Responsive urban downtown activity center

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Section through fitness center.

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    Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 3rd prize 2008 North America: (l-r) Brigitte Cuperus (Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation) and Andrew Edward Lantz.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Urban strategy.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Details and structures: observation of possibilities.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Caloric section cartography.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Blended program elements.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Parkour urbanism.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Section through residential program.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Floor plans 1.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Floor plans 2.

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    Project entry 2008 North America - "Responsive urban downtown activity center, Boston, USA": Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 3rd prize 2008 North America: Andrew Edward Lantz.

  • Next generation Next Generation 3rd prize 2008–2009 North America

The new YMCA is located on a bisecting garden and path that meanders through the city’s heart. The Responsive urban downtown activity center continues this existing green space with a program of fitness, cultural and housing elements. Energy from all activities (e.g. a jogger) can be collected to then power the infrastructure on-site (e.g. path lighting). 

By Andrew Edward Lantz - Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Cambridge, MA, USA

Ideas: Embodied Carbon , Urban Requalification

The new YMCA is located on a bisecting garden and path that meanders through the city’s heart. The Responsive urban downtown activity center continues this existing green space with a program of fitness, cultural and housing elements.

Energy from all activities (e.g. a jogger) can be collected to then power the infrastructure on-site (e.g. path lighting).

Responsive urban downtown activity center

Project authors

  • Andrew Edward Lantz

    Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD)

    USA

Project updates

October 16, 2008 | Winners for North America announced | Montréal, QC, Canada

Top sustainable construction projects in North America honored

Holcim Awards ceremony for North America 2008 - Montreal, Canada

The winners of the second North American Holcim Awards competition for Sustainable Construction projects were announced at a ceremony in Montreal. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to nine projects from Canada and the United States that showcase the latest approaches to address critical topics including housing affordability, employment, renewable energy, and water efficiency.

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July 01, 2008 | Regional Jury Report – North America | Cambridge, MA, USA

“No energy source is too small to be exploited” – Holcim Awards Jury

Locating itself on a bisecting garden and artificial path weaving through downtown Boston, the concept for a new YMCA proposes a continuation of this existing green space and to articulate the notion of a program as path which is made up of fitness, cultural and housing program elements. The unique idea is to gather and use the energy created with the activities intrinsic within each program category, such as running on a treadmill, for instance.

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February 29, 2008 | Project Entry & Details | Boston, MA, USA

Project Entry 2008 for North America

The new YMCA is located on a bisecting garden and path that meanders through the city’s heart. The Responsive urban downtown activity center continues this existing green space with a program of fitness, cultural and housing elements. Energy from all activities (e.g. a jogger) can be collected to then power the infrastructure on-site (e.g. path lighting).

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