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IFLA 2009 in rio de janeiro, brasil!
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May 18 2009, 6:01 PM EDT by
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hi all,
l. briney's comment reminded me to remind you all about the international federation of landscape architects (IFLA) 2009 gathering coming up this october in rio de janeiro, brasil. the theme is green infrastructure: high performance landscapes. as one of the selection committee reviewers, i can tell you that from the submissions i saw this is going to be a fantastic assembly with cutting edge work by planners and designers from around the globe. it would be great to have an in-person meetup for any GI wiki participants. follow this thread if you are planning to attend and you'll get a cold cerveja on me!
cheers, nate
here's where you can learn more: http://www.46ifla2009.com.br/en/index_en.php
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Green Infrastructure Student Design Competition Announcement
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Apr 11 2009, 8:22 PM EDT by
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The International Federation of Landscape Architects is sponsoring a student design competition called "Green infrastructure: landscape, infrastructure and people for tomorrow". Submissions are due mid August 2009 and information can be found at the following link:
http://www.topos.de/index.php?Navi=145&Subnavi=&do=show&id=755
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Pattern Language
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Aug 9 2007, 1:52 PM EDT by
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Hi Nate, after your excellent presentation in São Paulo, and looking at your "table of elements" I have to imagine that you are familiar with Christopher Alexander's Pattern Language. I was wondering why you wouldn't refer to your system as a Pattern Language for Green Infrastructure. This would make a lot of sense, considering that Green infrastructure elements will, in real life, interact with Town Elements, Transportation Elements etc.
If you have a look at Alexander's pattern for "Green Streets" it will probably help you with definitions.
Friends of mine are use pattern languages for describing and designing man-machine interfaces, and I think your layered approach is a very rich extension to the concept of pattern languages.
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Aug 9 2007, 1:52 PM EDT
Hi Nate, I see what you mean: I was unpleasantly surprised when I had to pay to access the Pattern Language website...
I also like the Open Source approach for this, and certainly hope to be able to collaborate!
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welcome
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Jul 19 2007, 7:02 PM EDT by
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feel free to add comments here or begin fleshing out the content in the element and case study pages
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Jul 19 2007, 7:02 PM EDT
Hi -- I think it's great you have started this page. But I am a bit concerned with some of the definitions offered to a definition-challenged field. Please see my comments under "What is green infrastructure?" It is not Low Impact Development or Green Building. It's bad enought that the EPA has confused the term on their website so it's important that this site get it right. Thanks, Karen Firehock
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element naming convention
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Apr 30 2007, 2:13 PM EDT by
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here is the process to mint your very own elements: keep each element name to one or two words. for its table code, it first gets a number based on its layer. after the number add one or two letters. if the name has two words, use two caps. if it is one word and multiple syllables use a cap and a lowercase. if it is one word and one syllable use one cap. then make an element page in the appropriate layer folder. name the element page with its code, colon, element name (3RG: Rain Garden, for example). there is a template that you can select when you add a new page that will automatically drop in all main topics for that element page. then turn your element code into a link in the table that connects to the new page. for extra credit, create a case study for each new element and link back and forth between your elements and case studies.
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performance criteria for people habitat
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Apr 27 2007, 3:42 PM EDT by
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i had an exciting conversation with david barth today. he's got some good ideas about defining successful open space by the activities that people can enjoy. this would be a way to think about performance criteria for the the people habitat and vibrant connections layers. so far, the emphasis of the wiki is on element pages and case study pages, but each layer page could hold info that applies to the healthy functioning of that whole system. for the natural drainage layer, there could be some watershed-wide standards and for the wildlife habitat, some landscape ecology standards could be referenced.
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