Continued from Part 2…An Interactive Website and a Brochure are the 1st elements of the map to the Sustainable Urban Village!
The idea of the brochure, is as I come across people who might want to submit their ideas, I can leave them with some info, the guidelines and a reminder. And something they can pass on to a friend.
Another interact tool I’m conjuring up works off of Zoomify. The idea is the viewer can zoom into a site plan, look around, and click on points of interest (“hot spots” in Zoomify speak), and more info comes up. So it’s like a narrative, a walkthru. This is very useful.
Al Moore’s St Mikes center section
A year or so ago, the City of Santa Fe commissioned seven planners/architects to come up with their ideas on how St Michaels Drive could be remodeled. My experience, standing looking at each of these site plans was pretty empty. A couple of days later, one of the architects, Al Moore, gave me a verbal tour through his ideas, and the neighborhood came alive…It was a fabulous place to live…sexy, contemporary architecture, a fun creative environment.
So here’s my idea…not only would Al provide a written tour with Zoomify, but other viewers could take Al’s layout, and change the names/functions of the buildings. You could create a whole ‘nother mix of commercial businesses and services using the same layout. Or you could invite your friends, classmates, or fellow employees to participate, and together another Village mix would be created. Name em, post em to the website, and everyone can vote on their favorites!…
As you long time readers know, I’ve set the intention that “Sustainable Neighborhoods will become as indispensable as cell phones, and like cell phones, will spread across the planet”.
We need “killer” modeling tools, that will put the sustainable future in the hands of those that want to move in. The market demand will make sustainable real!
“We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine…” to be continued Part4
Image courtesy of City of Santa Fe