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- Selected Works 2015-2018 -
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TRANSPORT CITY
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Transit-oriented Development I Ann Arbor, MI, USA
LIVING IN THE PARK Park-City I Prato, Italy
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SCHOOL-HOUSE URBANISM
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Neighborhood Development I Detroit, MI, USA
INFRA FOODISM
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EBB AND TIDE
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Hybrid Infrastructure I Detroit, MI, USA
Revitalization of Fishing Village I Quanzhou, China
WATER& GREEN WORLD MAP % URBANIZATION 2050 29.52
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Low Impact Development I Jinan, China
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ANOTHER NATURE
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Industrial Renovation I Jining, China Urbanization drives many cites to become “international metropolis”, while a varity of dull and stagnant “concrete forests” are emerging and recognized as favorite landmarks. Cites influenced by industrial development are unanimous and lack their uniqueness. WIthin this situation, we should maintain our cites’ traditions instead of developing them in homogeneous pattern.
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TETUAN-ING
RFP I Madrid, Spain
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TRANSPORT CITY
Pontiac Detroit
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Amtrak Wolverine
Ann Arbor Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan. The university significantly shapes Ann Arbor's economy as it employs about 30,000 workers, including about 12,000 in the medical center. The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university's research and development infrastructure. The existing Amtrak, which provides service to the city at the Ann Arbor Train Station, operates the Wolverine train between Chicago and Pontiac, via Detroit.
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Team Work Ann Arbor is in a golden era of development. Now, it is embroiled in a battle over rail transit. Where should its new Amtrak station be located? Should there be commuter rail? What route is best for the “Connector� between North and Central Campus/Downtown? This project investigates mixed-use development strategy on the Amtrak site on Fuller Road, in front of the UM medical complex. Introduction video: https://youtu.be/9rPDoaypm8c
Fuller Park
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University of Michigan Hospital
Detroit
Downtown& University of Michigan Central Campus
+ TARGET MARKET
Student
Patient
Hospital Employee
Visitor
Residents
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Transit-oriented Development This project explores the potential for a walkable mixed-use development that is strategically situated in between the University of Michigan’s north and central campuses. Beyond its capacity to act as a multi-modal hub for local and regional transit by way of a new Amtrak station and its proximity to the Border to Border Trail, it proposes a series of new housing and employment opportunities to service both Ann Arbor residents and visitors. A multitude of housing options are provided, including market rate, affordable, and assisted living units. These units have access to a vibrant open space with a variety of amenities, such as a dog park, a playground, an outdoor kitchen, an activity lawn, and a pool. The project also recognizes and supports the adjacent University of Michigan hospital complex by providing programs for patients and workers, including an art gallery, a healing garden, dining options, and flexible spaces for active programs. Finally, the project includes a riverfront pub that acts as a driver for reconnecting north and central campus, engaging the often overlooked Huron River, and providing entertainment for Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students.
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+ PROCESS OF FORM
Amtrak Train Station and parking garage.
Create bridge that spans the train station tracks and provides access to east hospital drive.
Hotel and offfice building to support the train station complex.
Maximize parking capacity and provide rooftop surface area for future amenties.
Vehicular drop-off lanes and structure to connect train station to hospital complex
Place amenties near the Huron Riverfront to attract residents and UM students.
Accessor y path around remaining site area and residential use.
Create a pedstrian axis towards the train stastion complex.
Enhance views to the Huron River.
Divide footprint for ventilation and accessibility.
Designate semi-private space for future residents.
Increase residential use to make site more cohesive.
+ PLAN FRAMEWORK
+ PROGRAMMING Pedestrian Network
Vehicle Network
Transit Network
Residential
811,990 SF
Hotel (Residential)
236,970 SF
Retail Office Train Station Parking Garage Site Area 685,128 SF
15,660 SF 440,480 SF 29,410 SF 340,420 SF Total Building SF 1,874,930 SF
Building Footprint 212,077 SF
F.A.R 2.74
Coverage 0.31
River
Fuller Rd
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+ TYPOLOGY
Assisted Housing
Affordable Housing
Office Tower
Office Building (3-Level)
Market rate Housing
Market rate Housing (High-rise)
+ + SOHO
Underground Parking
Parking Structure
Train Station
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Brand Hotel
Commercial (Pub)
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By covering the rail track, this project creates another oriented plaza facing downtown to mainly serve pedestrian. The two different-direction entrances achieve the separation between pedestrian and vehicles functionally. The train station complex introduces all kinds of urban rapid transit system and other programs, including commercial, residential, office, exhibition and etc. for the high-dense development.
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LIVING IN THE PARK Location: Prato, Italy Team Work& Individual Work
Because of rapid urban sprawl, the new town rapidly encloses the old and exhibits various unplanned features. Prato, an Italian city, is an example case. As the largest city of Chinese migration in Italy, Prato is in need of labor to feed overdeveloped industries. Likewise, increasing numbers of factories are built and , then the pollution is conspicuous. This project is trying to explore how can the site serve the old town and feed surrounding communities.
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+ MORPHOLOGY& TYPOLOGY
China Town
Old Town
+ REGIONAL LANGUAGE
Shopping Mall
Residential
Urban morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area, city, town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts and the ownership or control and occupation. Typically, analysis of physical form focuses on street pattern, lot (or, in the UK, plot) pattern and building pattern, sometimes referred to collectively as urban grain. Extracting the traiditonal morphology, and then being applied in the project are the way to keep the indigenous characteristics.
+ EXISTING PROBLEMS
Industrial
Residential
Business
Space block of highway
Pollution from factories
Single function and missing attractions
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+ CONCEPT
CONNECTION
The key words of this project is connection and park. By connecting the city through creating the aixs, and green it. It is not "park and city", but "city in park". The final goal is to create a park-city.
Old Town
Parking
New Town
Patch
Highway
Vehicle
Pedestrian
Region
Surrounding
Mixed Use
FUNCTION
Residential
Education Business
Factory Factory
Resistance
Suture
Service
Integration
Symbol
Park
Combination
Urban Farm
MORPHOLOGY
ECOLOGY
Market Target
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1 Apartment 2 Shop 3 Theme Restaurant 4 Urban Farm Management 5 Supermarket 6 Community Center 7 Library 8 Gym 9 Gallery 10 Swimming Pool 11 Hall 12 Restaurant 13 Business Center/ SOHO 14 Weekend Market 15 Playground 16 Urban Farm 17 Linear Park 18 Tunnel 19 Plazza 20 Central Park
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+ SECTION
+ PROGRAM
WALKING STREET PARK
SERVICE AND FARM PARK
CENTRAL CULTURE PARK
BUSINESS PARK
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SCHOOL-HOUSE URBANISM Location: Detroit, MI, USA Team Work
Detroit’s equitable regeneration is contingent on the creative participation of the city’s communities. “Schoolhouse Urbanism” leverages the city’s recent UNESCO Creative City designation to nurture a new generation of young and emergent creative leaders deeply cognizant of local cultural affinities and capable of instigating sustainable urban practices. In the face of eviscerated arts programming in Detroit’s public schools, the project looks to activate and reimagine a network of micro arts and cultural centers that transforming vacant homes into places of learning and experimentation. In this way “Schoolhouse Urbanism” situates locally rooted art and culture at the core of a new urban paradigm.
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+ TESTING GROUND, NORTH END
Opportunity and Challenge of Education Detroit’s creative genes lie in its communities. Therefore, to form a creative city of design, we advocate schoolhouse urbanism to inherit and develop those creative genes rather than importing outside art or culture. Through renovation of abandoned family-house to interest-oriented schoolhouse, we seek to promote healthy value and creative character education focusing on kids from 5-17. We believe that indigenous creative kids could play enormous roles in the future. However, the city's public school system has been in serious trouble for years. Neighborhood school are closing, academic performances are barely satisfactory. The failure of DPS are damaging community.
Local Cooperation Closed School or Facing to be closed
Operating School
Culture Assets
Instead of centralized, independent development of existing school, we reexamine the advantages of house teaching and home teaching. We think they can promote a more preferable mutual development between school and community. Through the renovation of familyhouse to schoolhouse, we believe those schoolhouses could catalyze the stability and security in community, introduce more social engagement, encourage kids to grow, play and learn with community.
+ FOUR IDENTIFICATIONS IN NORTH END
POTTERIES THINKBELT This project is inspired by Potteries Thinkbelt Project, which was Cedric Price's critique of the traditional university system. Situated in a decaying industrial landscape, rather than in the usual urban or rural site, the Thinkbelt occupied one hundred square meters of the once-vital Staffordshire Potteries. It was designed to be an infinitely extendable network, as opposed to a centralized campus, and to create a widespread community of learning while also promoting economic growth. The framework for the network was a hundred-year-old railway system no longer in use. Not only would it transport people between housing and learning areas, but the cars themselves would become mobile teaching units. Complete with inflatable lecture theaters, foldout desks, and information carrels, the units could be combined and transferred to various sites as needed.
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FRESH GROWTH
DIG-DIG
Healthy body is prerequisite to all creative work. Kids should establish a right value to healthy food and the African American healthy culinary culture should be reintroduced. There are several organizations fighting against food insecurity. Here we want to introduce greenhouse urban farm with some researching meaning technology, such as soilless cultivation and stereoscopic cultivation.
North End has a rich history as same as Detroit. Every single family has more than one story to tell. Every inch of ground has something buried there to be discovered. Those culture assets are precious and should be elaborated out rather than covered by dust. We want kids exposed to the rich cultural heritage.
HI-TECH
MR. ID
Creative kid deserves a place to mold his idea into shape. The community needs a place where kids could learn to use and have access to tools that would never fit into their garage or budget. It is a testing place for all creative idea with the high-tech facilities, it is a showcase of innovative spirit. And a cool maker market to make friends and share works.
Identity and Imagination are crucial to kids to develop creative thinking. Interesting game with Explicit colors and shapes would help, explorator y channel and tent might work too. Endless painting wall would be stimulus, self-image in the mirror could suggest selfconsciousness and self-existence.
INFRA FOODISM Location: Detroit, MI, USA Individual Work
Based on the lack of access to fresh food in some Detroit neighborhoods, this project identifies food production, supply and distribution as a testing ground for hybridization. The approach seeks opportunities to tap into the highway network as well as existing public transportation infrastructures to provide access to the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food and to establish a more efficient, equitable food system for all.
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Urban Infrastructure Urban infrastructures are socio-technical systems of facilities and services vital to the basic functioning of cities and regions, and also to network necessary local and global connection. The contemporary landscape of infrastructure and logistics equally shapes cities and regions and is driven by the logics of mobile capital, services, power networks and information and not by any overarching idea of the city. However, the current condition mainly defines infrastructures, like public transportation, highway, logistical infrastructure and others as mutually independent systems that just serve one specific task. These unitary functional systems prove to be expensive to build and to maintain and create challenging conditions when they are failing.
Freeway Bus route Bus stop
Fulline grocery store
bike share
Food desert
Proposed bike share
Hybrid Infrastructure Based on the understanding of the challenges of infrastructures, architects and planners came up with a new type of infrastructure, which called “hybrid infrastructure”. Hybrid infrastructure focuses on redefining infrastructure as hybrid systems and suggest a more intense use and linkage of existing network to create a larger benefit for the public.
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Detroit mobility infrastructure network
The locations of Detroit’s gocery stores and food desert scope.
Because mobility infrastructure can be seen as a tangible structuring device that operates at the scale of the cities and regions, the potential of mobility infrastructure can serve as fertile conceptual territory. Looking back at Detroit mobility infrastructure, it has already formed a network that has an opportunity to experiment the possibility of linked infrastructure and programmatic overlay.
25% of Detroit’s households do not have access to their own vehicles. Because of lack of grocery store, people without cars have few accesses to fresh food.
Eastern Market operates at all scales of the food economy
The locations Detroit’s urban farm
Eastern Market has a rich history as a working food district. As the largest food hub in Detroit, Eastern Market brings other hubs together. People from all over the world come here. However, centralization of the food distribution is a big issue.
Over 1400 urban farms are located in Detroit. They almost cover the whole area of Detroit. However, Detroit is still a “food desert”. The reason maybe that these urban farms always work independently and don not connect with each other.
HIGHWAY
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+ NEW FOOD SYSTEM Traditional Model
New Model
+ INFRASTRUCTURE FOOD SYSTEM
Processing + Warehouse
Processing + Warehouse Retialers + Distributors
Retialers + Distributors Consumers Consumers
Retialers + Distributors
Consumers
Retialers + Distributors Consumers
The new food system is established on basis of traditional food distribution logistics. It utilizes public transportation, including bus and bike share, as the primary element to improve the exiting food system. Additionally, to make the whole system feasible, it adds another four food distribution center& transit center as the “converter� between public transportation food system and traditional one. Bus Stop Bike Share Bus Route Freeway Transit Center + Food Distribution Center
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Transit Center + Food Distribution Center
+ HYBRID INFRASTRUCTURE PROTOTYPE
Bus& Bus Stop Bike Share
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Traffic Signals
+ TESTING NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK
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Testing Area
Community
Street
Economy Nature
Network
Industry Public Space
Environment
Heritage
EBB AND TIDE
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Location: Quanzhou, China Team Work
In recent year, the development of our country’s urbanization is rapid. Counteyside has entered into the “passively-urbanized”. Architectural spaces are increasingly monotonous and analogous. The coastal area, whose economy mainly depends on fishing should have styles and features which are different with inland, but now, all the villages have the some appearance.“ 蚵壳厝 “, one of a traditional construction using Oyster shells as the walls from Quanzhou, Fujian, because of lack of the traditional technology, is going to decline. Therefore, due to this situation, the villages lose their community vigour. According to this phenomenon, we focus on reusing path that using discarded Oyster shells for the rural spaces’ construction.
+ STRATEGY
Via focusing on the modulariation of the oyster shell construction, I redefine the public spaces in the village to offer residents a better living environment, as well as to stimulate economy, and finally, revitalize this fishing village. Village Texture
Traffic Network
Location of traditional houses
Boundary
+ OYSTER SHELL
+ CURRENT ISSUE
TRANDITIONAL
Amounts of oyster shells are abandoned in the village and by the sea, polluting the living envrionment. The indigenous houses, “ 蚵壳厝 “, are replaced by the modern residence because of disrepair. The traditional lifestyle has vanished. As a result, the younger leave here, and the infrastructure has gradually declined, which causes a vicious circle.
Aquaculture of oyster
Pollution
Access to finance
Process
Abandoned oyster shell
GOVERNMENT POLICY The government policy - Lost uniquness
Lack of funding
Collection& Trade
Traditional technique - Waste of time and energy
Commerical process
Improve infrastructure
INNOVATION Reuse of oyster shell
Improve living environment
Attract tourists Aquaculture of oyster
Aquaculture of oyster
Aquaculture of oyster
Aquaculture of oyster
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Market
Tea House
Stage
Renovation of the old
Plaza
Postoffice
Oyster Shell Studio
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+ PRACTICE EXPERIMENT
small
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big
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+ CONSTRUCTION Steel Nail
Φ10 Rebar
10mm Internal Wall Plastering 10mm Steam Layer 30mm Rice-Mortar 240mm Brick Wall 20mm Bonding Layer
Oyster Shell Φ10 Rebar
10mm Cement-Mortar
Oyster Shell Puncture Concrete 10mm IInternal Wall Plastering 10mm Steam Layer 115mm Brick Wall 30mm Rice-mortar
Oyster Shell
Wood
20mm Toughened Glass
Oyster Shell 10mm Cement-Mortar
Steel Wire Concrete
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06 WATER& GREEN Location: Jinan, China Individual Work
The rapid development of city leads to a series of environmental and energy problems. The concept of “Low Impact Development� establishes a rainwater collection system making the city flexible when facing changing water and related conditions. Coupled with green technology, the final target is to reduce energy consumption and protect our environment.
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+ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Runoff
Slope
Low-lying Land
+ STRATEGY
City → Green Space → Site → Landscape → Architecture
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1 Multi-story Office Building 2 West Tower 3 West Multi-story Building 4 Exhibition 5 Central Plaza 6 FUNLINE 7 East Multi-story Building 8 Restuarant 9 East Tower 10 Gym 11 Hall 12 Constructed Wetlands
+ PLANTING STRATEGY
+ DETAILS
+ WATER STRATEGY
Before Flood
After Flood
+ GREEN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
+ FUNCTION East Tower
West Tower
Exhibition
Gym
Studio
Restaurants
Civic Center
Commercial
Hotel
FUNLINE
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07 ANOTHER NATURE Location: Jining, China Individual Work
With the rapid development of urbanization, industrial constructions come into an embarrassing situation. Except some of them which can transform successfully, dilapidation seems like the end majority would encounter. This project is trying to examine a possibility of transforming a power plant into an annimal land.
+ CONCEPT
+ ANALYSIS OF FORM
Exiting Buildings
Main Route for Carnivores
Connection for Carnivores
Hydrography
Main Route for Herbivores
Connection for Herbivores
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Plarform for Carnivores
Extend for Carnivores
Plarform for Herbivores
Extend for Herbivores
Green Zone
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TETUAN-ING(SAHAGUN PARK)
+ QUALITY OF LIFE CONCEPT + Sahagun Park Master Plan
Location: Madrid, Spain Team Work& Individual Park
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The goal of the sustainability planning and design is to strength the economic, social and environmental sustainability of Tetuan’s residents, businesses and neighborhoods. The process will improve the quality of life for people in Tetuan area, provide greater economic opportunities and address climate impacts through engagement with the broader community. Community engagement will play a foundational role in the creation of a sustainability plan and design. Residents, City employees, and organizations all have specific issues, ideas, and even programs that address economic, environmental and equity issues in their neighborhood or organization. Residents are the experts on the issues that occur in their neighborhoods and so to craft an inclusive sustainability vision for the city, we need to fully understand the challenges and opportunities from their perspective. The approaches we propose are: Construction for the city’s children and the elderly; Increased focus on disadvantaged residential areas and urban renewal; Improved conditions for culture and recreation; Build more city gardens and green spots; Better traffic connections and parking accessibility; Better connective infrastructure and streetscape between and within neighborhoods and Improved physical framework and marketing of commercial areas. The sustainable development of the city should be the common development of economic development, urban construction, social livelihood, resource utilization, and environmental protection. This project mainly shows the construction of an evaluation indicator system and an approach to inclusive design for urban sustainable development. Publication: https://issuu.com/marquero/docs/paseodireccion_20180620_mada
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E n v i r o n m e n t a l
Sub Category
Indicator
Cultural Identity
Urban Constrution
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Description
Passive Design
Strategies are proposed to optimize energy consumption
Historic Value
Attention should be paid to historic areas and efforts should be made to maintain the historic value.
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6 Access to Cultural Areas
All residents should be able to access and travel to cultural centers.
Access to Open Space
All residents should have access to open spaces within a reasonable proximity .
Street Scape
New developments should be connected to existing main routes.
Access to Transit
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6 Woodland
Building frontage should encourage the use of street. All residents should be able to easily reach their destination by walking or accessible public transit
Pedestrian Infrastructure
Streets must be welcoming to pedestrians.
Bike Lanes Infrastructure
Bike lanes should near roads and pavements for public to use.
Population
Population growth rate and future population projections have close relationship with carrying capacity.
Commuting
The mode choice and time consumption of the transportation system.
Social Housing
Health
4 Functional Structure
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Access to Schools Students of all ages must be able to easily access schooling.
Social Justice
Economic
2 Grassland Slope
3 Plaza
Green Space Area Must have natural/green space near residents by walking or transit ride.
Block Type
E q u i t y
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Canopy Coverage Location, size and precentage of tree canopy coverage.
Environmental Protection
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+ URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR CHART Category
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Economic Development
Public Health
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Social housing should be distributed fairly to low-income family.
Employment Rate Percentage of employment residents in the neighborhoods. Commerce
8 Running Track
All residents should be able to access and travel to commercial areas.
Access to Hospitals
All residents should be able to have easy access to hospitals and doctors either via walking or public transit.
Access to Pharmacy
All residents should be able to have easy access to pharmacy either via walking or public transit.
Access
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