"Even cities that are making strides in reform face persistent obstacles. Across the board, building a single-family home remains easier than developing even the smallest multiplex—revealing a system that rewards the former and hinders the latter.

If cities want to support the kind of housing they say they value, they need policies that make it possible."

Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/5/7/we-cant-solve-the-housing-crisis-while-making-infill-this-hard

#Housing #Affordability #Infill #Development #Urbanism

Cookie cutter developments lack character and are an inefficient use of land.

Link: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/2/14/nook-and-cranny-urbanism-how-to-maximize-every-inch-of-space

"By thinking beyond immediate needs and designing with adaptability in mind, we can build communities that are not just functional today but that continue to evolve and thrive for generations to come. The key lies in recognizing the value of every nook and cranny and ensuring that no space is wasted."

#DeGrowth #Urbanism #Sustainability #UrbanDesign #UrbanPlanning #InFill #ADU #ABU

"Once you factor in the compounding since 2015, the total additional [#infill] revenue is over $263 million. That is an enormous amount of revenue in merely 9 years in the #mature areas, and there are many other areas undergoing #renewal inside the Henday but outside of the area covered in this assessment."

Source: #michaeljanz newsletter #Edmonton #abpoli

Fun #FACT, in Freedom And Constraint Topologies (F.A.C.T.) a bent blade spring is a topological equivalent to a beam. Beams aren't very #3dprinter friendly, but blades are.

Here's an example: my first idea of construction of an #auxetic #infill that replaces beams with topological equivalents