Ronak Gandhi
@ronrgandhi.bsky.social
Architectural Designer, Writer, etc etc
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Don’t ever let anyone tell you that streets can’t be vibrant places to foster friendships and connect with neighbours. But as Donald Appleyard illustrated many decades ago, the volume & speed of traffic, and the overall design of the streets, are absolute social life dealbreakers. #StickyStreets
December 24, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that streets can’t be vibrant places to foster friendships and connect with neighbours. But as Donald Appleyard illustrated many decades ago, the volume & speed of traffic, and the overall design of the streets, are absolute social life dealbreakers. #StickyStreets
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i write/talk a lot about missing *midrise* housing - and why its absence in US cities is a large reason they are so unaffordable, and not very walkable.
so for my birthday, environmental defence published a phenomenal report on ending midrise restrictions
environmentaldefence.ca/2024/11/13/n...
so for my birthday, environmental defence published a phenomenal report on ending midrise restrictions
environmentaldefence.ca/2024/11/13/n...
New Expert Report: Ending Restrictions on Mid-Rise Apartment Buildings Necessary to end Housing Shortage - Environmental Defence
New report spells out the steps all levels of government should take immediately to clear obstacles to deliver 1.5M new homes by 2031.
environmentaldefence.ca
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
i write/talk a lot about missing *midrise* housing - and why its absence in US cities is a large reason they are so unaffordable, and not very walkable.
so for my birthday, environmental defence published a phenomenal report on ending midrise restrictions
environmentaldefence.ca/2024/11/13/n...
so for my birthday, environmental defence published a phenomenal report on ending midrise restrictions
environmentaldefence.ca/2024/11/13/n...
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If I weren't teaching at the same time, I would totally join this 11/20 afternoon walking tour of the NYC East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, with NYC Dept of Design + Construction and the design + engineering team. The Urban Design Forum does good work.
East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Tour - Urban Design Forum
Join us for a tour of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project’s recent progress with the Department of Design and Construction.
urbandesignforum.org
November 13, 2024 at 7:46 PM
If I weren't teaching at the same time, I would totally join this 11/20 afternoon walking tour of the NYC East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, with NYC Dept of Design + Construction and the design + engineering team. The Urban Design Forum does good work.
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New report: The Mid-Rise Manual outlines 5 steps to solve Ontario's housing crisis while protecting our environment. Mid-rise buildings can deliver 1.5M homes by 2031, preserving farmland & reducing sprawl.
Download the full report:
environmentaldefence.ca/report/mid-r...
Download the full report:
environmentaldefence.ca/report/mid-r...
Mid-Rise Manual
The Mid-rise Manual is a lawmakers guide to unlocking mid-rise - by making it legal, practical and cost-effective to build.
environmentaldefence.ca
November 13, 2024 at 7:45 PM
New report: The Mid-Rise Manual outlines 5 steps to solve Ontario's housing crisis while protecting our environment. Mid-rise buildings can deliver 1.5M homes by 2031, preserving farmland & reducing sprawl.
Download the full report:
environmentaldefence.ca/report/mid-r...
Download the full report:
environmentaldefence.ca/report/mid-r...
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William Gibson (abridged)
October 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM
William Gibson (abridged)
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A good time to revisit this fascinating paper: Fred Turner, "Burning Man at Google: A Cultural Infrastructure for New Media Production" (2009)
Burning Man at Google: a cultural infrastructure for new media production - Fred Turner, 2009
Every August for more than a decade, thousands of information technologists and other knowledge workers have trekked out into a barren stretch of alkali desert ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 4, 2023 at 1:30 PM
A good time to revisit this fascinating paper: Fred Turner, "Burning Man at Google: A Cultural Infrastructure for New Media Production" (2009)
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On recommendation from @samplereality.bsky.social this article is fabulous. Im saving it as a great example for students in a Research & Methods course to learn diligent rigorous research approaches
The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge
tylervigen.com
September 4, 2023 at 2:57 PM
On recommendation from @samplereality.bsky.social this article is fabulous. Im saving it as a great example for students in a Research & Methods course to learn diligent rigorous research approaches