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Sweet City: Defeating the City-Nature Antagonism
Recovering urban nature for a healthier cityThe first city in Costa Rica to adopt form-based coding has created a citywide plan to connect urban neighborhoods to nature. Sweet City is the next phase of a Charter Award-winning plan of 2014. The majority of Curridabat’s 72,500 citizens live among public spaces dominated by asphalt— inhibiting...Read more -
Davidson’s Rural Area Plan
Visionary code protects rural landsThe Rural Area Plan (RAP) for Davidson uses a form-based code for aggressive rural land conservation. Sixty-five percent of the countryside is preserved over six square miles, allowing for the development of compact hamlets and villages on one-third of the area. The plan was adopted in the spring...Read more -
Village of Providence
Suburban infill fosters communityAn unlikely urban neighborhood and center has taken shape in Northwest Huntsville, Alabama— an area characterized by car dealerships, big box stores, apartment complexes, industrial parks, subdivisions, and single-family houses. Through more than a decade of design and development, this project has...Read more -
Strategic Area Investment Plan
Landscape infrastructure shapes future investmentCharlottesville’s Strategic Area Investment Plan guides the redevelopment of a former industrial stream valley into a mixed-income, mixeduse urban area that remains connected to its riparian roots. A 12-acre linear ecological park incorporates new stormwater systems while creating multifunctional...Read more