Bacani, Christopher Ian E.

Bs Architecture Planning III

JAIME LERNER

Biography
- an architect and urban planner.
- was mayor of Curitiba and elected as governor of state of Parana between 1971 2002. - Work as an activist to improve the municipal planning in his hometown. - Become the president of IUA. ( international union of architects ) - Become part of a local team from Universidad Federal Do Parana. - Become international ambassador for sustainable planning

Works
Urban Acupuncture Curitibas bus trail system Clear tube bus stop for waiting passenger Planting 300,000 seedlings Exchange of city rubbish ( recyclables ) for foods or bus tickets or tickets for shows in Curitiba and plastic toys for children - Flood plains surrounding were converted into parks with boating lakes - Land next to electricity company was converted into housing estates

Bus trail system

The "light rail" savings usually touted to sway municipal decision makers occur because even trolleys can have relatively fewer drivers than a 40-60 passenger bus. Lerner got Volvo to make 270 person Swedish articulat ed buses (300 Brazilians, says Lerner), so that the problem of a lower passenger number to driver ratio was no longer an issue.

Attractive bus stops

The city built attractive transit stops with the look and feel of train stations, and all with handicapped access equipment, inducing private firms to purchase and operate the buses. A hierarchy of buses of six sizes feed one other. The city controls the routes and fares, while the private companies hire drivers and maintain equipment.

Parks and boating lakes

Floodplains surrounding the city were bought up and converted to parks with boating lakes acting as overspill areas. This solution, far cheaper and more effective than culvetting rivers with concrete, increased the green space available for residents from 0.5 square metres each in the 1960s to over 50 square metres per resident today.

Dock - dock
Lerner hopes to launch the Dock-Dock, a 60cm-wide and 130cm-long car the smallest in the world. "I can fit inside it," he says. "It will run at less than 25kmh with a range of 50km. But you won't own it." It will act as publicly owned feeder vehicles for public transport.

Successful examples of urban Acupuncture

Removal of San Franciscos Embarcadero free way
Renewal of Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires

Awards
Lerner has won a variety of Brazilian and international prizes: 1990: United Nations Environmental Award, awarded by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) 1990: Annual Prize of the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) 1991: Scroll of Honor, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 1991 1991: Tree of Learning, IUCN, 1991 1996: Child and Peace Award, UNICEF 1997: Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, University of Virginia 2000: Prince Claus Award, the Netherlands (2000) 2001: Pioneer 2001, International Council for Caring Communities (ICCCUSA) 2001: 2001 World Technology Award for Transportation, National Museum of Science and Industry, UK 2011: Leadership in Transport Award of the International Transport Forum at the OECD

Sayings and quotes

"One of the things I have learned is that we have to be committed to simplicity. There is no need to be scared of simplicity. And we can't want to have all the answers in the world. Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then give the population space to respond. There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess, no frog that can't become a prince. . "As I'm a descendent of Jews, I have some commandments that we need to follow," he says. "First commandment: use your car less. Second commandment: separate your rubbish. Third: live near to your work, or work near your home. It needs to be about life, work and movement being all together."

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