Existing Infrastructure

NYC

Learning Objectives

  • Define adaptive reuse for infrastructure
  • Explain how adaptive reuse contributes to sustainability
  • Develop strategies for adaptive reuse  

Agenda 

  1. Recap smart growth principles
  2. Retrofitting suburbia (video)
  3. Adaptive Reuse  (slides then video)
  4. Activity - Brainstorm for Blacksburg
  5. Complete Discussion and Assignment

Smart Growth Principles

Retrofitting Suburbia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_uTsrxfYWQ Links to an external site.

Watch 6:20 - 16:15 minutes

Adaptive Reuse

Slides  Links to an external site.

Link Links to an external site.

Watch: 0 - 15 minutes

Brainstorming for Blacksburg

  1. Individually identify an area within Blacksburg that is under utilized
  2. Brainstorm ideas for improving this space either through retrofit or adapting the space or both. 
  3. Share your idea with your group. Write a list of the stakeholders that would need to be involved to make this happen. 
  4. Share with the class

Discussion 

Read Carbon Zero Chapter 4: Shelter: Working with nature to drop emissions Links to an external site. and post to the Discussion Carbon Zero Ch 4 Links to an external site.

 Resources

Urbanized film Links to an external site.