AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Life On Land
KEYWORDS
city development, sustainability, climate adaptation
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
ILFI,
Planning Department of the City of San Francisco,
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WEBSITE
http://living-future.org/node/1718
Living community patterns
exploratory strategies for a sustainable San Francisco
The team found that in terms of energy, water, and food production, San Francisco can nearly achieve net-zero goals if high-levels of efficiency are achieved through time as buildings and infrastructure are retrofitted and updated. On the neighborhood side, the project team developed 12 patterns ranging from Blue-Green Streets to Urban Rewilding. The project team applied these patterns to two San Francisco neighborhoods, Noe Valley and Chinatown, as case-studies for their use effectiveness.