Via Verde

This video talks about the concept of Biophilia, "a hypothesis that describes humans as emotionally connected to all other living systems" and explain the reasons people still want to live in the suburbs, with more contact with the nature.

It discuss the environmental impacts of urban sprawl - that happens in cities around the world - and its demand for infrastructure, pollution by cars and other transportation systems, extra demand for energy, and other many issues.

Obviously, the intention for choosing density - the compact city - is economically viable. However, the compact city is still less sustainable due to the poor design solutions that we find today in almost every urban centre around the world.

The project "Via Verde", designed by Jonathan Rose intends to show that affordable houses can also be sustainable and bring people back to the City without losing the contact with nature that they can find in the suburbs.

Source: PBS, 2009, Affordable Green Houses. Accessed 25 April 2014 <http://vimeo.com/3283424>