Larch Lab is an architecture and urbanism think and do tank focusing on prefabricated, decarbonized, climate-adaptive, low-energy urban buildings & ecodistricts
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Housing prices in the US are out of balance. Affordable housing is difficult to attain in entire metropolitan areas. There are few options for middle and working class residents.
We need a reset on the American dream.
Better living through Baugruppen: larchlab.com/baugruppen/
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Alright... Megathread unpacking our report on Point Access Blocks (single stair buildings) for the city of Vancouver.
'Unlocking livable, resilient, decarbonized housing with Point Access Blocks'
larchlab.com/2022/01/06/city…
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First time occupied space 'Sufficiency' is required for funding "climate friendly building in the affordable segment".
(And only there so far, what do you think about that?)
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Headed to Bend this week to give a presentation on how we can build 'a New American Dream' with decarbonized, community-oriented, climate adaptive housing - like Baugruppen.
Should be fun.
buildingabetterbend.org/upco…
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Bike parking at railway stations doesn’t need to be fancy, but is should be as close to the trains as possible. Best practice from #Offenburg. #CyclistsLoveTrains
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Hotels are being forced to convert ground floor meeting rooms into bike parking. Just a question of demand!
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Full credit to @andreareimer who on a trip to Vienna, made the @ViennaHouseVan project happen, which I was vollentold to work on. It had a research budget and single stair looked interesting. Thanks @Larch_Lab, you have shifted housing in #BritishColumbia #VanRe
on September 20th, Larch Lab's Michael Eliason will be speaking at @aia_newjersey and @USGBC New Jersey's East Coast Green Virtual Conference.
Session title:
Designing Livable, Affordable, Low Carbon Communities
Registration: aia-nj.org/ecg/committee-on-…
Build, baby, build.
An agenda of housing abundance - with a focus on community, affordability, and climate adaptation - is a winning one.
Baugruppen. Social housing. Cooperatives. Ecodistricts. Passivhaus. Mass timber.
LFG!
ALT 'If we want to make it easier for more young people to buy a home, we need to build more units and clear away some of the outdated laws & regulations that make it harder to build homes for working people in this country' -@BarackObama
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Higher fuel prices lead to more cycling!
New German research 👇
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As summer draws to a close, get a sneak peek at some of our forthcoming fall titles. 🔍See any books that you're interested in? 📚 islandpress.org/catalogs @Larch_Lab @bethsawin
Happy to announce Larch Lab's founder Michael Eliason will be presenting on ecodistricts and climate adaptive development, at AIA NJ's East Coast Green Symposium
Details soon.
aia-nj.org/committee-on-the-…
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Simple passive house prefabrication:
Use straw bales >85kg/m3. Stud spacing 2cm smaller as 2 bales standing next to each other. Lacing visible to you, then the thermal conductivity is usually correct. Install at least 10% more straw, compress bales tool-free: Build a bridge.
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“The worst thing that many American cities have done, for low-income people, is create a world in which you need a car.”
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We knew that #cycling is good for your health. But now we know using public transport is too! Just imagine the benefits of public transport and cycling seamlessly connected!
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