Dennis Rijkhoff
@DennisRijkhoffArchitect, Building Places for People | Compact + livable + walkable cities are humanity's greatest invention
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Toronto eliminates exclusionary zoning: a major step towards equitable + environmentally-friendly city building. Congratulations TO, I'm proud to call you my home.
The item as amended CARRIES 18-7. Multiplexes WILL BE LEGAL IN ALL OF TORONTO. Without FSI maximums. With permissions to make them feasible. (Pending appeal by residents associations).
"large-scale reduction in car use is necessary to achieve short-term emissions targets, meet stringent carbon budgets that limit temperature rise to 2 °C at most and to not create excessive demand for additional technology, material, and minerals" nature.com/articles/s4146…
SideWALKS are a human rights need. Map done by city shows 24% of streets do NOT have sidewalk on either side (red)! Shame. City Council has systematically opposed building. NO concern for children & youth, all w disabilities, all without car. Sidewalks: symbol of civilized city.
A great template for what we should be doing for large scale development everywhere in North America, especially here in Toronto:
The item as amended CARRIES 18-7. Multiplexes WILL BE LEGAL IN ALL OF TORONTO. Without FSI maximums. With permissions to make them feasible. (Pending appeal by residents associations).
Dense, multi-purpose neighborhoods see a reduction in emissions. 15 minute cities reclaim space in cities from polluting vehicles back to people. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab
Sign the petition: Sign Our Pledge for Safe & Active Streets in Toronto safeandactivestreets.cycleto.ca/pledge?recruit…
A great precedent for Lakeshore Boulevard, one day in the future #TOpoli #streetsforpeople
The item as amended CARRIES 18-7. Multiplexes WILL BE LEGAL IN ALL OF TORONTO. Without FSI maximums. With permissions to make them feasible. (Pending appeal by residents associations).
"...the most important explanation for Tommy Thompson park’s resilience is that decades of Torontonians have breathed life into this defiantly public, non-commercial space using only their feet and the tires on their bikes. So it should be with Ontario Place" - @JohnLorinc
Michael Hough’s landscape architecture at @OntarioPlace Place is beautiful, nuanced and significant. @JohnLorinc writes about its pending destruction, to which @DiamondSchmitt have lent their reputation spacing.ca/toronto/2022/0…
This article is good. nytimes.com/2022/09/11/opi… But the headline gets at a truth that @ezraklein doesn’t even consider. He’s focused on supply-side (grid) changes. But only demand-side changes (better cities) will get us to the finish line. Tune in here: hixon.yale.edu/events/confere…
Iterative progress (with room for adaptability + feedback) is the best way to solve all of our problems. Redesign of our streets (the fundamental unit of all our cities) is one of the best places to start. #OneMinuteCity, #inclusivity, #ClimateCrisis, #HumanCentricDesign
Over the decades, Amsterdam’s leaders, planners and designers have by trial and error created a template for a city where bikes are the dominant force in transportation. #citylabarchive trib.al/OW2LIoo
On road safety “This is not at all ambiguous,” adds Saxe. “We know what to do and how to do it. What is missing is the gumption to act.” @tvo @spaikin tvo.org/article/what-c…
Diversity FTW:"Household formation today is diverse and varied, and we should have housing options that match this diversity...Baugruppen can be developed across a wide spectrum of housing typologies, resulting in this needed, and presently missing, mix of housing and unit types"
larchlab.com/baugruppen/ I’m obsessed with these. I long for more creative non-market housing opportunities to meet our climate, affordability, and community goals. h/t to @Larch_Lab @pushtheneedle @holz_bau
Interior courtyards (with space for people) + single loaded corridors for light + air + social exposure: humane, common-sense design moves like this are common in the rest of the world, and sorely needed in North American urban buildings, especially here in Toronto.
#topoli #onpoli A tip from Europe: To build better/greener midrise, rethink the corridors, ditch the angular planes & use wood. This project, at 1925 Victoria Park, aims to bring these ideas to Toronto. @partisansarch @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/ar…
'The #Groningen 'Public Space Design Guide' is an inspiration document for a new kind of public space with less space for parked cars and bikes and more space for green, sports, play and social interaction.' Winner of the Architecture Design Awards: awards.re-thinkingthefuture.com/gada-2022-winn…
WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
“Electrification has been touted as a silver bullet: an easy solution that alleviates the GHG burden from car owners worldwide. This isn’t the case. Extensive vehicle electrification only lowers emissions by a portion of what’s needed.” Via @WRIRossCities itdp.org/2021/12/09/why…
"The report makes clear that simply replacing gasoline with batteries won’t be enough: cities must also dramatically curtail the use of automobiles and avoid 'locking in' future emissions by building more car-dependent infrastructure." Via @StreetsblogUSA mass.streetsblog.org/2022/04/22/int…
Do you REALLY want public transit/transport to have a chance of being successful in your city or suburb? Remember @humantransit’s great advice, and treat EACH of these 4 elements as “must-haves” for high ridership potential: - density - walkability - linearity, and - proximity.
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