Existing Infrastructure
Learning Objectives
- Define adaptive reuse for infrastructure
- Explain how adaptive reuse contributes to sustainability
- Develop strategies for adaptive reuse
Agenda
- Recap smart growth principles
- Retrofitting suburbia (video)
- Adaptive Reuse (slides then video)
- Activity - Brainstorm for Blacksburg
- Complete Discussion and Assignment
Smart Growth Principles
Retrofitting Suburbia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_uTsrxfYWQ
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Watch 6:20 - 16:15 minutes
Adaptive Reuse
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Link
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Watch: 0 - 15 minutes
Brainstorming for Blacksburg
- Individually identify an area within Blacksburg that is under utilized
- Brainstorm ideas for improving this space either through retrofit or adapting the space or both.
- Share your idea with your group. Write a list of the stakeholders that would need to be involved to make this happen.
- 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.