Landscape Infrastructure

Робота публікується згідно наказу ректора від 29.12.2020 р. №580/од "Про розміщення кваліфікаційних робіт вищої освіти в репозитарії НАУ". Науковий керівник: Буравченко Сергій Григорович, к.арх., професор.Тема дослідження присвячена вивченню та обґрунтуванню принципів формування громадського простору в містах із жарким кліматом на основі концепції сталого розвитку. Це питання є актуальним, оскільки в країнах із жарким кліматом вирішується питання про повну або часткову реконструкцію міст через реновацію «старої» архітектури до сучасних потреб місцевих жителів, а також подолання серйозних руйнування в результаті війни з урахуванням сучасних потреб та використання аналогії "розумного міста", озеленення та врахування екологічних аспектів під час проектування

Flowscapes explores infrastructure as a type of landscape and landscape as a type of infrastructure, and is focused on landscape architectonic design of transportation-, green- and water infrastructures. These landscape infrastructures are considered armatures for urban and rural development. With movement and flows at the core, these landscape infrastructures facilitate aesthetic, functional, social and ecological relationships between natural and human

Flowscapes explores infrastructure as a type of landscape and landscape as a type of infrastructure, and is focused on landscape architectonic design of transportation-, green- and water infrastructures. These landscape infrastructures are considered armatures for urban and rural development. With movement and flows at the core, these landscape infrastructures facilitate aesthetic, functional, social and ecological relationships between natural and human

A proposta de rebaixamento do sistema de transporte sobre trilhos propiciou vislumbrar a implantação de áreas livres, numa região degradada, ruidosa e dividida pelos trilhos dos trens da CPTM, formando o Parque Linear Brás-Lapa. Este trabalho analisou a necessidade e importância dos espaços livres, especificamente no trecho compreendido entre as ruas Silva Pinto e Anhanguera, localizado no bairro de Santa Cecília e Bom Retiro (São Paulo, Brasil), dentro da área onde seria proposto o Parque Linear Brás-Lapa, para o estabelecimento da continuidade do tecido urbano, minimizando a dificuldade de mobilidade e contribuindo para uma paisagem sonora de qualidade.

This paper aims to provide a critical overview of the management of Ankara's streams in the historical context of the city's urbanization process and focuses on one particular example Bentderesi (Bent stream). Prior to Ankara's declaration as a capital city and during the early periods of the young Republic of Turkey, the streams and creeks of the city were the significant destinations for public recreation and they were also used for freshwater supply and fishing. However, ironically, these streams had caused the most damage to their surroundings due to floods several times. For instance, in 1957, the flood along the Hatip Stream affected many areas along its bed, including Mamak, Saimekadın, Gülveren, Bentderesi, Dışkapı, Kazıkiçi vegetable gardens and Akköprü which led to many casualties and serious physical damage. At the same time, some of these streams had been highly polluted and literally had become open sewers. These all led to a drastic change in the urban landscape of Ankara; many streams and creeks were channelized and paved over. Bentderesi was one of them. Actually, Bentderesi (meaning barraged creek) is part of the Hatip Stream. It takes this name near the old settlement area, the Ankara Citadel. According to the literature, Bentderesi name comes from the dam structures on the creek built in Roman times. Unfortunately, the ruins had not been protected or conserved and are invisible today. Currently, vehicle traffic flows along "Bentderesi Street" which was built overtop the channelized river. Although the first plans for the newly established capital made use of Bentderesi and its surroundings as green spaces for leisure and ecological benefits, it became a slum area after it had been channelized. Today, Ankara is facing with water supply problems and the global climate change scenarios do not seem promising as well. Furthermore, there has been a rise in floods occurring in the urban fabric due to the increased impermeable paved surfaces overtop the creek and streams and their beds. Restoring and rediscovering the lost stream landscapes of the city would be a major, but at the same time an incredibly exciting challenge for Ankara and its urban landscape in terms of both ecological and social sustainability. In this regard, this paper will address to the conflicts between policies and the need for conservation of water surfaces of Ankara within the specific example of Bentderesi.

Looking at the hierarchical-based planning process, the landscape is filled with conservation
principles from the rural area to the process of adapting to the city. This undefined task
assigned to the landscape turns into planned but unresolved void experiences in cities. Today,
however, there is an evolution towards experimental applications by using the dynamic
structure of the landscape. From this point of view, the necessity of dwelling on the importance
of the correct definition of the landscape, which is stuck between the implementation steps of
the current planning approaches, comes to the fore. The aim of the study is, in the first stage,
“are we reading the urban landscape correctly?” and “where does urban planning see the
landscape?” is to ask questions. It is to examine these questions on a theoretical basis in the
context of the city, urban and urban landscape placed at the base of the system. On the one
hand, the new design environment and tactical urbanism experiences, on the other hand,
theories of the wilderness landscape that listen to the narrative of spontaneity of landscape are
discussed. The connection and contrast set up between the two approaches are presented on a
theoretical basis. As a result, it becomes clear that individual needs must be defined correctly.
It is imperative to look at this situation, which causes urban siege concerns, from an ecocentric
ethical framework.

The Dam-Lakefront Plaza in Kashar-Tirana/Albania is a research project that proposes not only the re-consideration and reinforcement of the artificial Reservoirs Dams built during Socialism in Albania, but envisions the maintenance of dams and revitalization of the lakeside area promoting the public-private collaboration. In addition, it envisions the generation of qualitative and lively public spaces in sub-urban areas as well. Admitting the artificial lakes as specific nodes of man-made infrastructure in the landscape, and consequently the dams (together with the drainage channels) as important hydrotechnic elements of the flood protection infrastructure, this research intends to elaborate on one type of landscape infrastructure - the vertical screens, offering a mediation between the natural and built landscape.

Landscape architecture's fundamental task is to uncover and develop the specificity of a site. SPECIFICS emphasizes the differences of qualities of a location and invites to focus and concentrate on significant strategies for research and teaching in view of recent insights and global developments.

The idea of a green belt around London emerged in the 19th century in response in large part to the catastrophic urban health conditions of that period. At a time when cholera was believed to be airborne, providing fresh air for the city became a question of public heath. Communal parks and green girdles or belts were installed as a policy response to emergencies such as the cholera outbreak in Soho in 1853-54, to serve as the "green lungs" for the city. The resultant green area around the city protected from urban development was thus conceived of as an urban infrastructure for health. In recent years, however, the Green Belt infrastructure has been foregrounded in the effort to promote environmentally friendly sustainable development; the last two Mayors of London have both declared further protection and extension of London's Green Belt under the banner of sustainability. This paper examines how the discourse around and functionality of London's Green Belt has evolved since its conception as an urban public health strategy, from a health-scape to a variegated infra-scape. The paper concludes with suggestions on how the narrative and management of the London Green Belt could be adapted to contemporary ideas for environmental and social sustainability, including promoting health and liveability.

The modernization of the suburban railway on the Asian side of Istanbul is part of the ongoing Marmaray Project. The 44.2 km commuter line, composed of twenty-seven stations was opened in 1872, during the period of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz. For the Ottomans the railway played a major role in the metamorphosis of the city/country. The establishment of railways marked a new era in the urban life of Ottoman towns and cities. The railway stations manifested modernization, built to promote European architectural designs and became an integral part of urban social life. After the establishment of the Turkish Republic and the State Railways Company, the commuter line remained a key part of national policy and was seen as a manifestation of the young republic. The Marmaray Project aims to upgrade and join Asian and European suburban railway through a tunnel already built under the Bosporus. The work includes the demolition of old, original railway structures which are part of the architectural heritage of the historic railway network; also means the loss of an ecological green corridor. The research mainly discusses the need for preservation of the railway heritage, addressing its social and ecological benefits for the metropolitan city.

The modernization of the suburban railway on the Asian side of Istanbul is part of the ongoing Marmaray Project. The 44.2 km commuter line, composed of twenty-seven stations was opened in 1872, during the period of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz. For the Ottomans the railway played a major role in the metamorphosis of the city/country. The establishment of railways marked a new era in the urban life of Ottoman towns and cities. The railway stations manifested modernization, built to promote European architectural designs and became an integral part of urban social life. After the establishment of the Turkish Republic and the State Railways Company, the commuter line remained a key part of national policy and was seen as a manifestation of the young republic. The Marmaray Project aims to upgrade and join Asian and European suburban railway through a tunnel already built under the Bosporus. The work includes the demolition of old, original railway structures which are part of the architectural heritage of the historic railway network; also means the loss of an ecological green corridor. The research mainly discusses the need for preservation of the railway heritage, addressing its social and ecological benefits for the metropolitan city.

The Dam-Lakefront Plaza in Kashar-Tirana/Albania is a research project that proposes not only the re-consideration and reinforcement of the artificial Reservoirs Dams built during Socialism in Albania, but envisions the maintenance of dams and revitalization of the lakeside area promoting the public-private collaboration. In addition, it envisions the generation of qualitative and lively public spaces in sub-urban areas as well. Admitting the artificial lakes as specific nodes of man-made infrastructure in the landscape, and consequently the dams (together with the drainage channels) as important hydrotechnic elements of the flood protection infrastructure, this research intends to elaborate on one type of landscape infrastructure - the vertical screens, offering a mediation between the natural and built landscape.

The landscape architecture undergraduate programme at the University of Technology Sydney introduced landscape infrastructure as a subject into its curriculum in 2016. This subject contained two aims relating to the application of landscape infrastructure to an Australian context, extending beyond its North American origins. First, it aimed to identify and test the principles of landscape infrastructure that could be 'generalisable' and that exist outside of site specifics or a particular context. Second, it sought novel instances of its application in the Sydney region. Principles were distilled through an evaluation of relevant literature and were then tested through two exercises. The first required students to reimagine The GreenWay, a multifunctional landscape corridor in Sydney's Inner West and part of a proposed metropolitanwide Green Grid network. Students then applied the framework of landscape infrastructure through design proposals in one of Australia's fa...

Purpose- Rural areas experience various economic and social tensions such as population instability and limited job opportunities, which place villages at risk. Rural tourism can improve the economic activities that increase the population and improve the economy because tourism transforms a fragile economy with dynamic activities that enable the establishment of service enterprises and bring about entrepreneurship opportunities. This study aimed to model the multilateral effects of tourism on rural sustainability. Design/methodology/approach- This research applied the theoretical-pragmatic approach. Data were collected using library and field studies. Field studies are a prominent element in the analysis of results. In this course, the systematic questionnaire was used for the extraction of the field database. Using the Cochran formula, the sample size was estimated 214 people. Furthermore, the interrelationship Structural Equation Model (SEM) was applied to analyze the networks of...

Flowscapes explores infrastructure as a type of landscape and landscape as a type of infrastructure. The hybridization of the two concepts seeks to redefine infrastructure beyond its strictly utilitarian definition while allowing spatial design to gain operative force in territorial transformation processes. The publication provides perspectives on the subject from design-related disciplines such as architecture, urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering. The book builds upon the multidisciplinary colloquium on landscape infrastructures, that is part of the Flowscapes graduation design studio of Landscape Architecture at the TU Delft.  The authors explore concepts, methods and techniques for design-related research on landscape infrastructures. Their main objective is to engage environmental and societal issues by means of integrative and design-oriented approaches. Through focusing on interdisciplinary design-related research of landscape infra...

This paper describes the contextual analysis of architecture with landscape methods as both design and teaching methodology. The methodology applies our understanding of research as design and design as research, and involves the evaluation of landscape architecture-based approaches to built examples in a region famous for its constructed landscapes – The Netherlands. In a series of design courses the authors have been teaching in Delft and Rotterdam from 2009 to 2012 analytical methods were developed through a combination of one-to-one contextual readings of built architectural projects.

Cinquante ans après sa parution, l'ouvrage de Reyner Banham, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, vient d'être traduit en français. Sans rien céder aux tentations historicistes qui, vingt ans plus tard, caractériseront le postmodernisme architectural, Banham s'y livre à une critique radicale de l'orthodoxie du modernisme.

The purpose of this paper is to contextualize as testimonies of the original geomorphological characteristics of the site watercourses of the stream Mandaqui basin, channeled and buffered along the urban consolidation of São Paulo north. Such contextualization, however, shows up revealing not only of natural elements as historically denied landscape, but also various affective relationships established between man and water. The experience of the spaces associated with tributaries of Mandaqui thus demonstrates the possibility of resuming the awareness of the existence of small streams buffered in São Paulo. Through traces, hidden streams creep to the surface. Bit by bit the look of those in such spaces is inevitably conducted between alleys and narrow streets, to walk the path carved by the waters. These, though set apart from the surface, demonstrate through its traces the impossibility of human interventions completely erase certain traits ofprimitive nature. The work which follow...

Evolution of commuter rail transit systems has always served a tight relationship with the development of urban planning theory and practice. Commuter rail development in Ankara has a peculiar history begun with the pronunciation of Ankara as the capital city of the new regime in 1923, as opposed to its numerous contemporaries which had emerged as the lasting effects of Industrial Revolution on cities. In the earlier plans representing the culturalist school of spatial organization, Ankara commuter line was recognized as a planning tool in the designation of the rural-urban continuum, urban green network, community spaces and logistic centers. The commuter line together with adjoined uses, today, might be a remarkable case in the broad identification of the railway heritage assets as well as the complementary relationship between urban morphology and history. Besides being a mass transport service covering approximately 37 km distance, the line provides planning opportunities in con...

Em 2013 o Município de Cascavel/PR firmou contrato com o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) para a execução do Programa de Desenvolvimento Integrado (PDI) que previa várias obras de urbanização. Dentre essas obras foram previstas: a revitalização das três avenidas principais da cidade, a construção de três terminais de transporte coletivo e a implantação de dois parques ambientais. Nestes projetos, houve previsão de implantação de ciclovias, sendo que algumas dessas obras cicloviárias já foram executadas. Contudo, a infraestrutura cicloviária está segregada, não possuindo ligação entre as ciclovias implantadas. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi definir vias para implantação de ciclofaixas que façam a ligação entre as ciclovias implantadas, os parques ambientais e os terminais de transbordo, buscando com essa proposta facilitar a integração intermodal e formar uma malha cicloviária inicial que proporcionará um deslocamento seguro aos usuários da bicicleta, incenti...

Since its emergence in 1990s, landscape urbanism provides temporalityindeterminacyand self-organization-based solutions varying from drosscape to suburbanization projects.1 Its theoretical framework syncretizes a position by combining science of ecology with humanity theories; scientific and data based solutions of ecology with subjective understanding that derive from experiencing landscapes; large scale processes of ecology, infrastructure and economy with specific conditions of site; spatial understanding of landscape with temporal and ever-evolving landscape. That is why, the theory of landscape urbanism is eclectic and divergent, the theoretical coherence of which is highly debated. On the one hand, the eclectic theory of landscape urbanism provides a methodological openness by means of newly emerging themes. This paper aims to discover the methodological openness that emerging themes are providing to contemporary landscape architecture education that has not been comprehensive...

Aims: The following study is aimed to prepare five derivatives of 2-thiobarbituric acid under microwave irradiation (MWI) and conventional heating method and investigate their biological activities. Study Design: A classic white ProLine Microwave (720 W, 2450 MHz) with nine power settings was used for this study.

With the youngest, fastest growing, most diverse population in the UK, the imminent arrival of HS2 and the hosting of City of Culture 2021 and the Commonwealth Games, the West Midlands has a unique opportunity to rediscover a vast, hidden landscape that has been largely overlooked and undervalued for decades. The West Midlands plateau, a watershed between two of the largest river systems in the United Kingdom, is one of the most geologically diverse regions in the world. Previously an area of dense woodland, its matrix of valleys stretches from the Black Country, the crucible of the industrial revolution, to Birmingham, once the city of a thousand trades and now one of the most rapidly developing business hubs in Europe, from Medieval Coventry to the Saxon town of Tamworth. This immense rolling landscape, the nexus of the UK's major agricultural regions, with its complex infrastructure of canals, highways and byways is married to some of the most beautiful, forgotten areas in Britain and awaits a re-imagining for millions of people with the creation of a West Midland National Park (WMNP).

This project explores the landscape potential of Taiwanese river valley in terms of integrating water and river management with urbanism within the context of a dense environment diversity as well as a highly sensitive and dynamic landscape. Taking one of the most illustrative river basin, Dajia River, the steepest river with the most water resource, as the study case, the project intends to test the hypothesis of perceiving mountainous river as opportunities for transforming the river valley as water-sensitive landscape infrastructures. Based on the theories of landscape urbanism, especially the discourses of landscape infrastructure, the project argues that by enhancing water sensitivity in living environment within river scape, the characteristic of landscape can help building a stronger identity for the territory and its inhabitants. Contextualizing the learnings from theories and practices with context analysis, the research integrates principles, strategic tools and spatial po...

هدف این مقاله درک دامنۀ مفهوم «میدان» در دورۀ قاجاریه و تبیین طیف مصادیق آن در این دوره، مبتنی بر نقشه‌های تاریخی موجود است. دورۀ قاجاریه دورۀ آغاز نقشه‌برداری با فنون مدرن در ایران است که تهیۀ نقشه‌های مفصل از شهرهای ایران با دقت بی‌سابقه را میسر ساخت. این نقشه‌ها اسناد مستعدی برای فهم اجزای شهر در این دوره به دست می‌دهد و درک آنها را در شبکۀ روابطی ممکن می‌کند که کلیت شهر را شکل می‌دهد. «میدان»، به مثابۀ یکی از اجزای اصلی شهر قاجاری، نقش بارزی در بسیاری از این نقشه‌ها دارد، همانچه این اسناد را به منابع قابلی برای پیگیری مفهوم «میدان» در این دوره تبدیل می‌کند. حدود سی نقشۀ تاریخی از شهرهای ایران در این دوره موجود است که در ۲۱ مورد آن می‌توان رد و نشانی از «میدان» یافت. در این مقاله، با بررسی مصادیق متعدد میدان در این نقشه‌ها، نقش و موقعیت آنها در شهر و و کارکرد آنها در نسبت با دیگر اجزا و همچنین فرم و ویژگی‌های صوری‌شان به دو پرسش اصلی دربارۀ دامنه و محدودۀ مفهوم میدان در این دوره و انواع مصادیق آن می‌پردازیم و برای بسط و تعمیق یافته‌ها به منابع مکتوب درجۀ اول و دوم رجوع می‌کنیم. د...

A mobilidade urbana concentrada em torno do automovel particular vem se consolidando como perfil da cidade de Natal. Solucoes voltadas ao carro e motocicleta em resposta ao crescimento populacional e de renda na cidade estao conduzindo um estado de dependencia do automovel. Entretanto, poucas estrategias de transporte coletivo e individual alternativo vem sido aplicadas para equilibrar as demandas locais. Esta monografia propoe a adocao de medidas infraestruturais na direcao de um shared space no campus central da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte e a criacao de um sistema de compartilhamento de bicicletas eletricas no mesmo local. O estudo faz uso de uma avaliacao da infraestrutura atual do campus e descreve as alteracoes necessarias para melhoria no nivel de servico oferecido aos estudantes. O dimensionamento de um projeto piloto de bike sharing para o campus e feito tomando por base os quantitativos encontrados em sistemas ao redor do mundo.

Buscando novas soluções para os problemas de mobilidade urbana, a Prefeitura Municipal de Passo Fundo/RS recentemente implementou o sistema de compartilhamento de bicicletas denominado “Passo Fundo Vai de Bici”. Este artigo objetiva avaliar o quanto a população passofundense vem substituindo viagens com veículos motorizados por bicicletas do sistema, a fim de quantificar a redução do consumo de combustíveis e consequentemente de emissões de CO2 no meio ambiente. O trabalho foi realizado em duas etapas metodológicas: revisão bibliográfica da temática em questão e a quantificação do consumo de combustível poupado e da redução de CO2 emitido com base em dados fornecidos pelo INMETRO e PBE. Os resultados mostram que a implantação do sistema de compartilhamento de bicicletas tem gerado contribuições para a melhora da qualidade do ar na cidade, tendo em vista que 25% dos usuários das bicicletas estão substituindo viagens motorizadas individuais, contribuindo com uma redução de aproximadam...

Com o intuito de compreender as principais relações entre uso da bicicleta na cidade de São Paulo, o cicloativismo paulistano, e as novas políticas cicloviárias, a pesquisa expõe o estudo de três itens determinantes para análise: a formação territorial; o uso da bicicleta e o cicloativismo; a Praça do Ciclista e apropriação do espaço público.
O trabalho, a partir de um estudo sobre a formação territorial
e da evolução dos meios de transportes, exibe as condicionantes para o uso da bicicleta na cidade São Paulo. As características dos ciclistas tradicionais e do novo ciclista, recorrente ao crescimento das infraestruturas cicloviárias e do cicloativismo paulistano, também foram contempladas. Para aprofundar a interpretação do cicloativismo, a dissertação apoia-se nos relatos de cinco cicloativistas e em uma ampla pesquisa formando uma linha do tempo do cicloativismo da Praça do Ciclista, exibindo e classificando suas principais ações.
A Praça do Ciclista é analisada sob o prisma de duas de apropriações
antagônicas de lugares: a cidade e o espaço alienado; os lugares como
possibilidade de uma outra globalização. A conclusão apresenta uma apuração crítica dos fatos estudados e uma perspectiva do cicloativismo e sua relação com a Praça do Ciclista.

Kent içi ulaşım hatları, ağırlıklı olarak, mühendislik alanı ve ulaşım planlaması dâhilinde ele alınmış; kendilerini tarif eden ve kimi zaman sınırlandıran kent peyzajı ile kurdukları ilişkiler üzerinden kavramsallaştırılmamışlardır. 1990'lı yıllarda gündeme gelen "altyapısal şehircilik" ve "peyzaj şehirciliği" yaklaşımlarının, ulaşım altyapılarını teknik bir zorunluluk olmaktan ziyade kentsel olanak olarak değerlendirmesi, ulaşım hatlarının gizil kalmış mekânsallığını görünür kılmıştır. Bu çerçevede, Ankara'nın yoğun kent dokusu içinde 37 kilometrelik bir güzergâh belirleyen Sincan-Kayaş banliyö hattı, üstünde düşünülmesi gereken kritik bir alan olarak ortaya çıkar. Kent merkeziyle Kayaş arasında banliyö seferlerinin başladığı dönemde, kırsal peyzajın parçası olan hat, zamanla içinden geçtiği peyzajı dönüştürmüş; yeni arazilerin, sanayi alanlarının ve mahallelerin gelişiminde etkili olmuştur. Demiryolunu takip eden arazilerin yaşadığı bu dönüşüm, Sincan-Kayaş banliyö hattının bir çizgi olarak kentle kurduğu ilişkiyi de değiştirmiştir. Bugün hat, içinden geçtiği çevrelerden bağımsızmış gibi görünen bir iz oluşturmakta ve yer yer etrafında, tariflenmesi güç, artık alanların gelişimine neden olmaktadır. Mevcut hali ile sorun olarak değerlendirilebilecek bu durum, diğer bir bakışla banliyö hattının gizil mekânsallığının izleri olarak ele alınabilir. Böyle bakıldığında, hattın barındırdığı mekânsallığın tespiti, Ankara'nın kentsel dokusu ve peyzajıyla bütünleşmiş bir banliyö hattının kurgulanmasında yönlendirici bir aşama olarak değerlendirilmelidir. Demiryolunun içinden geçtiği çevrelerle bir aradalığından ortaya çıkan farklı ölçeklerdeki arayüz mekânlar ve aynı zamanda birlikte ilerlediği yeşil alanlar ve akarsular ile kurduğu unutulmuş veya dikkate alınmamış ilişkiler, Sincan-Kayaş banliyö hattı özelinde ortaya çıkan ve üzerinde tartışılması gereken özgün konulardır.

Já não é aceitável construir edificações de alto desempenho em uma área não urbanizada, em um contexto dependente de automóveis, e certificá-la como sustentável". Douglas Farr (2013) Atualmente vemos o movimento pela sustentabilidade ganhar força na mídia, em movimentos sociais e coletivos, nas agendas políticas e até em nosso dia-a-dia. Os limites da nossa modernidade, principalmente no que diz respeito às consequências do modelo de desenvolvimento em curso, estão cada vez mais explícitos. Mas apesar deste movimento ser uma forte tendência, o processo de transformação é complexo e permeado de dúvidas. Quais as implicações de ser sustentável? Como exercer a sustentabilidade? Como praticá-la de forma efetiva? O presente artigo se propõe a refletir sobre os questionamentos a respeito da sustentabilidade em áreas urbanas consolidadas e para tal analisa um dos possíveis trajetos entre o Parque Estadual da Cantareira e o Parque do Ibirapuera, na cidade de São Paulo-SP, sob a ótica dos indicadores propostos pelo Selo Labverde, Selo este concebido pelo Laboratório Verde da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo. Revista LABVERDE n°10-Artigo 01 Agosto de 2015 O Selo Labverde foi desenvolvido com o intuito de certificar as práticas sustentáveis adotadas por regiões e empreendimentos considerando diversas escalas, da local a regional, o que diferencia este processo de certificação dos demais sistemas atualmente existentes. A abordagem proposta pelo Labverde permite uma análise mais aprofundada do empreendimento, uma vez que o próprio conceito de sustentabilidade, como entendido na atualidade, exige a consideração de uma perspectiva ampliada.

A partir da proposta da disciplina de Projeto Sustentável para um Parque Linear Brás-Lapa, analisamos o distrito da Barra Funda (município de São Paulo), sua formação histórica, e a proposta do Plano Diretor Estratégico Regional da Lapa (PDER). Levantamos as áreas verdes existentes e sua relação com os aspectos de microclima/ ilha de calor da localidade, assim como a importância dos usos do distrito hoje e suas tendências. Descrevemos os benefícios da vegetação urbana, especificamente a arborização viária, para o ecossistema dessa região. A partir das análises, levantamos algumas hipóteses, alterando a configuração de algumas ruas importantes, como forma de agregar valor ao distrito da Barra Funda, por meio do desenvolvimento de um plano para uma infraestrutura verde interligando corredores, e caminhos verdes ligando ao parque proposto.

Durante o desenvolvimento urbano da cidade de São Paulo, tem se atribuído um papel dominante ao automóvel como modal prioritário no sistema de mobilidade urbana, fato que acarretou prejuízos ao meio ambiente, a desqualificação do espaço público e a marginalização do pedestre no ambiente urbano. Até pouco tempo, a cidade de São Paulo nunca tinha experimentado um incremento tão alto na representatividade da bicicleta como meio de transporte. Conforme a Pesquisa da Origem e Destino da Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo - Metrô, entre 1997 e 2007 as viagens utilitárias de bicicleta aumentaram cerca de 200% dentro do município. Neste contexto, o artigo avalia a alternativa de integrar o uso da bicicleta ao sistema de mobilidade urbana de São Paulo como uma das soluções possíveis para os problemas comentados anteriormente e explorará a viabilidade desses programas como forma de lidar com as problemáticas da paisagem urbana, utilizando-se da Infraestrutura Verde como conceito norteador.

Diante do desafio da mobilidade urbana, pesquisas acadêmicas atentas à temática têm buscado elementos explicativos para a compreensão desse fenômeno. Sob o enfoque dos estudos pessoa-ambiente, este artigo busca identificar, por meio da revisão de teses e dissertações produzidas no Brasil, quais as principais barreiras e facilitadores no uso da bicicleta nas cidades. Recorreu-se ao Banco Nacional de Teses e Dissertações e ao Banco da CAPES com o descritor “bicicleta”, sendo rastreados 33 resultados. Destes, dez tratavam das barreiras e facilitadores, sendo analisados em função da natureza da pesquisa, descrição dos participantes e características ambientais relacionadas. Os resultados apontam a falta de infraestrutura viária, políticas que beneficiem os ciclistas e a vulnerabilidade destes no trânsito como principais barreiras, e o bem-estar, saúde e contato com o ambiente como facilitadores. Nesse sentido, faz-se necessário compreender esse fenômeno humano-ambiental, contextualizand...

In its material dimension, the land receives both the positive and negative externalities of human life. Trash, for instance, is a negative externality that also reaches the ground, but that is conveniently placed 'out of sight'. This project by Design Earth, however, proposes an opposite strategy: in a society that only reacts to fetishistic spectacularization, perhaps it is not unreasonable to think of projects that transform the trash into an architectural spectacle.

The Green Infrastructure research occurs mainly through the landscape design and the reconstitution of the urban forest. This important emphasis guides changes to face the current environmental challenges. In this conceptual and practical effort, an extremely important issue arises: how can the architectural project, together with the fulfillment of its social functions, contribute to the ecosystem services provided by the Green Infrastructure? The building, usually an obstacle to ecosystemic processes, obstructs or conditions its flows through designs in conflict with an ecological approach. By proposing the architectural design as a factor of contribution to urban ecological resilience, it is suggested to dilute the border lines between construction and landscape, integrating the building with the green infrastructure and redefining its functions beyond the traditional architectural program.

Abstract: The idea of a green belt around London emerged in the 19th century in response in large part to the catastrophic urban health conditions of that period. At a time when cholera was believed to be airborne, providing fresh air for the city became a question of public heath. Communal parks and green girdles or belts were installed as a policy response to emergencies such as the cholera outbreak in Soho in 1853-54, to serve as the "green lungs " for the city. The resultant green area around the city protected from urban development was thus conceived of as an urban infrastructure for health. In recent years, however, the Green Belt infrastructure has been foregrounded in the effort to promote environmentally friendly sustainable development; the last two Mayors of London have both declared further protection and extension of London's Green Belt under the banner of sustainability. This paper examines how the discourse around and functionality of London's Gre...