Green Urban Design LLC
Architect
Charles Kelley AIA LEED AP BC+D, is a former senior principal at ZGF Architects with more than 35 years of experience. He brings an interdisciplinary approach to design that incorporates community aspirations and the use of natural and financial resources to reach a balanced solution for institutions and municipalities. Charles’ practice uses the value of integrated urban design to leverage multiple objectives across transportation, land use and open space systems, which contribute to resilient neighborhoods. He is a founding member of the 1% for Green Committee at the City of Portland, a founding member of the non-profit Ecodistricts, lead designer for Portland's We Build Green Cities export program, and founding advisor to Maalka Inc. He is currently working on the Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City Innovation Campus Plan in Chiba Prefecture Japan; Sound Transit Design Standards and Guidelines Manual, Seattle, WA; and Independent Assessment of Highway Covers, Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland Oregon (www.albinahighwaycovers.com).

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REGENERATIVE URBANISM – PLATFORM FOR NEXT-GENERATION PRACTICE

Session Type
Academic Sessions
Date
02/23/2022
Session Time
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Room

Hall D

Lecture Time
04:00 PM - 04:10 PM

Abstract

Abstract Body

Will our ad-hoc sustainability-as-usual approach be capable of producing sustainability, especially in time, given the accelerating existential threats of climate change and other socio-economic-environmental trends? If not, what can professional planners do?
Enter "regenerative urbanism," emerging from the innovation occurring across our plan, design, and build professions, and which leading-edge cities are advancing around the world.
Urban development that “makes” more than it “takes” - regenerative city-- regions of inclusive prosperity and well-being -- is the necessary innovation required to scale sustainability to the next level of environment, economic and social health performance required for 21st century urbanism.
With cities and the built environment being the spatial dimension of our economy, how the built environment is planned and designed fundamentally determines or “locks in” urban sustainability performance levels for the next 50-100+ year period before replacement at the end of the “useful life."
Regenerative urbanism plays a formative role in creating a circular economy of inclusive abundance that is the necessary material basis for sustainable and equitable cities and society. Our routine ad-hoc approach to sustainability only slows the rate of impact with net-negative mitigation. Regenerative urbanism eliminates impacts at their source and produces inclusive abundance (net positive). This is accomplished with on-going innovation focused on achieving the imperatives of regenerative sustainable systems performance.
The panelists will present and then open the floor for discussion of their research and studies on the strategic scale to deliver regenerative urbanism based on their project experiences across the Pacific Rim including Tokyo, Portland, Vancouver, San Francisco and then open the floor for discussion. These projects are pursuing certifications such as like Living Community Challenge, Regenerative "Living" Districts & City (San Francisco), LEED ND, and they are establishing the necessary game-changing rules of 21st century urbanism.
This panel will illuminate the key features of the regenerative urbanism theme, scale, and practice emerging from innovation across our plan, design, and build professions to make it more accessible to others, to advance the conversation, and to accelerate this innovation in their profession and practice.

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