Reconnecting the lost art (and science) of city, town and community building! With all the chatter about housing, housing shortfalls, loneliness, and resistance to brownfield developments (intensification), it could be … Continue reading The Missing Middle: Enabling the Complete Package, including those Universal Connections!
Mixed Use = Connected Cities! Quoting Patrick Risk from LinkedIn: The best neighborhoods offer much more than just homes to live in… they offer spaces people want to gather, shop, … Continue reading Functioning Cities: Making Mixed Use “as-of-right.”
We have nothing to be scared of with medium density developments When you are use to low density urban geographies, going to medium density can seem scary while high density … Continue reading Medium Density in Cities are your Friend
Knowing ones place in Planning to deliver desirable outcomes The frank discussions with Hamish Rennie over the weekend on LinkedIn about the National Standardised Zones got me thinking two things: … Continue reading Placemaking: Public vs Private Realms and the Role of the Planner
Who is to blame or do both need to adapt better? No sooner had the announcement about National Standardised Zones come out into the public sphere, do we see a … Continue reading National Standardised Zones to Stop Urban Design Nitpicking?
Minister Christopher Bishop champions mixed-use development, citing global examples and touting its benefits for urban areas. He stresses its potential to enhance accessibility to amenities, promote social interaction, and improve transit efficiency. Bishop argues that mixed use can lead to better outcomes in traffic, pollution, productivity, and community cohesion. He also advocates for embracing low-density mixed use through terraced housing. This model integrates commercial or office spaces on the lower floors and residential units above.
Can we do this? Sure why not… We have to face it, the current way we plan and build cities are not conductive towards pollution, mental health, efficiency (including energy … Continue reading Can Spatial Planning Enable New (actually old) Ways of behaviours and Spatial Forms?
Manukau City Centre continues its evolution I went out for my regular checks of the Manukau Innovative Street Pilot on Osterley in Manukau City Centre yesterday to see how things … Continue reading #ourmanukau Innovative Street Pilot Stage 1 Looking Good. HAVE YOUR SAY BY JULY 31! Stage 2 to be decided!
The answer is yes – and rather easily The 15 minute City concept, and removing cars out of Osterley Way in Manukau are two subjects well written here at Talking … Continue reading Can Cities Go Car Free?
Helen Clark Foundation Report is out on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Today the “The Shared Path – A RESEARCH PAPER BY HOLLY WALKERVOLUME II: How low-traffic areas in Aotearoa’s cities candecarbonise … Continue reading The Shared Path. Report on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Out and we have a lot of work to do
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