Green corridor

Photo about summerhouse corridor covered with green climbing vine climber. Image of landscape, colorful, house - 7259583

Loop NYC was a 2017 plan that proposed transforming New York roadways into public parks. The brief imagines dedicated micro highways around the perimeter of Manhattan populated with self-driving cars in an electric blue. Above the highways would be pedestrian-accessible outdoor green spaces. “Communities would connect in unexpected ways,” EDG founder John Meyer says, “and the city would be a healthier place.”

mecanoo has released images of its plans to transform a former railway line in taichung, taiwan into a bio-diverse green corridor.

The 11km Bukit Timah-Rochor Green Corridor will provide cyclists and pedestrians a path between Jurong Lake Gardens, the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Gardens by the Bay.

This project aims to rejuvenate a 10 km stretch, transforming underutilized and disconnected spaces into a cohesive green corridor filled with recreational and communal area. Details: https://t.co/hs1zWlwWby | 📍Bangkok, Thailand

The Toronto Green Line is a proposed plan that will see a Midtown hydro corridor be revitalized with new green space and pedestrian connectivity.

The masterplan provides a long-term, flexible strategy for enhancing landscape and ecological value through the delivery of multi-functional green infrastructure features that provide a range of ecosystem services.

Do urban green corridors "work"? It depends on what we want them to do. What ecological and/or social functions can we realistically expect green corridors to perform in cities? What attributes define them, from a design and performance perspective? – The Nature of Cities

Hairy City, Wupertal project : Space for urban metabolic functions. Julia Crawford RED