aia greenbuilding 7.20.15
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Designer Democracy
Threats
Global urbanization
Rising Inequality
Climate Change
Crisis in Governance
Our Urban Reality• By 2030, 6 in 10 people will live in cities.• There are currently one billion people living in slums and
squatter settlements and that number is expected to double by 2030 and reach 3 billion by 2050 – UNHABITAT
Example: Pearl River Delta – China
-The Guardian
Housing Crisis
• Based on current trends in urban migration and income growth, we estimate that by 2025, about 440 million urban households around the world—at least 1.6 billion people—would occupy crowded, inadequate, and unsafe housing or will be financially stretched. – McKinsey Global
• To replace today’s substandard housing and build additional units needed by 2025 would require an investment of $9 trillion to $11 trillion for construction; with land, the total cost could be $16 trillion.– McKinsey Global
Climate Change – It’s Science
• 2 degrees Celsius is a given. How much more is unknown.
• "Present temperature targets may commit Earth to at least six meters sea level rise“-scientists
• According to the International Energy Agency, the world needs $1 trillion a year between 2012 and 2050 to finance a low-emissions transition.
Climate Change Impacts
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• To adapt to a world 2 degrees Celsius warmer, developing countries will require an estimated $75–100 billion per year over the next 40 years to build resilience to these changes, and mitigation costs are expected to be in the range of $140–175 billion per year by 2030. – World Bank
Rising Inequality
• Since 1990, inequality among households has grown significantly in the United States.
• The average white household has five times the wealth of the average Hispanic household and six times that of the average black household.
• Across neighborhoods, the story is stark
In Manhattan, the top-fifth earned nearly $400,000,
versus less than $10,000 for those in the bottom fifth —
meaning the wealthiest residents now make more than 40 times as much as
those on the bottom rung.OUCH!
from The New York Post
The other global warming
Global Crisis in Governance
Recent Urban Protests across the world – A Sample
Our democracy is…disappearing
• Just 13% of Americans say the government can be trusted to do what is right always or most of the time. (10% say NEVER)
• Only 17% of Americans believe that big business can be trusted to do what is right always or most of the time
Our trust is…disappearing
These are unaddressed crises
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento
Skid Row, Los Angeles
Camden, New Jersey
Central City, New Orleans
Indianapolis
Bridgeport, CT
Detroit
Washington, DC
Baltimore
“Civilizations rise and fall-and sometimes if they are lucky-they
renew themselves” –John W. Gardner
The Challenge & the Opportunity
• Create a grassroots movement for community change, driven by citizens at the local level, across the world, scaling up for global impact
Urban Design Matters more than ever
Every action has to be climate positive
Place & Identity is @ the core of design
Happiness is a real metric
Fremont Troll, Seattle
Independence Beer Garden - Philly
Make it fun. Celebrate community!
It’s about people. It’s not sustainable unless it involves the community!
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are
created by everybody-- Jane Jacobs
People Power
Citizen-Led Change Resources
• Volunteerism = $171 billion (only 64 mill people)
• Total Charitable Giving = $298.42 billion.
• Non-profits = $300 billion in investment into local communities
• Over half of all states have enacted legislation to enable private-sector participation in infrastructure projects, where there is an estimated $180 billion to be leveraged
• Crowdfunding - $3 billion in 2012 alone!
100+K people from 182 countries =€2million in 2 weeks
Pallet Pavilion, Christchurch
Started in 2010, rapidly spreading
US, Canada, Australia, Iran, etc
Civil Society - Example
• Global crowdfunding experienced accelerated growth in 2014, expanding by 167 percent to reach $16.2 billion raised, up from $6.1 billion in 2013. In 2015, the industry is set to more than double once again, on its way to raising $34.4 billion. - Massolution’s 2015CF – Crowdfunding Industry Report
The Difference Community Makes: Broadmoor, New Orleans
• 13,000 volunteers mobilized• Revitalization Plan• Formed CDC• Charter School• Education Corridor• Formed Improvement District• In 7 years, 85% of the 2,400 homes
were rebuilt and occupied
Now happening all over the world…
Design Assistance Teams
Design Assistance Teams: Since 1967, the DAT program, a public service of the AIA, represents over 1000 professionals from more than 30 disciplines providing millions of dollars in professional pro bono services to more than 200 communities across the country.
What is a DAT?The DAT program brings together multidisciplinary teams of professionals to work with community stakeholders and decision-makers in an intensive 3-5 day planning process.
R/UDATs & SDATs
• We ARE:– Public Service in the Public
Interest• “Consultants work for
somebody. Design Assistance Teams work for everybody.”
– Action-Oriented – Community-focused– Holistic, Customized
• “It’s about the space between the buildings, and the people that inhabit that space”
• We are NOT:– Another Consultant Team– A process to produce a
planning document• “Please don’t give us
another plan. We have plenty – they all sit on the shelves. We need implementation strategies.” – Almost Every community
– Government-focused– “Green”-focused– Building-focused
What distinguishes a DAT?
Objectivity
Multi-disciplinary Expertise
Community Participation
Community Tours
Stakeholder Meetings
Community Meetings
Team Working Sessions
Team Working Sessions
Final Presentation
Projects
Provincetown, MA ‘365’
Design & Resiliency Team (DART)
Provincetown speaks
“I’ve been dumping bodies for years,
and it seems to me that the sea level is
rising.”
Resiliency
Standard and Poors: “…large and very diverse property tax base and extremely strong per capita market values; strong reserves…; and favorable debt position… The town's limited, tourism-centered local economy somewhat offsets these strengths.”
Resiliency Themes• Year round community: people, vibrancy, jobs• Economic development: people, vibrancy, jobs• Climate: sea level, rain storms, surges
“I can’t thank you and the team enough for all the ideas and good will you generated. So many people have told me it's the best thing that ever happened to the town!” – Town Planner
Title slideAustin, Texas SDAT
“Verde”
Water-receivingLandscapes
Human Health and Well-beingActive Recreation
Wide Riparian Buffers
StormwaterTreatment Landscapes
Stormwater Streetscapes
Urban Agriculture
“North SoCo”
Buildings Repurposed for
Housing
Human Powered Travel
Bicycle Training Park
Market Space
Statesman Repurposed for
Hotel
Public Space
Buildings Repurposed Bars/Hotels/ Restaurants
Food Trailers and Public Space
Today’s “Super Blocks”• Car oriented, high traffic, pedestrian barrier, lower
tax base and jobs
Soften• More pedestrian friendly, less of a barrier
Fully redevelop and grid• Urban center, abutter and user friendly, taxes, jobs
View from Congress Avenue Bridge
View from Congress Avenue Bridge
South Congress Looking South
New Street Life
Port Angeles, WA SDAT
Prioritization Survey
Port Angeles, WA 2009 Project: 2 months later, 43 buildings repainted with volunteers and donated paint, (at least 3,500 volunteer hours, or roughly
$66,500 worth of donated labor) led to a façade improvement program, then private $
Bike Facilities
Wayfinding & Signage
ImplementationToday, major investments all over town
Some Examples:
Waterfront Redevelopment
$17 million
Marine Campus Facility
$12 million
Waterfront: from Team Process to Masterplan to groundbreaking , to…
Realizing Their Aspirations, in 5 years
Bringing People Back to the Waterfront
Transforming Downtown: Before
Transforming Downtown: After
Snowball Effect: $100 Million+
Leveraging Investment for Placemaking
Tampa, FL SDAT
Downtown Highways and
car oriented environment
Disconnected Neighborhoods
Untapped Natural Resources
Sprawl
The time has come for Tampa to ease into urban maturity
Tampa’s Urban Design Challenges
Tampa’s Urban Design Opportunities
Densify and Retrofit Urban Core and Urban Corridors
YBOR
TampaHeights
New Civic
Space/ParkDowntown
Tampa’s Urban Design Opportunities
Complete Redevelopment of Downtown•Build an Intermodal Transit Hub as a Bustling Civic Space•Create Memorable Places•Introduce Midscale of redevelopment
Tampa’s Urban Design OpportunitiesDensify and Retrofit Urban Corridors at Transit Oriented Development Nodes
Tampa’s Urban Design Opportunities
Improve Connections and Mobility Between Employment Centers and Residential Areas
University of Southern Florida
R&DCenters
Other Economic Clusters
Neighborhoods
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Residential Areas
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Bikeshare
From Parking Lots to Parks
Re-connecting to the Waterfront