Tag: Mixed use

Art and Culture

The Contribution of Design Principles and Aesthetics to Sustainable Cities

Introduction Interaction between man-made environment and nature is necessary to attain sustainable development. In an urban setting, aesthetics is an essential requirement for humans, almost comparable to survival needs (Hemmati, 2016). Aesthetics in urban design may aid in building connected and coordinated urban growth that is built around mass public

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Architecture, Urbanism, Residential, Masterplan, Mixed use, Sustainable Design
Transportation

Chicago Lakeside Master Plan – Sustainable Design

Lakeside will serve as a model for future development within the City of Chicago and will be part of the LEED® for Neighborhood Development Pilot Program. The plan entails transforming the abandoned South Works steel mill, a 600-acre brownfield site, into an environmentally conscious, mixed-use district. The project emerged from a

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