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According to AgingCare.com, 43 percent of senior citizens today are lonely and, therefore, significantly more likely to suffer health problems and die at a younger age. This illuminating and overlooked statistic illustrates how shortsighted the current paradigm for retirement communities is and why we must change how we think about senior living.
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Each year, thousands of creatives, experts, educators and consumers converge in Austin, Texas, for SXSW to discuss how innovations in technology, education, design and other industries are changing the we way live our lives. This forward-thinking network of conferences is an ideal venue to explore the ways in which design solutions can affect real transformations.
JLABS @ TMC, part of a network of life science incubators meant to catalyze discovery in the field. Photo: Shau Lin Hon, Slyworks Photography .
This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.”
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This post is part of a blog series related to Dialogue 30, "The Livability Issue.”
As Designers and Planners, we base our design concepts on a variety of inputs: site program, client preferences, industry practices, etc. But we still build parts of our cities the same way we have for nearly a century. This failure to consider our evolving needs and adapt to them may be killing us!
Urban Design can help. Here are three ideas – local, neighborhood and citywide.
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At the edge of Dallas’ Bishop Arts District, what was once an unremarkable, unvisited concrete corner is now a lush, welcoming neighborhood hangout. The hub of this activity is the new Better Block headquarters. Part office, part co-working space, part venue and part maker-space, the new headquarters is a flexible collision of diverse programs, a synthesis of urban design experimentation and community hub.
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