Sentences with phrase «goldilocks density»

Tall wood buildings are all the rage these days, but this TreeHugger has been wondering if we shouldn't be really be thinking differently about it, and instead of doing technical gymnastics to go tall, we should be concentrating on building for that «missing middle» as Daniel Parolek called it, or the Goldilocks Density, as I call it.

That's the Goldilocks density: dense enough to support vibrant main streets with retail and services for local needs, but not too high that people can't take the stairs in a pinch.

Some, like David Owen, call for really high density; I have called for the Goldilocks Density; the fashionable phrase now is the missing middle; both describe density high enough to support local businesses so that one can mostly get around by walking, but buildings that are low enough that they can be efficiently built out of low carbon materials like wood.

But our problems today are much bigger than that, and I will be concentrating on that mid-rise housing that I call the Goldilocks Density, preferably in Passive.

Not exact matches

Cities need Goldilocks housing density — not too high or low, but just right We Don't All Have To Live In High Rises To Get Dense Cities; We Should Just Learn From Montreal It's time to dump the tired argument that density and height are green and sustainable.