Unfrozen

39. Seeking the Superfruit of Urbanism


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Michael Eliason is an architect and founder of Larch Lab, a studio focused on prefabricated, decarbonized, climate-adaptive, low-energy buildings and livable ecodistricts. Eliason, based in Seattle, had a transformative experience while living in Germany – the American residential model could be greatly improved by adopting some of the principles of Baugruppen – self-developed co-housing, without the granola trappings. Hear the Unfrozen interview – and then listen to his podcast, Livable Low-Carbon City.

Intro/Outro: “Spacelab” by Kraftwerk

Discussed:

  • Black Sheep Development Co., Larch Lab’s baugruppen partner, headed by Aaron Yankauskas
  • Ascent, Milwaukee
  • Jeremy McCloud, Nightingale, Melbourne
  • California development legislative changes
  • First Passivhaus in the US: Smith House, Urbana, IL
  • Minneapolis’ single-family housing zoning rollback experiment
  • St. Paul’s rent control battle
  • Product recommendation: Corsi-Rosenthal Box
  • The north star of Baugruppen: Gleiss 21, Vienna
  • ...more
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    UnfrozenBy Daniel Safarik and Greg Lindsay

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