Currently the 2 projects I have chosen to study are Boston's "Big Dig" and the reuse of a silo structure into a rock climbing facility.
The Big Dig study is interesting as it looks at how the left over space of an arterial road can be incorporated into the city fabric. I will also take this further to look at how the materials of the former arterial structure can be used in the formation of a new building.
Whilst the Silo rock climbing wall does not involve a piece of infrastructure left over by cars, it does however show a unique and interesting approach to using a structure whose design and form were specific to its function.
i've been researching how much land it takes for a person to be self sufficient. these guys http://thesietch.org/mysietch/greenspree/2007/07/17/self-sufficiency/ reckon it's about 0.1 acres per person, or about 400 square metres. 
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I had chosen a local example for my case study. The Bank Apartments is a 6 star greenstar residential apartment in south melbourne. Sustainable is an upcoming trend in recent year and also the near future. More people are aware of the importance of living or working inside a green building. Another thing it interest me is that the project had integrate with another heritage building which I find it useful to my propose site.
I'll be looking at the pedestrianisation of trafalgar square. With only a simple structure added on the existing site, pedestrian movement is increased by thirteen times.
It's not a petrol station and its a concept not a built system, but it looks at the idea of a network of unutilised sites working together to filter water which we are lacking, an idea I was interested in looking at.. and it seems appropriate for our utopian studio...
