Ellen Dunham Jones speaks of major retrofitting to improve the financial and social sustainability of suburbia. This is an inspiring video however I tend to believe in small suburban retrofits like connecting streets, allowing business and multifamily in single family residential buildings, using our unused landscape and providing walkways off of arterials. If we do these small things first we set the foundation for the more exciting suburban-urban environments Jones speaks of.
"RE think", Thoughtful, Passionate Real Estate Design Discussion
Welcome to KristianKelley.net. This is my portal to discuss all things related to Real Estate Design in a thoughtful and passionate manner.
I am an Urban Planner and Registered Landscape Architect in Phoenix, Arizona. I am the owner of PlanitDesignStudio and a Planning Commissioner for the City of Chandler. “RE think” is the motto that guides this website, that is, we need to spend more time thinking about the real estate we build to make sure we get it right. I believe, for the most part, we as Designers are not living up to our potential. We need to challenge the status quo, not just to be confrontational, but to ensure the built environment realizes all of it’s opportunities.
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