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@holz_bau

30 Oct

boy i forget about this every few months - but setback requirements in low rise zones really do make for the sh*ttiest urbanism possible.

LR3 in UV on a 50' wide x 100' deep lot has a 50' height limit, max far of 2.3

5000*2.3 = 11,500. divide that by 5 floors = 2300sf plates

2300 sf plates on a 50' wide build (zero side yard setbacks) results in buildings that are only 46' deep.

however, there land use code requires 7' average setbacks for LR3.

so a 2300 sf floor plate ends up being 36' wide x 63.9' deep

so you go from condition where units open up to street & massive courtyard that is more than half of the lot (left, space for trees!); to one where building units are oriented looking *at* the neighboring lots, almost no usable outdoor space (right)

it's just so f*cking moronic

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@holz_bau

29 Oct

tell me you don't care about safe streets without telling me you don't care about safe streets

'committed to building'

is not the same as

'building'

@seattledot

hey @seattledot - if you've had the ability to close streets for pedestrian and cyclist and business district use - then why the f*ck haven't you?

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@holz_bau

28 Oct

it's weird to me that in US, we put minimum depths on buildings - but in much of europe, there are maximum depths...

e.g. cincinnati's FBC for main streets requires a *minimum* 40' building depth

basel's land use code uses a *maximum* depth (gebaeudeteiege - plus % of lot open)

there was a questioner in montreal who asked what i thought about form based codes...

my answer: not a fan. they *could* be more like german land use planning. but they're not normally done well. still mostly about aesthetics. really dumb regs.

also - still use segregation

there's nothing wrong with mixing residential and non-polluting manufacturing...

and yet... here is cincy's FBC...

preventing productive cities.

it's so shortsighted.

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@holz_bau

25 Oct

For #COP26: 26 climate actions cities should be taking, in order to make more resilient in face of climate change. in no particular order - just strategies I think cities should be adopting in order to both improve livability while adapting to realities of a warming world.

1. passivhaus mandates
PH is great, I've advocated it since training a decade ago. it’s an energy standard that ensures durability, comfort and resilience. It’s applicable for educational buildings, multifamily, offices, hospitals, museums, archives

passivhaustrust.org.uk/what_is_passiv…

Unlike the EU, there are no jurisdictions in the US that mandate energy requirements anywhere close to something like passivhaus. PH also provides fresh, filtered ventilation: critical during wildfires, in polluted environs. could be defense against airborne diseases like COVID

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@holz_bau

23 Oct

@burkemuseum

the @burkemuseum emails info on car parking that they send out, but not how to get there by bike or transit - with a brand new light rail station just a few blocks away?

how do we change this?

this is a LEED GOLD building! (yes, i know LEED is trash)

this is what the deutsches museum in munich shows for how to get there. transit *first*

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@holz_bau

12 Oct

alright. mega 🧵 summarizing my closing keynote for vivre en ville's collectivites viables in montreal last week.

i crammed a lot in, probably too much - but was also trying to link it to presentations from prev. 2 days. unsure how successful i was, but it was fun.

the arc of my presentation is that in seattle, and likely most of north america, we do not build resource-light buildings, and have forgotten how to build livable districts. if you follow me here on the twitters, you know this is a *constant* topic of mine.

and we've also introduced a plethora of regulations, layers of bureaucracies, and processes designed to ensure we aren't building the most energy efficient buildings, the least carbon intensive ones, the most spatially efficient ones, the most livable ones, etc.

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