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Urban-suburban
MediationsTM
Urban-suburban
Mediations™ promotes or mediates better relationships
between urban and suburban areas. Projects have included:
Schemes for a unique business park. Developed
concepts in 2001 for the environmental and land-use
group, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, to
demonstrate possibilities for their New Urbanist Business
Park. This mixed-use park includes typical office or
manufacturing tenants but also residential and retail
tenants.
More permeable paving for a parking lot.
Developed a two-page report in 2002 for a neighborhood
group in Madison, WI. The report reviewed the viability
of converting a portion of a parking lot at a shopping
mall into permeable paving. This would lessen the effects
of algae growth in a nearby lake from the overflow
entering the storm system by slowing the run-off via new
paving. The report also reviewed whether the
reconstruction investment could be recouped by the mall
owner in a reasonable time via the lower taxes for
permeable versus impermeable paving.
"Chalet" hotel survey. Conducted a survey in
2002 of tenants in a research park regarding a proposed
hotel. The hotel would include small chalets located
along the walking-bicycle path and in the grass areas
between buildings and parking. The guests would park
their cars in the adjacent lots which are mostly empty in
the evenings. This hotel would provide an important
service, promote buildings that mix with the topography
and pathways, and would not require more paved parking.
Tree, please! This group promotes stronger
municipal ordinances for commercial property owners to
recommend more trees in suburban centers.
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Observatory Drive.com...an idea services firm!
Contact: Kevin Korpela, Architect & Applied Artist
525 ½ Third St #1 Wausau WI 54403 (715)432-6952
Email: kevinkorpela@gmail.com
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