Active design

For active design in North America, see Healthy community design. For the engineering concept of active design, see Active structure.

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Carfree Juist, Germany

Active design is a set of building and planning principles that promote physical activity.[1] Active design in a building, landscape or city design integrates physical activity into the occupants' everyday routines, such as walking to the store or making a photocopy.[2] Active design involves urban planners, architects, transportation engineers, public health professionals, community leaders and other professionals in building places that encourage physical activity as an integral part of life.[3] While not an inherent part of active design, most designers employing "active design" are also concerned with the productive life of their buildings and their building's ecological footprint.[4]

  1. ^ "Active Design". Sport England.
  2. ^ Lacasse, Marieke; Nienaber, Suzanne (November 2015). "Get Active: Implement Active Design in Your Neighborhoods and Open Spaces" (PDF). The American Society of Landscape Architects. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2016.
  3. ^ "FitCity 10: Promoting Physical Activity Through Design". American Institute of Architects New York Chapter. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Fit-City 2: Promoting Physical Activity through Design" (PDF). American Institute of Architects New York Chapter. 2007. pp. 10–11. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)