Transforming Communities Through Urban Acupuncture

Transforming Communities Through Urban Acupuncture:A Conversation with Jaime Lerner and Hillary Brown

Moderated by James Russell - September 25, 2014

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Jaime LernerFounder

Jaime Lerner Associated Architects

James RussellAdjunct Professor

City College of New York

Hillary BrownFounding Principal

New Civic Works

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Agenda

Introductions and Overview: James Russell

Panel Briefings Jaime Lerner, Jaime Lerner Associated Architects Hillary Brown, New Civic Works

Panel Discussion Audience Questions (submit through side panel)

(Please take the brief exit survey)

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Moderator5

James Russell is an adjunct professor at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. An architecture critic, journalist, and consultant, he comments on WNYC public radio Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Mr. Russell is a leading advocate of low-tech and low-cost strategies for buildings and communities for achieving dramatic reductions in global-warming effects. His book, The Agile City: Building Well Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change, details urban retrofitting strategies and approaches to carbon-reduction, transportation planning, water delivery, and more - to simultaneously slash long-term costs and prepare urban areas for climate change impacts.

Meet the Panelists

Jaime Lerner is a renowned architect and planner who served three terms as mayor of Curitiba, Brazil and two terms as governor of the State of Paraná. As a pioneering architect and urbanist, Lerner transformed his city into a global model of the sustainable and livable community. Jaime has won numerous international awards, including the United Nations Environmental Award in 1990, and was nominated as one of Time magazine's 25 most influential thinkers in the world in 2010. Lerner is Founder of Jaime Lerner Associated Architects and author of the upcoming book Urban Acupuncture from Island Press, described as required reading for all students of city planning and for anyone who wants to make a difference in their city.

Hillary Brown is founding principal of New Civic Works, which assists government agencies, universities, and institutional clients in integrating high performance design practices into their building and infrastructure development programs. Ms. Brown served on the national Board of Directors for the U.S. Green Building Council and is on the Board of its New York Chapter. Her new book, Next Generation Infrastructure, advocates system-level thinking to replacing America's aging infrastructure, where architects, engineers, urban planners, and public officials adapt holistic approaches to make smarter decisions about revamping outdated infrastructure.

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“SUSTAINABLE CITIES”August 2014

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OTTO, THE AUTOMOBILE

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ACCORDION, THE FRIENDLY BUS

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DESIGN OF THE CITIES...

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URBAN STRUCTURE OF CURITIBA

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STRUCTURAL AXIS

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Via rápida

Via rápida Canaleta do transporte

STRUCTURAL AXIS

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BUSWAY

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MOBILITY

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EVOLUTION OF THE INTEGRATED TRANSIT NETWORK

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TO METRONIZE THE BUS...

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“SMART” SUBWAY

“SMART” BUS

“SMART” TAXI

INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT WITHOUT PRIVATE OWNERSHIP

VELIB

DOCKDOCK

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“DOCKDOCK”

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“DOCKDOCK”

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TRANSPORTATION NETWORK RIO DE JANEIRO

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“METRO ON THE SURFACE” – RIO DE JANEIRO

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“METRO ON THE SURFACE” – RIO DE JANEIRO

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THE SUSTAINABLE CITY

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BARIGÜI PARK

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OPEN UNIVERSITY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

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THE BOTANICAL GARDEN

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THE WIRE OPERA

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THE WIRE OPERA

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TANGUÁ PARK

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“LIXO QUE NÃO É LIXO”

CÂMBIO VERDE

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IDENTITY AND

SOCIODIVERSITY

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PAIOL THEATRE

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HISTORIC DISTRICT

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RUA DAS FLORES

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CITY OF CURITIBA HERITAGE LANDMARK

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CITY OF CURITIBA

HERITAGE LANDMARK

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TINGÜI PARK

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POLISH PARK

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JAPAN’S SQUARE

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GERMAN PARK

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URBAN ACUPUNCTURESWORLDWIDE EXAMPLES

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URBAN ACUPUNCTURESJAIME LERNER ARQUITETOS ASSOCIADOS

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RIO DE JANEIRO

BOSSA NOVA PARK

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EXPOSIÇÕES

AUDITÓRIOS

23° BATALHÃO

RIO DE JANEIRO

BOSSA NOVA PARK

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SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROSCENTRAL PARK

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MAZATLÁNPLAN GENERAL

Plaza de Agua

Receptivo de Playa y WaterfrontHotel del Cerro

Calle Oficio - Cerro

Parque Central

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MAZATLÁN

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MAZATLÁN

Hotel del Cerro

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MAZATLÁNHotel del Cerro

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LUANDA, ANGOLA

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ANGOLA

Urban Communities

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ANGOLA

Urban Communities

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ANGOLA

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ANGOLA

Urban Communities

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ANGOLA

Urban Communities

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ANGOLA

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CAIS MAÚA – DOCKLANDS, PORTO ALEGRE

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GUAÍBA WATERFRONT – PORTO ALEGRE

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Museu da Pessoa

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MUSEUM OF THE INDIVIDUAL

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MUSEUM OF THE INDIVIDUAL

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ART AND SCIENCE FOR EDUCATION, SÃO PAULO

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ART AND SCIENCE FOR EDUCATION, SÃO PAULO

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SÃO PAULO

“CRACOLÂNDIA”

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“PORTABLE STREET”

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PORTABLE STREET

BUS SHELTER - NEWSTAND

WORKING STATION

HOTEL

LIVING – WORKING STATION

DOCKDOCK

LIVING – WORKING - MOVING

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RUAS PORTÁTEIS

LAPA - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL


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WORLD NATURE GAMES

STATE OF PARANÁ, 1997

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THE CULTURAL CONVOY

Webinar with Jaime Lerner:

Transforming Communities

Through Urban Architecture

“Future-proofing” Infrastructure

for Sustainable Cities

Hillary Brown, FAIA

author, Next Generation Infrastructure

SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY FORUM

Infrastructure renewal as national imperative

Crisis creates opportunity

Level of investments needed:

• “D+” from the American

Society of Civil Engineers,

2013

• $ 3.6 trillion over 6 years to

get to ‘good repair’

• US: < 1% GDP

• Europe: 2% GDP

• India : 8% GDP

• China: 9% GDP

Hillary Brown: Future-Proofing Infrastructure VERGE NEXT GEN CITIES September 16, 2014

Urban infrastructure - national and global perspectives

21st century challenges to conventional infrastructure planning

and design

• Increased service demands from rapid urbanization

• Global imperatives for ecological and carbon footprint

reduction

• Increased challenges in siting facilities in urbanized areas

• Increased risk to structures from a destabilizing climate

Hillary Brown: Future-Proofing Infrastructure SECURITY & SUSTAINABILITY FORUM September 25, 2014

Integration needed across complex urban systems

Infrastructure design

• control by the various

regulatory and

operating regimes of

energy, water, waste,

transportation

• siloed thinking: single-

purpose solutions

proffered by engineers

New habits of mind

• Recognize vital interdependencies

of energy, water, waste, IT and

transport systems

• Transition from “silo” separation

(bureaucratic fragmentation) to

integration

• Create opportunities for system

synergies


Forest eco-system

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New paradigms for infrastructure

“Infrastructural ecologies”

• Consider opportunistic relationships:

technologies can be aligned and

integrated synergistically

• Parallel nature’s self-organized

‘ecosystems services’

o water purification, waste digestion,

biomass product ion, etc.

• Organize collectively and

cooperatively, i.e. eco-

logically


New paradigms for infrastructure

“beneficial exchanges

across multiple sectors to

reduce collective system

costs, improve

performance and reduce

environmental and social

impacts.”

• Foster system synergies by

proactive colocation in

order to capitalize on

adjacent or local land-

uses, natural systems or

resources

“Infrastructural Ecology”


New paradigms for infrastructure – 5 Principles

Public works and utilities that are …

• “MULTIFACETED” - multipurpose, interconnected and

synergistic

• “COMMUNITY-FRIENDLY”- improve social contexts and serve

local constituencies

• “SOFT PATH”- work with passive, natural processes

• “LOW CARBON”- reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• “ADAPTED”- resilient and responsive to dynamic conditions of

a climate in flux


multimodal + utilities transport Enneüs Heerma Bridge Ijberg, Amsterdam

civic plaza + sewage treatment plantForum/Besos Wastewater Treatment Plant, Barcelona, Spain

Multipurpose, interconnected synergistic infrastructure

World Architecture Map


Multimodal transit + public park + mixed-use developmentTransbay Transit Center San Francisco, CA


Rendering: Pelli, Clarke, Pelli Architects. Courtesy Transbay Joint Powers Authority


Courtesy UK National Archives

Networked utilities (closed loop cycling of energy and

matter) Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden


Graphic: Hillary Brown


Justification for infrastructure ecology

Multipurpose, interconnected, synergistic infrastructure

Σ= SO + ES + OS + RC + RE + RD + PA + EB+ RE

METRICS

SO Site optimization

ES Economies of scale

OS Operational savings

RC Resource Conservation

RE Reduced environmental impact

RD Reduced disruption

PA Public amenity /community

…….benefit

EB Job creation/new revenue

RE Resiliency

Benefits/Cost savings• Optimized land use $

• Economies of scale $

• Eliminated redundancies in

maintenance and operations $

• Synergistic cascading of energy

and/or resources $

• Reduced environmental

impact/resource conservation

• Reduced construction disruption

• Community benefits

• Job creation and new tax revenue

• Increase resiliency


Ecorium (“museum of garbage”)+ CHP + waste heat

reuse Naka Waste-to- Energy Plant Hiroshima, Japan

Community-friendly

Images Courtesy Kensaku Nishida, Ken Mabuchi


Low profile/low impact organic waste sorting center +

combined heat and power facility

Isséane: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Community-friendly

Courtesy Georges Gonon-Guillermas / Dubosc &

Landowski, Architectes



Waste transfer station +recycling center + education facility 27th Avenue Waste Transfer Station and Recycling Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Community-friendly facility

Images © Michael Singer Studio, photo: David Stansbury


Amager Bakke plant Copenhagen, Denmark

Waste to Heat + Energy as Ski Slope

Community-friendly

Courtesy Bjarke Ingels Group


Multiuse public waterfront park+ wastewater treatment plant

Sherbourne Common, Toronto Waterfront, Toronto Canada

Images courtesy of Waterfront Toronto Shai Gil, Courtesy Teeple Architects

Courtesy Waterfront Toronto

“Soft-path” solution


Driving range/public facilities/ water filtration treatment plant Croton Water Filtration Plant Bronx, New York

Courtesy Grimshaw

“Soft-path” solution

Courtesy Grimshaw



Biogas recovered from organic waste and wastewaterLille Métropole Organic Waste Recovery Center and Transfer Center, Lille, France

Carbon-reducing (green heat and power)

Courtesy ADEME & Vous




Excess wind energy stored as hydrogen for district

heating and cooling Lolland Hydrogen Community, Vestenskov, Lolland, Denmark

Carbon-reducing (green heat and power)



Tidal Barrage/ freshwater reservoir/visitors center Marina Barrage and Visitors Center, Singapore

Courtesy CDM Smith

Courtesy CDM

Climate-adapted: responses to sea level rise, storm surge

Courtesy: Korea Water Resources

Tidal Barrage + tidal power plant + visitors center + highway Sihwa Lake, Banwol Bay, Korea


Solar desalination plant + civic amphitheater “Teatro del Agua” – Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Climate-adapted: responses to water scarcity/stress

Courtesy Grimshaw


leadership for future-proofing infrastructure

“Think systematically; experiment

locally”• Promote integrative planning across multiple

agencies/jurisdictions

• Develop outcome-oriented criteria

(award/allocation formulas) aligned with 5

principles

• Create interdisciplinary design teams


LOCAL COMMUNITY

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PURIFICATION

COMMUNITY

PARK

LOCAL

URBAN

AGRICULTURE

FOOD

PROCESSING

FACILITIES

RE-FUELING

STATION

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BIO-DIGESTER

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Integration of multiple urban systems - an imagined network


Panel Discussion

How does the issue of governance, especially at the local level, play into Urban Acupuncture?

How do advanced approaches of design thinking, that incorporate environmental and social aspects, play into mutually beneficial, closed-loop urban planning?

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Audience Questions

Jaime Lerner is the Founder of Jaime Lerner Associated Architects and author of Urban Acupuncture.

Hillary Brown is founding principal of New Civic Works and author of Next Generation Infrastructure.

James Russell is Adjunct Professor at the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York and author of The Agile City: Building Well Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change.

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