Build4People is thrilled to announce the publication of the Planning and Design Guideline „Blue-Green Infrastructure“, which is part of B4P Transformation Toolbox, the key tangible collective output product of Build4People’s Research & Development Phase (2021-2025).
The content of the Blue-Green Infrastructure Guideline is a joint result of Build4People’s transdisciplinary work in the past years. It particularly builds upon the learnings from the successful Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab series format, which – based on a real case study site at Phnom Penh’s rapidly urbanizing Chbar Ambov District – explored alternative visions of sustainable urban development. Thereby, Build4People was able to bring together multiple stakeholders from the sphere of national and local state, the corporate sector, such as renowned local property development companies, international donor funded projects, and various local institutions of local academia.
The Blue-Green Infrastructure Guideline is richly illustrated and contains various locally adapted solutions to foster interconnected systems that blend vegetation with water features and that reduce urban heat islands, creating multifunctional spaces capable of addressing urban environmental challenges while enhancing community resilience and well-being.
Last but not least, it must be highlighted that the publication of the Planning and Design Guideline „Blue-Green Infrastructure“ is not regarded as the ending of our work, but just as an intermediary step to use it as a learning and training material which will be further digitalized and applied during the upcoming Build4People Implementation phase.
Our particular thanks go to Steven Petit, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, creative director of OMGEVING, a renowned Belgian design office for landscape architecture and urbanism and his co-worker Ms Ngoc Le. Together with Nuria Roig from Eble Messerschmidt Partner (EMP), Tübingen, Germany, they wrote the sup-chapter Neighbourhood Blue-Green Infrastructure. Further thanks go to the staff of the Institute of Climate and Energy Concepts (INKEK), representing Build4People Work Package “Urban Climate”. They are responsible for the sub-chapter Climate-Sensitive Urban Design.
Finally, our acknowledgement goes to the staff of EMP who developed the overall concept and graphic design of this guideline with logistic support from Build4People’s consortium lead at Hamburg University.
Download link of B4P Transformation Toolbox Planning and Design Guideline „Blue-Green Infrastructure“
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