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Design by Nature:
Implementation
VAU BAN
CP 249
400’
Green Corridor (Fraker 2009)
1”=400’
An extensive canopy connects open spaces and provides shade (Author 2009)
Rock wall (Schroepfer 2009)
NATURAL COOLING To minimize the need for arti cial cooling, buildings, blocks, and open spaces were designed in such a way to take advantage of natural sources of cooling: 1) Shading through tree canopy + green corridors 2) Hollentaeler cooling breeze 3) Balconies and facades covered with vegetation 4) Green roofs
Fall 2009
CANOPY + CORRIDORS Being a brown eld redevelopment, Vauban was already home to 70 mature trees including planes, limes, poplars, maples, and chestnuts. These were incorporated into the plan, and help to alleviate the e ects of urban heat island (Gauzin-Müller and Favet, 2002). There are three main green spaces in Vauban: the creek and its banks, the central spine, and undeveloped areas to the west (CABE, 2009). Green corridors,
which provide space for social activities (playgrounds, sun bathing, barbecue areas, water basins and pumps, seating areas), have been created between plots. These green “ ngers” contain a variety of recreational activities, such as rock walls, climbing walls, & playground equipment made from organic materials (CABE, 2009). Children can move freely between corridors. Freiburg handles the upkeep of parks & playgrounds in Vauban.
Brian Gould, Seungyen Hong, Nicola Szibbo, Troy Reinhalter