Doing some research on urban design for an artistic project (crossposted from urbanism) (thelemmy.club)

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37159586

Hey everyone ! as some of you may know, i'm currently making some concept arts of a solarpunk city for an animation project, and there is one thing that i find particularly complicated, it's the urban design and street design ! It's one big puzzle and the things i find on the internet are not quite what i want and i might miss some keywords. (also a LOT of AI images so it doesn't help)
Does anyone have good resources on urban design planning, like cadastral maps in sustainable city studies ? I know there is a lot of take on that from wonderful artists, but I'm searching for a more "technical" point of view.
I've also heard that redesigning urban spaces is an effective way to help ensure women's safety. If anyone knows of maps designs made on the subject It would be greatly appreciated, I found serveral interesting articles on the subject but it is often staying kind of general in terms of solutions.
Cheers everyone !

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[-] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

I just posted a little bit of info on your previous post but I just wanted to say that I really like how you're going about this research and the emphasis you're placing on getting it right!

If you'd be up with sharing whatever notes/resources you're able to gather up, I'd love to reference them in my own projects and to add them to the writing community's solarpunk worldbuilding wiki.

[-] OctoLumia@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Thanks a lot for the support ! I'm glad you point it out because I've never had to do this much research for a project (also there was never a project that mattered in this extend to me), and it's really encouraging !
Yeah that would be really great if these researches that's been a bit simplified could benefit everyone. I just got my hands on a great pdf about consideration and facilities for the building's fauna in order to halt the destruction of the habitats of certain target species without compromising the energy efficiency of buildings. How do you think I should share my notes and resources to you ? i'm a bit wary of spam (that's why I don't post too much in the art community, i'm affraid of flooding it)

[-] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I totally get it! Good solarpunk needs good ideas and tracking them down can be a challenge - especially when they're split into lots of niche domains.

I'm glad you'd be up for sharing notes - we don't have a good page on pedestrianized streets in the worldbuilding wiki yet so anything we track down for this could be a great addition. I tend to focus more on rural/exurban areas so I haven't done much reading on the subject yet but I can ask around on a few communities I'm in!

I could set up a document we can paste links and notes into, maybe etherpad, cryptpad, or Google docs, whatever works for you!

[-] OctoLumia@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

yeah ! I mean eventually I'd like to have some really specific subjects/professions or certain community represented in the octasolis project and I won't be able to just... do it out of only me, because i'm just not concerned and people just live their lives and they can tell you tons of little details that really makes the environment and ambiance speak for itself haha
Ofc ! etherpad sounds great. I can just add my notes on the one you created about the Mcmansion Hell discord responses if it's ok ? Did you add your work on rural and exurban areas to the wiki too ? sounds like a fantastic source for inspiration !

[-] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes please feel free to add to the same etherpad doc!

And my notes on exurban changes are in the wiki here: https://wiki.slrpnk.net/writing:exurbs_in_the_solarpunk_transition

[-] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not to deluge you with info but here's what folks in the Mcmansion Hell discord said when I shared this post:

https://pads.slrpnk.net/p/Pedestrianized_Streets_Research

[-] OctoLumia@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

nono it's so nice ! they have really good insight and resources, thanks for posting !

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