In Vancouver WA the waste water treatment plant shares grounds with a Water Resource Center, educational facility, that includes lab classrooms, a library, art gallery space and public room with a kitchen. It was built with the same bond and is on the same public parcel. Odd combination, but it works great for them.
I also read that in Tokyo a waste-to-energy facility heats the water for a big public aquatic center.
Does anyone know of other unusual land-use/public facility combos? Please share.
Ginger Wireman
WA State Dept. of Ecology, Nuclear Waste Program
United States
Multi-Purpose Land Use Cases
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Brilliant! This is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thank you Simon!
Ginger Wireman
Environmental Educator
WA State Dept. of Ecology, Nuclear Waste Program
United States
Check out the Boise Watershed Center http://www.tohu.ca/en/TOHU/ It was built at their Waste Water Treatment Plant and shares some facilities.
Hannah Sanger
City of Pocatello
United States
www.pocatello.us
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Hi, the TOHU in Montréal is quite interesting:
http://www.tohu.ca/en/TOHU/
Up and running since June 2004, La TOHU is now one of the world's largest gathering places for circus arts training, creation, production and performance. It is remarkable not only for its facilities but also for the extraordinary influence its citizens exercise on the international stage.
In addition to managing the site, La TOHU puts on programming designed to bring life to the public spaces it occupies and administers. La TOHU designs and hosts the ecology programs in the main Pavilion and the activities in the St-Michel Environmental Complex.
La TOHU is already a place where neighbourhood people meet and share ideas, and we continue to encourage local residents to become full participants in the economic and cultural life of their city.
Simon L'Allier
Univert Laval
Canada