Name: Ellen Dunham-Jones: Remodelând suburbia
Uploaded: 2010-06-29T09:24:00Z
Duration: 19 min 6 s
Description: Ellen Dunham-Jones dă semnalul de start pentru proiectul de design sustenabil al următorilor 50 de ani: remodelarea suburbiei. Vor urma: reabilitarea mallurilor muribunde, repopularea magazinelor hipermarket, parcări transformate în mlaştini înfloritoare.

Ellen Dunham-Jones dă semnalul de start pentru proiectul de design sustenabil al următorilor 50 de ani: remodelarea suburbiei. Vor urma: reabilitarea mallurilor muribunde, repopularea magazinelor hipermarket, parcări transformate în mlaştini înfloritoare.

Ellen Dunham-Jones: Remodelând suburbia

Retrofitting suburbia offers a powerful chance to revive underused malls, empty big-box stores, and vast parking lots by turning them into walkable, thriving neighborhoods. In many U.S. cities, suburbanites have triple the carbon footprint of urban dwellers, largely because of car dependence and energy-leaking homes. Demographic shifts mean most new households have no kids, fueling demand for more compact, community-centered living. With creative planning, even dying retail sites can become art spaces, parks, or new Main Streets that bring people together and restore local ecology.