This research is to investigate urban retirees’ needs and suggest the design direction of leisure facilities. Unlike the existing approach based on deterioration of physical ability, this will allow a new type of sug...This research is to investigate urban retirees’ needs and suggest the design direction of leisure facilities. Unlike the existing approach based on deterioration of physical ability, this will allow a new type of suggestion to enable the retirees to live their second lives in a more creative way. By analyzing their common memories and events, it was found that they developed their desire for leisure from their experience of wealth and economic growths. Some preceding research pointed out that their actual leisure activities tend to be static and passive in general. Through the interview, however, this research has found that there are 45 indoor activities and 75 outdoor leisure activities, while their potential demands for leisure further extends to 88. With outdoor activities outnumbering indoor activities, the result shows the opposite tendency to the preceding research. On the other hand, their potential demands for leisure further extended to include more intellectually stimulating learning activities.展开更多
全面迅猛的全球化和城市化,面对足够的物质条件和过剩的城市与建筑,我们不得不回到城市的原点:城市为了谁?它从哪里来?它的未来在哪里?我们还需要浪费更多的土地和自然资源,去制造或建设更多的城市和建筑吗?2015年深圳香港城市\建筑双...全面迅猛的全球化和城市化,面对足够的物质条件和过剩的城市与建筑,我们不得不回到城市的原点:城市为了谁?它从哪里来?它的未来在哪里?我们还需要浪费更多的土地和自然资源,去制造或建设更多的城市和建筑吗?2015年深圳香港城市\建筑双城双年展的主题"城市原点与Re-living the City",可以理解为是我们重新思考城市出发点后的一个基本行动计划:立足当下,通过我们自主自觉的设计行动,重构城市,重拾生活。这个行动计划软硬兼施,不仅把全球、地域或深圳作为视野的设计研究创作以展览方式呈现,同时把被闲置的空间资源暨大成面粉厂重新设计和利用,双管齐下,形成了2015年深双展有别于以往的最鲜明的特点。本届深双展不仅是获取知识和交换思想的公共教育平台,也是知识和思想再生产的场所和基地,更是城市更新中空间资源再利用实践的又一个公共示范案例。展开更多
Recent innovations in transport technology are now providing mobility that is cheaper, autonomous, electric, and with improved ride quality. While much of the world’s attention has been on how this can be applied to ...Recent innovations in transport technology are now providing mobility that is cheaper, autonomous, electric, and with improved ride quality. While much of the world’s attention has been on how this can be applied to cars, there have been rapid adoption of these and other technologies in High Speed Rail and Metro Rail systems that run between and across cities. This paper shows how such innovations have now been applied to create the next generation of urban transit system called a Trackless Tram. Trackless Trams are effectively the same as traditional light rail except they run on rubber tyres avoiding disruption from construction for Light Rail, but they retain the electric propulsion (with batteries) and have high ride quality due to rail-type bogies, stabilization technologies and precision tracking from the autonomous optical guidance systems—with infrastructure costs reduced to as low as one tenth of a Light Rail system. As with Light Rail, a Trackless Tram System provides a rapid transit option that can harness the fixed route assurance necessary to unlock new land value appreciation that can be leveraged to contribute to construction and running costs whilst creating urban regeneration. The paper considers the niche for Trackless Trams in cities along with its potential for city shaping through the creation of urban re-development along corridors. The paper suggests that the adoption of Trackless Tram Systems is likely to grow rapidly as a genuine alternative to car and bus systems, supplementing and extending the niche occupied by Light Rail Transit (LRT). This appears to be feasible in any medium-sized or larger city, especially in emerging and developing economies, and case studies are outlined for Perth and Thimpu to illustrate its potential.展开更多
文摘This research is to investigate urban retirees’ needs and suggest the design direction of leisure facilities. Unlike the existing approach based on deterioration of physical ability, this will allow a new type of suggestion to enable the retirees to live their second lives in a more creative way. By analyzing their common memories and events, it was found that they developed their desire for leisure from their experience of wealth and economic growths. Some preceding research pointed out that their actual leisure activities tend to be static and passive in general. Through the interview, however, this research has found that there are 45 indoor activities and 75 outdoor leisure activities, while their potential demands for leisure further extends to 88. With outdoor activities outnumbering indoor activities, the result shows the opposite tendency to the preceding research. On the other hand, their potential demands for leisure further extended to include more intellectually stimulating learning activities.
文摘全面迅猛的全球化和城市化,面对足够的物质条件和过剩的城市与建筑,我们不得不回到城市的原点:城市为了谁?它从哪里来?它的未来在哪里?我们还需要浪费更多的土地和自然资源,去制造或建设更多的城市和建筑吗?2015年深圳香港城市\建筑双城双年展的主题"城市原点与Re-living the City",可以理解为是我们重新思考城市出发点后的一个基本行动计划:立足当下,通过我们自主自觉的设计行动,重构城市,重拾生活。这个行动计划软硬兼施,不仅把全球、地域或深圳作为视野的设计研究创作以展览方式呈现,同时把被闲置的空间资源暨大成面粉厂重新设计和利用,双管齐下,形成了2015年深双展有别于以往的最鲜明的特点。本届深双展不仅是获取知识和交换思想的公共教育平台,也是知识和思想再生产的场所和基地,更是城市更新中空间资源再利用实践的又一个公共示范案例。
文摘Recent innovations in transport technology are now providing mobility that is cheaper, autonomous, electric, and with improved ride quality. While much of the world’s attention has been on how this can be applied to cars, there have been rapid adoption of these and other technologies in High Speed Rail and Metro Rail systems that run between and across cities. This paper shows how such innovations have now been applied to create the next generation of urban transit system called a Trackless Tram. Trackless Trams are effectively the same as traditional light rail except they run on rubber tyres avoiding disruption from construction for Light Rail, but they retain the electric propulsion (with batteries) and have high ride quality due to rail-type bogies, stabilization technologies and precision tracking from the autonomous optical guidance systems—with infrastructure costs reduced to as low as one tenth of a Light Rail system. As with Light Rail, a Trackless Tram System provides a rapid transit option that can harness the fixed route assurance necessary to unlock new land value appreciation that can be leveraged to contribute to construction and running costs whilst creating urban regeneration. The paper considers the niche for Trackless Trams in cities along with its potential for city shaping through the creation of urban re-development along corridors. The paper suggests that the adoption of Trackless Tram Systems is likely to grow rapidly as a genuine alternative to car and bus systems, supplementing and extending the niche occupied by Light Rail Transit (LRT). This appears to be feasible in any medium-sized or larger city, especially in emerging and developing economies, and case studies are outlined for Perth and Thimpu to illustrate its potential.
