EDGE East Side Berlin is one of Germany’s healthiest high-rise buildings. Centrally located, within meters of the Warschauer Straße metro station, and connecting two of Berlin’s most vibrant and artistic suburbs: Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. Built with the careful and conscientious application of leading sustainability practices, from the use of circular products and VOC-free materials to world-class energy management, […]
The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) is the owner, developer, and manager of commercial, residential, and mixed-use real estate across the United States, including a portfolio of master -communities (MPCs). HHC’s legacy is built on the stewardship and long-term success of its communities though profound respect for nature, community, connectivity, and passion for innovation. Preserving and […]
Part of Barangaroo, Headland Park transformed an industrial site into a six-hectare (15-acre) park for the community featuring 75,000 native plants and native Australian bee colonies to support local pollination. Working with local researchers, Lendlease also enhanced the park’s marine habitat, installing 384 habitat tiles made of oyster shells and crushed sandstone to mimic natural […]
Healthy Living and Community Showcases at theMART Vornado Realty Trust, a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) focused primarily on office and retail properties, undertook the redevelopment of theMART, an iconic Chicago Riverwalk property. The project demonstrates how an existing building can become a community hub that also promotes health and well-being. theMART, located […]
Originally built in 1948, Regent Park is undergoing a decades-long redevelopment from low-income public housing to a mixed-income neighborhood with a focus on community health, economic development, and relocation supports.
The impetus for redevelopment began 25 years ago, stemming both from residents who demanded neighborhood improvements and from the foresight of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), which also recognized the growing need for significant repairs. TCHC is leading the transformation—expected to be complete around 2030—and has prioritized health-promoting features such as parks, athletic grounds, a community center, and the area’s first supermarket. TCHC has also ensured that all original residents have the right to return to Regent Park and that they will be rehoused in an appropriate replacement unit.
High Point is a 129-acre (52 ha) mixed-income redevelopment project in Seattle focused on resident well-being and an enhanced quality of life in the surrounding area.
Health-promoting features at High Point include a community clinic, pedestrian-friendly design, and homes designed to reduce the risk and severity of asthma.
Summary of Bonifacio Global City The Bonifacio Global City (BGC) story began in 1995 when investment holding company Metro Pacific acquired a 150-hectare site through public auction. Then part of Fort Bonifacio and the former home base of the Philippine military, BGC is strategically located in the heart of Metro Manila, 5 km east of […]
Built on the site previously occupied by the Rand Corporation’s headquarters and more recently a surface parking lot, Tongva Park and Ken Genser Square—once collectively known as the Civic Center Parks—encompass 7.4 acres (3 ha) in the heart of Santa Monica. The completion of these parks in 2014 represents the first step toward completing a plan for the 67-acre (27 ha) civic center area, which re-envisioned the area as a vibrant neighborhood with improved linkages to the Santa Monica Pier, Palisades Park, downtown Santa Monica, and Santa Monica State Beach.
The Sabine-to-Bagby Promenade, one of the largest investments in public parkland ever carried out by the city of Houston, has resurrected a neglected, trash-strewn section of the historic Buffalo Bayou waterfront as a signature gateway to downtown. The project, which created more than 3,000 linear feet (914 m) of parks along the waterway, adds 23 acres (9 ha) of parkland to downtown Houston. It is helping the city to at least begin to realize the civic and recreational potential of the bayou, the waterway that gave birth to Houston in 1836.
After centuries of use as a military base, a 13-hectare (32 acre) land parcel in the historic center of Breda has been reborn as a public domain. Based on a plan created by architect Rem Koolhas (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), Chassé Park, a multiuse urban infill community has sprouted up where barracks once housed soldiers. It comprises 700 housing units, including 100 units of public housing; 30,000 square meters (322,917 sf) of office space; 2,000 square meters (21,528 sf) of retail space; 1,500 underground parking spaces; and eight hectares (20 ac) of public parkland.