Larch Lab is an architecture and urbanism think and do tank focusing on prefabricated, decarbonized, climate-adaptive, low-energy urban buildings & ecodistricts
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Alright... Megathread unpacking our report on Point Access Blocks (single stair buildings) for the city of Vancouver.
'Unlocking livable, resilient, decarbonized housing with Point Access Blocks'
larchlab.com/2022/01/06/city…
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First time occupied space 'Sufficiency' is required for funding "climate friendly building in the affordable segment".
(And only there so far, what do you think about that?)
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Bike parking at railway stations doesn’t need to be fancy, but is should be as close to the trains as possible. Best practice from #Offenburg. #CyclistsLoveTrains
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Hotels are being forced to convert ground floor meeting rooms into bike parking. Just a question of demand!
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Full credit to @andreareimer who on a trip to Vienna, made the @ViennaHouseVan project happen, which I was vollentold to work on. It had a research budget and single stair looked interesting. Thanks @Larch_Lab, you have shifted housing in #BritishColumbia #VanRe
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Higher fuel prices lead to more cycling!
New German research 👇
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As summer draws to a close, get a sneak peek at some of our forthcoming fall titles. 🔍See any books that you're interested in? 📚 islandpress.org/catalogs @Larch_Lab @bethsawin
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Simple passive house prefabrication:
Use straw bales >85kg/m3. Stud spacing 2cm smaller as 2 bales standing next to each other. Lacing visible to you, then the thermal conductivity is usually correct. Install at least 10% more straw, compress bales tool-free: Build a bridge.
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“The worst thing that many American cities have done, for low-income people, is create a world in which you need a car.”
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We knew that #cycling is good for your health. But now we know using public transport is too! Just imagine the benefits of public transport and cycling seamlessly connected!
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We do not lack space to make our cities livable, sustainable and human friendly.
What we miss is the #imagination and #leadership to make it happen!
—Place de Catalogne, #Paris🇫🇷
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"the 'Brabant #straw caravan' will move on to insulating homes"
Oh yes! Uden, Netherlands🌾blow-in chopped straw #carbonsink #bauwende
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Just started. Cool! But we are way too slow with this on both sides. The industry with its minor changes and the progressive side vs the politics which is happy with minor changes to report to the public.
A little more on this important project: xitter.cf/BurchertMichael/status…
3700+ years later, clay is still one of the best forms of complaint only this time in construction against climate change.
LOAD-BEARING CLAY MASONRY ACC. TO DIN 18940
picture: Arge ZRS Architekten GvA mbH und Bruno Fioretti Marquez GmbH
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Such a great graph.
CO2 requirements for new buildings from year 2023.
Denmarks #WLC #wholelifecarbon #LCA ratchet mechanism, a fully transparent way construction folks can adapt to. We can argue about the calculation but this is how leadership looks like
lcabyg.dk
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Great impressions of our straw timber earth lime house(s) building phase I did not see before, by Regina Mathiszig. batirsain.org/spip.php?artic…
North german centre for sustainable construction in Verden, Germany #NZNB. Highest directly plastered straw insulated building finished already in 2014. We prefabricated straw modules on site in what is now my workplace, a former tank service hall where we show how to do it.
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More evidence that new bike lanes lead more people to ride:
In Fribourg, Switzerland, a new bike lane increased cycling traffic 20% during weekdays.
Researchers found "a latent demand that has been triggered by an improvement in cycling infrastructure."
doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.…
