planning diaries(online)
re:vintage resources
The more I work in planning the more I think about how time is a flat circle and ideas and the things that we consider progressive and exciting ideas have been around for a while. Although, there have been a lot of ideas that have been implemented in the past that get in the way of designing buildings that interface well with the enviroment that is true to the way that we use it /cough cough tower and park/. But anyway, here's my collection of mostly free "vintage" resources and the start of a few passion projects, including the Tour de Sk8park, and hopefully a future skate wax audit tool kit or the likes.
videos!
Lewis Mumford's video series with the NFB
City Centre and Pedestrians(1974)
William Holly Whyte!
VIDEO video playlist: important skate videos for urban planners
VIDEO reading list
The following reading list occurs in no particular order and largely consists of books and essays.
The Visual and Spacial Structure of Landscapes by Tadahiko Higuchi
The Shape of the City by John Sewell
Environmental Interaction by Peter Canter, Peter Stringer et. al
The Tenant Class by Ricardo Tranjan
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs
The Production of Space by Henri Lefebvre
Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century: Readings on the Philosophy and Practice of the New Environmentalism edited by George Sessions
Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich (an all time personal favourite)
Shift Change by Stephen Dale
Messy Cities:Why We Can't Plan Everything edited by John Lorinc, Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo
The following list is just for myself, so I can keep up with other books I'm looking forward to reading/collecting.
After the Planners by Robert Goodman
Life Between Buildings by Jan Gehl
How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monmonier
Going Shopping by Ann Satterthwaite
Site Planning by Kevin Lynch
Humanscapes by Stephen and Rachel Kaplan
Reform! Essays on the political economy of urban form by Marc Angélil, Sarah Nichols
Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William H. Whyte
Housing, Micropolitics, and Pedagogies: Designing and practicing collectivity by Paul-Antoine Lucas, Bui Quy Son
Pleasure gardens: Blackouts and the logic of crisis in Kashmir by Skye Arundhati Thomas & Izabella Scott
Social transparency: Projects on housing by Michael Maltzan
Smooth city: Against urban perfection, towards collective alternatives by Rene Boar
documents/plans/policy sets
1957 Ville Marie Montreal Master Plan
2010 City of Kingston Official Plan, specifically the Cultural Heritage policy set minus the out of date terminology
Ottawa Skatepark Association Skate Park Standards
other projects?
tybg!!
