Trend Watch, August 2018

Kanye’s housing renders:

Kanye West’s Yeezy Home design and architecture collaborators have released images of an initial pre-fab concrete concept design, with a Brutalist aesthetic, on Instagram.

Very little information has been offered about the architectural renderings, posted by Jalil Peraza, a long-time West collaborator who teamed up with architect Nejc Škufca and industrial designer Vadik Marmeladov to bring us a first look at Ye’s housing vision.

Peraza told The Urban Developer his intention is to create a “scalable” low-income social housing scheme using prefabricated concrete. His company, Face Modules, has prior experience with low-cost prefab commercial pod systems.

Should West’s project go ahead, a ’tilt-up’ method of construction, using cranes, could be used to erect as many as 30 house panels per day.

It could be the start of West’s new city. Or perhaps he is currently more focused on building his inland sea.

Gehl’s Healthy Places framework:

The Inclusive Healthy Places Framework is a new tool for evaluating and creating public spaces that support health equity, launched by the Gehl Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The partners say their framework draws on ideas from cities such as Copenhagen, and aims to provide a roadmap for places that promote good health.

Read more at Gehl’s website.

Image: Gehl.