sustainability
Planning effort to develop a conceptual design for Cargo Way, a segment of the Bay Trail to make it safe and attractive for pedestrians and cyclists while ensuring the industrial boulevard serves the City’s industrial and cargo freight transportation needs.
More... Cargo Way/Bay Trail Conceptual Design Study
The latest master plan for the Port of San Francisco’s 47 acres Backlands, Piers 90 and 94, identifies potential tenants with both the means to build and operate within a sustainability program.
More... Greening the Port of San Francisco’s Backlands
The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability is about how design in all fields can move toward the goals of sustainability; the integration of information about design and sustainability rewards users with a rich range of ideas, concepts, and facts presented in a sophisticated format that is itself thought-provoking. As with other kinds of atlases, the varied text does not converge on one conclusion. Rather, readers take what they need to make their own.
More... Book Review: The Designer’s Atlas by Ann Thorpe
This densely written and wonderfully illustrated book seeks answers to questions such as: what is wrong with the cities we have created and what can be done to correct our mistakes?
More... Book Review: Design for Ecological Democracy
The Warm Springs BART Station will be the southernmost station on the original Fremont line. The area was once known for spas and resorts that took advantage of its springs. A dry pond and solar entry pavilion at the BART station’s entrance will recall the origin of Warm Springs. The station’s simple roof form could be completely covered by photovoltaic panels.
More... BART Warm Springs Extension