"Forwarding Dallas" is a collaboration among Portuguese architects André Almeida (Atelier Data), Carolina Pombo (Atelier Data), Inês Vicente (Atelier Data), José Niza (MOOV), João Calhau (MOOV)

A rundown area of Dallas, TX is being given an eco makeover by the Re:Vision Dallas winners, Atelier Data and Moov. Their plan is to create Forwarding Dallas, a sustainable community that spans an entire city block that will include hill-shaped buildings adorned with green roofs that grow produce to feed locals.

“The design proposes a series of hillside structures, with public spaces and trees located in the valleys, and solar panels and building-integrated wind turbines on the peaks,” Inhabitat says of Forwarding Dallas. “Renewable energy will completely power the community, while rainwater will be collected and stored for use within the complex.”

The block will include housing and public amenities like a coffee shop, gym, daycare and “a spiritual space.” Construction for Forwarding Dallas will begin in 2011.

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/forwarding-dallas

Our friends at West Coast Green were mentioned in  the Archinnovations Magazine on Saturday.  West Coast Green is co-sponsoring the competition “Lifecycle Building Challenge 3″.  The competition aims to attract built and un-built projects that save resources and cut costs and green house emissions.

To read the full Archinnovative article click here.

Over the last few weeks Sensible City has been putting Re: Vision Dallas and Urban Revision in the ears, eyes and minds of the most popular and influential blogs, media portals and news services.  A big idea loves hard work and together we’ve helped spread the world for Urban Revision online. The following is a list of some of our favorite hits.  Stay tuned as we aren’t done yet.

Inhabitat takes a closer look at honorable mention receiver The Co-Op 

Konstructr’s Vik Duggal interviews John Greenan 

Cameron Sinclair of Huffington Post discusses the greening of George Bush’s backyard  

Treehugger’s Jesse Fox discusses the Re: Vision Dallas winners 

Cliff Kuang and Fast Company explore the 3 ideas behind the winning entries  

Dwell gives you their take on the winners

The gospel continues to spread:

Build Baby Build

NBC Dallas Fort Worth Slide Show   

Sustainable Cities Collective

Archicentral:

Texas Sustainability 

Sky Studios

Solve Climate

Landscape Urbanism

Otto

Larry James’ Urban Daily

Larry James’ Everyday Citizen

LEED Loop

Creative Loafing Sarasota

Architecture Competitions

Green Building and Enviro Trends 

Jetson Green  

In 2008, we uploaded a whopping total of 712 videos to YouTube, Google Video, Vimeo, TeacherTube and other social media video applications. I decided to take a look and try to spot the single most popular video we have posted. Not surprising, the most popular video was viewed by a global community and speaks to a global solution. It is my pleasure to present to you Mr. Peter Head, Chief Architect of the Dong Tan Ecocity project on Chong Ming Island in China.

Could the first fully sustainable city block in America rise out of a nondescript parking lot in downtown Dallas, Texas?

After a full year of design competitions aimed at stimulating discussion about the nature of sustainability in cities, San Francisco-based Urban Re:Vision is about to transform theory into reality in Dallas. The land is available, the city is on board and there appear to be no serious obstacles to the development of a city block that would radically redefine sustainability in the urban context.

The site today.

Over the past year, Urban Re:Vision held a series of design competitions, which addressed issues from transportation and materials to energy and economy in the city block. Here are some of the results of the Re:Construct competition, announced in September at West Coast Green.

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