Author Archives: Joanna
Start of a New Master Plan
The Dartmouth News announced today the start of a new Dartmouth College Master Plan process.
How America Uses Its Land…
Stumbled upon this very interesting land use map in Bloomberg, written by Dave Merrill and Lauren Leatherby. It shows us that the “48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans … Continue reading
The Value of a Park
Check out this great NY Times story of a park in Tulsa designed by MVVA. The firm working on the West End landscape design for Dartmouth.
Is this an option for the Upper Valley housing market?
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article183986801.html
Bike share at Dartmouth
The bike share stations have been installed and riding begins tomorrow. The official ribbon cutting happens in front of the Hop at 10 am on Tuesday, September 6th. Stop by & take a spin.
Bike Lover’s Ultimate Office
Perkins+Will devised an indoor track, custom bike racks, and more for the Chicago bike component company SRAM. Check out the Ultimate Office
Nano Apartments @ UBC
The University of British Columbia in Vancouver unveiled its plans to develop micro-apartments. The 140-square foot Nano Studio is a means to address an affordable student housing shortage. Check out the floor plans. The double bed folds up to create … Continue reading
Parking Structure & Driver-less Vehicles
As Dartmouth explores locations for a parking structure in the West End of campus, it will be important to consider the future impact of driver-less cars and ride sharing. Check out this article from Arrowstreet, Inc. Autonomous Vehicles
SCUP Celebrity
My 15 seconds of fame on the SCUP website, in a planner kind of way: