Sidmouth is not Strasbourg – but ‘repurposing buildings’ and allowing nature to ‘reclaim’ the streets could well be adapted to small town Devon:
Solarpunk architect Luc Schuiten’s concept for how Strasbourg could look in a century’s time. His work showing buildings being repurposed and nature reclaiming the city has been influential on the post-growth movement. Credit: Luc Schuiten
This is from a longer piece of how architects are looking beyond ‘growth’ – from the Royal Institute of British Architects:
As key drivers of demand for buildings that consume natural resources and energy, architects are part of the economic growth problem, but they can also help shape the development of a post-growth world. Instead of driving the creation of ever larger city infrastructures, more materialistic lifestyles and humanity’s expanding carbon footprint on the planet, they can design in ways that are more sustainable and energy efficient and create spaces that build a different idea of prosperity.
Post-growth: what a counter-expansionist business ethos means for architects | RIBAJ
This is ‘post-industrial design’:
Solarpunk: Post-Industrial Design and Aesthetics | by Eric Hunting | Medium
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