Jason Thorne

“Upcycled Housing” in Copenhagen. This is Resource Rows by builder NREP and architect Lendager. The bricks were cut into 1x1 metre panels, mostly from the demo of the nearby Carlsberg brewery buildings, and then reassembled to create the facade of the new housing.

Why panels? In older buildings, the mortar between the bricks is often stronger than the actual brick, making it difficult to separate the individual bricks from the mortar. So the builder cut and panelized the old facade.

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Sidewalks used to be wider. It’s a fact that rarely gets acknowledged in discussions about road diets. Usually the road diet debate is framed as taking space AWAY from cars. Really it’s about giving it BACK to pedestrians. Here’s a good article about it https://tinyurl.com/2s4bzxw3

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Urban-scale working vehicles on the streets of #Tokyo.

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#Tokyo had different architects from across the country design its new public toilets. And they’re fabulous.
#architecture #urbanism #city

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You don’t often see outward facing seats on transit vehicles, but being able to gaze out the window rather than at an ad across the aisle makes for a pretty enjoyable ride! (This is the Kuala Lumpur Monorail).

#transit #malaysia #kualalumpur #transportation

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