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Vauban
One of the world's most famous examples of sustainable urbanism, the lesson of Vauban in Freiburg city goes much further than the display of advanced building technologies. Its success is based on extensive community work, a large functional and social diversity of the programme and the piecemeal approach of the planning process. A sign of Vauban's success and pioneering role is the fact that all new constructions in Freiburg now have to follow passive house standards, if they are situated on a plot that was owned by the city. Vauban has international reputation as a brilliant example of sustainable planning, and addresses the topic of family living in a green urban environment. Vauban can be appreciated as a dense and architecturally diverse suburb, but also as a development model for the attraction of the middle classes to often still struggling urban centres.
Vauban
One of the world's most famous examples of sustainable urbanism, the lesson of Vauban in Freiburg city goes much further than the display of advanced building technologies. Its success is based on extensive community work, a large functional and social diversity of the programme and the piecemeal approach of the planning process. A sign of Vauban's success and pioneering role is the fact that all new constructions in Freiburg now have to follow passive house standards, if they are situated on a plot that was owned by the city. Vauban has international reputation as a brilliant example of sustainable planning, and addresses the topic of family living in a green urban environment. Vauban can be appreciated as a dense and architecturally diverse suburb, but also as a development model for the attraction of the middle classes to often still struggling urban centres.
Vauban
Firley, Eric (author) / Grön, Katharina (author)
2014-04-21
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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