adaptation, and quality of life are interconnected.
Full-color photos and illustrations show what is possible in ecodistricts around the world, drawing heavily from examples in German cities.
thank you, Dirk Hiekel on the ladder
12-18: merry christmas and a happy new year!
4-18 illustration for STOR Oslo
11-17 das erste Wandbild wird angebracht | dank an Melanie Hummel-Frey
