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2 years

This is the Godshuis De Muelenaere in Bruges Belgium; A garden courtyard formed by 24 small houses, built in 1613 for elderly women in need, and still in use today. Built and endowed by the Muelenaere Family - this is a true legacy project.

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The defining characteristics of the historic godshuis are not the historic interior layouts, but the quiet garden courtyard formed by brick walls, within walking distance of the needs of daily life and the front door that reflects the agency of each resident.

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Inner-block development is the historic form of affordable and elderly urban housing New construction is rarely affordable; 'Subsidized affordability' is unsustainable; The durability and beauty of these structures has allowed them to last for centuries

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@NestedUrbanism

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via @build_culture Anyone involved with crafting the places we call home (which should be most of you) needs to read this piece by Austin.

The Modern World is a Miracle. But it Needs Fixing.

Uncover the complexities of modern urban development and the importance of holistic, sustainable approaches in our thought-provoking newsletter.

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2 years

Godshuis Part 1

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1 year

The Godshuis In stark contrast, the godshuizen of Bruges offer a strikingly beautiful vision of homes designed for the elderly in their final years of life. The best of the historic form of the godshuis can be seamless united with the best of modern elderly living and care today

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5 months

@AustinTunnell @jmassengale @stevemouzon In historic, pedestrian scaled paved streets, you often find the gutter in the center of the street bed. If you look down the street you can see these center stones winding down between buildings and through squares. It’s a paving pattern.

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@stevemouzon

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4 months

@WillHenke_03 @aaron_lubeck @StrongTowns @cmorr0w @kevinklink @sjproppe I just listened to that episode with Aaron. Really good. Faith communities are in a unique position to engage with the conversation around housing and home.

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1 year

@LUrbaniste There is room inside most urban blocks for this beautiful human scaled place - while it would be essentially impossible to create this in our existing public realm. An urban renaissance will emerge when incremental developers engage the innerblock!

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and vast amounts of wealth optimizing something that shouldn’t have existed. I have no confidence that sweeping change will inevitably make America more livable - Austin is bringing clarity so that we can take intentional steps forward.

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@bobbyfijan @AustinTunnell @Build_Culture West Chester is pretty perfect - dense town adjacent to open countryside. I live 3 blocks from Iron Hill on Gay St. and we walk to church, the bakery my girls walk to dance lessons... bobby, are you still local?

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10 months

only on the edge of experiencing. Steve Jobs said, “It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough — it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.” In an attempt to create a more beautiful

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10 months

whose initial intent has long been forgotten. But it is changing… States are passing sweeping zoning reform, towns and cities are rethinking their approach to development. ADU legislation being passed across the country is giving agency to individuals and families that we are

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10 months

“”One of the biggest traps for smart engineers is optimizing something that shouldn't exist." That line from Elon Musk has always stuck with me.” Things are changing in the conversation, legislation and development of the American built environment… again

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@NestedUrbanism

10 months

(most of what dictates/shapes how we live our lives (as far as the built environment goes) was put in place between the 1950s-70s). For those of us working to develop human centered places, it doesn’t feel like change - we are still having projects crippled by 50yr old policies

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1 year

You all know Austin’s brick homes and towers - this video he recently created sheds light on his goals and driving vision. Austin is born a leader with a natural charisma, confident optimism and driving work ethic. Keep your eye on Building Culture.

Designing For People: A Vision For Human Flourishing in Wheeler,...

in this video Designing For People: A Vision For Human Flourishing in Wheeler, District wheeler district okc, What happens when we design for people first? W...

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10 months

human centered world, Austin has emerged sitting at that intersection. It’s building married with the liberal arts married with the humanities that makes our heart sing. Things are changing - if we can seize the moment, we might be able to realize that the US has spent a lifetime

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5 months

@bobbyfijan @AustinTunnell @Build_Culture Nice! im always trying to get Austin up here. We go to St Agnes - those lots across the street are great. My in-laws have land on the brandywine outside marshallton so we’ve been raising steers there the last couple of years.

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2 years

@stevemouzon @wrathofgnon The Dutch developed their own model called the Hofje. Across the country these developments are still owned and managed by private endowments. At times they have to rent to cover costs - but they almost always return to their philanthropic roots.

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5 months

@jmassengale @AustinTunnell @stevemouzon A narrow street in the netherlands

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1 year

@aaron_lubeck @DurmBull Philadelphia Innerblock streets are a must see!

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5 months

@jmassengale @AustinTunnell @stevemouzon Hi john, sure. Here is a mews in London

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@UrbanCourtyard @aaron_lubeck Haha. I totally agree with you. Alleys and innerblock courtyards are the rare human scaled public places in America. As you say they are a wasted resource on cars that also use the front streets. Keep up the good work!

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5 months

@Danmontgomery_ @AustinTunnell @matt_hayes4 haha. "Beauty frees us from the tyranny of the useful” -Roger Scruton. Study traditional architecture and urbanism for a little and you will realize that the ‘purpose’ was often beauty. Justifying everything with measured function is inhuman.

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2 years

@stevemouzon @wrathofgnon These Godshuizen were built as legacy projects by wealthy merchants, often after their death. These developments were given endowments and an appointed manager of those finances and the property who usually lived in one of the houses.

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2 years

My focus is the hofje and godshuis - historic forms of elderly housing found in Belgium and the Netherlands. I propose them as models for elderly housing today - integrated into the walkable cores of existing towns and cities in the United States.

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2 years

@drbillthomas I am looking for a co-presenter to lead a discussion at the upcoming Congress For the New Urbanism (CNU) conference this spring - and am reaching out for your advice or recommendation. @honor

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1 year

The Problem Today, the elderly leave society when they enter an elderly facility, too often to be forgotten by society. It is this separation perhaps more than any other single factor that contributes to the suffering of the elderly today.

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@jmassengale @AustinTunnell @stevemouzon Netherlands, you see that the brick changes direction and is punctuated by the grates

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2 years

@SCP_Hughes The scale of a mews! Just imagine the alley transformations!

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2 years

The CNU has been an effective thought/design leader for the past 30 years advancing the values of walkability, bikeability and traditional forms of urban design and architecture.

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2 years

@bswud Human scaled streets. These were not planned, but developed by European settlers as attainable housing along beautiful streets. The most photographed streets in the US are these early, unplanned streets of Philly, Boston, Charleston and a few others

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@jmassengale @AustinTunnell @stevemouzon I remember watching an afternoon downpour in Trinidad in Cuba and Douglas pointing out that all streets have these central lines and act as the stormwater management for the town. Unlike these examples there were no grates and pipes in Trinidad.

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2 years

@bswud at a large scale. It was shaped by the great fire of London and the enlightenment city planning of the time. If wren’s plan of London had been built, London would have wide streets. In America, planning standards accepted the wide streets; fresh air, more need for horse traffic,

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2 years

The proposed topic is the role of urban design in setting the stage for aging and at-home elderly care and the search for ‘home' - the audience is primarily Urban Planners, Developers, Architects and City or County elected officials.

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