2009: more in urban areas than in rural areas
1900: what percentage of people in US were farmers?
Why is rural pop decreasing? think of wind video
What was the role of the car and the highway system? When?
Portland case study: 1942-1945: ship building, 1950-1970: population exodus to suburbs:
Sprawl: what is it?
What motivates it? What enables it? What boundaries are there? Limiting factors?
Urban sprawl: low residential density, homes/jobs/schools/shopping separated, no community activity (no there there), poor street systems, food deserts
Impact: traffic (time, fuel, pollution), pollution (transportation, energy, food production), health (inner city air quality is poor), land use, economics (e.g. Detroit), politics (gerrymandering, like likes like).
See photos of strip malls on p. 352
L'enfant example: Washington D.C.
Zoning example: p. 355
Back to Portland: UGB concept
Transport is a key: BART, subway, tube, light rail (think of Oahu)
Parks keep areas clear of urban development, promote living in the city (Central Park, Golden Gate Park, Chicago lakefront/forest preserves)
P. 361 note "poisoned waters" video reference
Heat Island effect-see Chicago e2 video: "Green Machine"
- Why is Chicago "the museum of architectural history"? Why is it different from NYC or San Francisco?
- What is the climate in Chicago?
- Where is Charlie Miller standing? What is the Urban Heat Island effect?
- What impact does the roof have on water transit time? So what?
- What "urban context" is Charlie Miller referring to?
- Why is the video called "Green Machine"? Look up Daley. Check out his accent.
- Why are the bees important?
- AIA stands for what? Why is this important?
- Why was City Hall a seminal choice?
- What is the traditional culture of Chicago? What is the city known for?
- Why is the Chicago airport abbreviation ORD? What is Meigs Field, and why was it important?
- "Resistance to true leadership" hides a great deal. Look up the 1968 Democratic Convention.
- You may have seen Millennium Park in the movie "source code". What is different about the park?
- What does LEED stand for, and who created it? Why? What is wrong with it?
- Why are there levels of LEED certification? Are there three or four?
- What items does the architect mention that you see in the elab?
- Notice the insulation demonstration box (ping pong balls). What does it prove?
- What is the "LEED premium"? How is it recovered?
- What is Sick Building Syndrome? What causes it? What in the elab prevents this?
- What is a trombe wall? Where is the trombe wall in the elab?
- What is a "green band-aid"?
- What is the "green way of life" the architect refers to? What does it involve?
- What is the climate in Chicago again?
- What is meant by "an enlightened dictator"? What country is facing this crisis now? Explain.
- The video ends with "We can do it". What was the election motto of the most recent politician from there?
LEED and the LBC
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