by Senen Antonio | Jul 3, 2021 | Position Papers
Vernacular Models: the Bahay Kubo and the Bahay na Bato Though there has been much debate on what comprises Philippine vernacular architecture, there is general acceptance of the bahay kubo and the bahay na bato as characteristic of traditional...
by B. Aaron Parker | Jul 3, 2021 | Position Papers
Tenets and Principles The Project for Lean Urbanism is an open-access, open-source initiative to devise means and methods so that community-building becomes more locally initiated, takes less time, reduces the resources required for compliance, and frustrates fewer...
by Andres Duany and Sandy Sorlien | Jul 3, 2021 | Position Papers
The Impediments In the absence of a shared building culture, codes have proliferated and engorged over many decades. Today’s codes are accretions of controls, redundancies, contradictions, and delays that stymie their users and produce unintended consequences, despite...
by David Brain | Jul 3, 2021 | Position Papers
Shifting the Scope As we think about trying to re-vamp the charrette process to fit with the goals and spirit of the Project for Lean Urbanism, the first step in Leaning the charrette process is a matter of shifting the scope and focus of the projects themselves to...
by Paul Crabtree | Jul 3, 2021 | Position Papers
Gold-plating For the past six decades, the waste inherent in cheap oil, overblown national public works standards, and car-dominance have resulted in gold-plating (incorporating costly features or refinements into something unnecessarily, often in the name of...
by Steve Coyle | Jul 3, 2021 | Position Papers
Education should foster innovation. To succeed they should take the risk. Youths should not wait to have a lot of money before they can venture into business. They should think big, start small, and start now.– Eric Kinoti, MD, Shade Systems, East Africa (Kenya)...
