COMMUNITY BLOCKS
Phoenix, AZ
SUSTAINABLE CITY
With overambitious, High rise zoning along the Phoenix central avenue corridor during the 1970’s, there have been unrealistic expectations of land values for owners leading to a large amount of these lots being land banked and left vacant, greatly hindering the possibility of Phoenix having a viable, pedestrian oriented city. This project explores an alternative land use strategy.
This work introduces a cost effective, climate responsive architecture that could be deployed quickly to support a mix of housing, commerce, retail, and public amenities in an attempt to infill vacant lots with healthy mixed-use environments. It could be installed permanently or temporarily to create a community block that connects low density neighborhoods to a higher density urban environment, catalyzing future development of its surroundings into a vibrant and walk-able district.
“Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation... Within a few short decades, society rearranges itself - its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structures, its arts, its key institutions. We are currently living through just such a transformation.” ― Peter Drucker
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