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This report details a resilience center project for Cristo Rey, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It describes the project's background, collaborators, and resilience center characteristics. The report describes the consultative design process, including techniques, findings, and suggestions.
A carefully designed resilience center is based on th...
While there is an extensive literature regarding the benefits of natural environments within urban settings, there is relatively little statistical research on the correlation of well-being with urban green space. This research uses social media to develop a methodology for understanding the varying levels of feelings in urban green space. Using a...
Descartes states “Divide each difficulty into as many parts as possible and necessary to resolve it.” Deconstruction is not a new idea as demonstrated by Descartes quote but a compelling one for understanding the issues behind complex systems especially as vast as cities. Built form is a relational process and the overall spatial form emerges with...
The present wave of global urbanization is witnessing an important evolution in
infrastructural requirements and a period of sustained innovation that may well
parallel the growth of the first industrial period in terms of scope and scale. Much
normative practice is being challenged; especially within the contexts of rapidly
urbanizing societies; n...
A number of benefits have been attributed to green roofs including food production. However, little research has been done to quantify the effects of rooftop farming practices on green roof benefits. The impact of rooftop farming on stormwater runoff is especially important, considering the different nutrient management practices on ornamental and...
Populations around the world are growing and becoming predominately urban, fueling the need to re-examine how urban spaces are developed and urban inhabitants are fed. One remedy that is increasingly being considered as a solution to inadequate food access in cities, is urban agriculture. As a practice, urban agriculture is beneficial in both post-...
This book presents a collection of design research, urban propositions and critical texts based on a four year collaboration between QUT, UQ and Columbia University (New York). The material focusses on SEQ as an emergent urban area and explores the key issues of land, water and infrastructure facing future sustainable development.
The work is unde...
