Tom Grey
@tomgrey.bsky.social
Research Fellow, TrinityHaus Research Center, Trinity College (TU Dublin Architecture & Masters in Sustainable Design, Auckland University) Universal Design, inclusive, healthy & sustainable urbanism & architecture.
https://www.tcd.ie/trinityhaus/
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Tom Grey
@tomgrey.bsky.social
· Jul 14
TrinityHaus - TrinityHaus | Trinity College Dublin
www.tcd.ie
Still enjoying bluesky & delighted to see great activity here around sustainable & inclusive urbanism/planning, architecture/design/mobility etc. I'll be posting some links to my work and our research centre www.tcd.ie/trinityhaus/
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Remember Marie Kondo?
You can live happily with less.
In Japan, architects are crafting tiny, thoughtful homes that prove small can be sustainable, affordable, and cool.
Less space, less waste, more peace.
Who dares to live happily with less?
#Sustainability #COP30
youtu.be/z1t2c5rNldg?...
You can live happily with less.
In Japan, architects are crafting tiny, thoughtful homes that prove small can be sustainable, affordable, and cool.
Less space, less waste, more peace.
Who dares to live happily with less?
#Sustainability #COP30
youtu.be/z1t2c5rNldg?...
1 hour of Japanese Small Homes Under 60sqm/600sqft
YouTube video by NEVER TOO SMALL
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Remember Marie Kondo?
You can live happily with less.
In Japan, architects are crafting tiny, thoughtful homes that prove small can be sustainable, affordable, and cool.
Less space, less waste, more peace.
Who dares to live happily with less?
#Sustainability #COP30
youtu.be/z1t2c5rNldg?...
You can live happily with less.
In Japan, architects are crafting tiny, thoughtful homes that prove small can be sustainable, affordable, and cool.
Less space, less waste, more peace.
Who dares to live happily with less?
#Sustainability #COP30
youtu.be/z1t2c5rNldg?...
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gorgeous little energy positive passivhaus-ish 8-story single stair infill in haussmannian paris w/ external solar protection
take a guess at the parcel size
divisare.com/projects/545...
take a guess at the parcel size
divisare.com/projects/545...
benjamin fleury, Sergio Grazia · 7 POSITIVE ENERGY HOUSING UNITS (BEPOS)
CONTEXT
Following the eviction by SOREQA of a negligent landlord who was renting out unsanitary dwellings in a building entirely unfit for habitation, and after a conclusive structural diagnosis, ELO...
divisare.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
gorgeous little energy positive passivhaus-ish 8-story single stair infill in haussmannian paris w/ external solar protection
take a guess at the parcel size
divisare.com/projects/545...
take a guess at the parcel size
divisare.com/projects/545...
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Planning has a trust problem. Fewer than 1 in 10 trust local authorities when it comes to planning large developments.
We must prioritise community participation, write Leonie Taylor, Siân Whyte & Laetitia Lucy of The Young Foundation
🖇️ Town & Country Planning journal www.tcpa.org.uk/sample-journ...
We must prioritise community participation, write Leonie Taylor, Siân Whyte & Laetitia Lucy of The Young Foundation
🖇️ Town & Country Planning journal www.tcpa.org.uk/sample-journ...
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Planning has a trust problem. Fewer than 1 in 10 trust local authorities when it comes to planning large developments.
We must prioritise community participation, write Leonie Taylor, Siân Whyte & Laetitia Lucy of The Young Foundation
🖇️ Town & Country Planning journal www.tcpa.org.uk/sample-journ...
We must prioritise community participation, write Leonie Taylor, Siân Whyte & Laetitia Lucy of The Young Foundation
🖇️ Town & Country Planning journal www.tcpa.org.uk/sample-journ...
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"Disinformation is one of the major obstacles stalling climate progress"
- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil here
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Disinformation is one of the major obstacles stalling climate progress"
- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Affordable housing in Europe needs creative ideas to bridge funding gap
www.eib.org/en/essays/af...
www.eib.org/en/essays/af...
Affordable housing finance in Europe | EIB solutions
Discover EIB funding models that close Europe’s affordable‑housing gap and cut energy bills
www.eib.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Affordable housing in Europe needs creative ideas to bridge funding gap
www.eib.org/en/essays/af...
www.eib.org/en/essays/af...
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All 7 chapters of the #NexusAssessment Report are now available! 🏡
Read through the interlinkages of the nexus elements, as well as scenario analyses to evaluate possibilities, identifying pathways to sustainable futures with nexus-wide benefits. 🌍🧪
📚 https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment
Read through the interlinkages of the nexus elements, as well as scenario analyses to evaluate possibilities, identifying pathways to sustainable futures with nexus-wide benefits. 🌍🧪
📚 https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
All 7 chapters of the #NexusAssessment Report are now available! 🏡
Read through the interlinkages of the nexus elements, as well as scenario analyses to evaluate possibilities, identifying pathways to sustainable futures with nexus-wide benefits. 🌍🧪
📚 https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment
Read through the interlinkages of the nexus elements, as well as scenario analyses to evaluate possibilities, identifying pathways to sustainable futures with nexus-wide benefits. 🌍🧪
📚 https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment
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Given that wealth yields political power, the more accumulation, the less likely redistribution becomes.
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Given that wealth yields political power, the more accumulation, the less likely redistribution becomes.
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Definitely Edinburgh, although I saw a chap putting up anti-20 minute cities stickers the other week…he was walking…in a town where you actually can access most things in 20minutes
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Definitely Edinburgh, although I saw a chap putting up anti-20 minute cities stickers the other week…he was walking…in a town where you actually can access most things in 20minutes
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It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
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“A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability” (So nice to see this good report on the school food mission my colleagues and I led in Sweden) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability” (So nice to see this good report on the school food mission my colleagues and I led in Sweden) www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Talking about the benefits of active transport is as well and good, but what really makes the difference is the infrastructure.
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Dublin has all the ingredients to be a world-class cycling city, but we need a real shift in thinking, ambition, and action.
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
We need to move from talking the talk to walking (and cycling) the walk.
Because as is, this is what it feels like to cycle in Dublin 👎
#ReimagineDublin
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Talking about the benefits of active transport is as well and good, but what really makes the difference is the infrastructure.
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
Build it and they will come!
Let's get moving Dublin!
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many of the common areas spill onto the massive courtyard, which has a playground, vegetable garden.
there is indoor bike parking for *400* bikes & cargo bikes. there are shared EVs and e-bikes - it's just a 15 minute ride to the heart of muenster
there is indoor bike parking for *400* bikes & cargo bikes. there are shared EVs and e-bikes - it's just a 15 minute ride to the heart of muenster
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
many of the common areas spill onto the massive courtyard, which has a playground, vegetable garden.
there is indoor bike parking for *400* bikes & cargo bikes. there are shared EVs and e-bikes - it's just a 15 minute ride to the heart of muenster
there is indoor bike parking for *400* bikes & cargo bikes. there are shared EVs and e-bikes - it's just a 15 minute ride to the heart of muenster
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wow this mixed income cooperative in muenster by office03
wide variety of homes: studio to 4 BRs, an 11-unit cluster apartment, flats & maisonettes, joker rooms, expandable homes
community space: dining & kitchen, laundry cafe, co-working, workshops, courtyard
👀
www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...
wide variety of homes: studio to 4 BRs, an 11-unit cluster apartment, flats & maisonettes, joker rooms, expandable homes
community space: dining & kitchen, laundry cafe, co-working, workshops, courtyard
👀
www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...
Genossenschaftlicher Weiler - Wohnanlage in Münster von office03
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www.baunetz.de
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
wow this mixed income cooperative in muenster by office03
wide variety of homes: studio to 4 BRs, an 11-unit cluster apartment, flats & maisonettes, joker rooms, expandable homes
community space: dining & kitchen, laundry cafe, co-working, workshops, courtyard
👀
www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...
wide variety of homes: studio to 4 BRs, an 11-unit cluster apartment, flats & maisonettes, joker rooms, expandable homes
community space: dining & kitchen, laundry cafe, co-working, workshops, courtyard
👀
www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...
Europe's housing crisis, time to get radical
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Europe’s housing crisis: time for the EU to get radical | Editorial
Editorial: Soaring rents and mortages are undermining the social fabric of member states. A coming Brussels plan for affordable housing must be bold
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Europe's housing crisis, time to get radical
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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AIA Tennessee Single-Stair Design Competition Finalist:
SEED BLOCK (a prototype for block-scale growth)
proposing a repeatable, flexible, six-story mixed-use protype tailored to grow within Knoxville's typical 50'x100' lot dimensions.
SEED BLOCK (a prototype for block-scale growth)
proposing a repeatable, flexible, six-story mixed-use protype tailored to grow within Knoxville's typical 50'x100' lot dimensions.
October 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
AIA Tennessee Single-Stair Design Competition Finalist:
SEED BLOCK (a prototype for block-scale growth)
proposing a repeatable, flexible, six-story mixed-use protype tailored to grow within Knoxville's typical 50'x100' lot dimensions.
SEED BLOCK (a prototype for block-scale growth)
proposing a repeatable, flexible, six-story mixed-use protype tailored to grow within Knoxville's typical 50'x100' lot dimensions.
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439 Am Tacheles, Berlin
A 10-building mixed-use enclave w/ high-end housing designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
Units are characterized by a focus on minimalist design and diverse layouts that cater to a luxury market.
Single stair circulation allows full depth plans for ample daylight.
A 10-building mixed-use enclave w/ high-end housing designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
Units are characterized by a focus on minimalist design and diverse layouts that cater to a luxury market.
Single stair circulation allows full depth plans for ample daylight.
October 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
439 Am Tacheles, Berlin
A 10-building mixed-use enclave w/ high-end housing designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
Units are characterized by a focus on minimalist design and diverse layouts that cater to a luxury market.
Single stair circulation allows full depth plans for ample daylight.
A 10-building mixed-use enclave w/ high-end housing designed by Herzog & de Meuron.
Units are characterized by a focus on minimalist design and diverse layouts that cater to a luxury market.
Single stair circulation allows full depth plans for ample daylight.
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Sweden's 10-story, single-stair Timmergränd apartments remind me of American apartments turned vertically.
Instead of a long, wide American-style massing, the tall 88-unit structure is oriented vertically to create flexible floor plan, increase green space and create access to daylight
Instead of a long, wide American-style massing, the tall 88-unit structure is oriented vertically to create flexible floor plan, increase green space and create access to daylight
December 14, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Sweden's 10-story, single-stair Timmergränd apartments remind me of American apartments turned vertically.
Instead of a long, wide American-style massing, the tall 88-unit structure is oriented vertically to create flexible floor plan, increase green space and create access to daylight
Instead of a long, wide American-style massing, the tall 88-unit structure is oriented vertically to create flexible floor plan, increase green space and create access to daylight
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6 storey single-stair buildings - with quiet green courtyards - this is what a true “eco village” would look like.
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible
A specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve offers good ideas
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
6 storey single-stair buildings - with quiet green courtyards - this is what a true “eco village” would look like.
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
"...we want everything to be better, faster, today, but show us how that sausage gets made & we’d recoil at the blood soaked... butcher's floor. We may cry for the environment, the vulnerable, the homeless, but those tears fall in equity-shaped droplets"
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Colin Sheridan: Ireland is moving so fast, it's forgotten its people
We are a rich country masquerading as a poor one, run by people terrified of annoying people even richer
www.irishexaminer.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"...we want everything to be better, faster, today, but show us how that sausage gets made & we’d recoil at the blood soaked... butcher's floor. We may cry for the environment, the vulnerable, the homeless, but those tears fall in equity-shaped droplets"
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Champions.
Change is hard. Same is easier. That is why all changes have a champion who made it happen.
Co-creation is great; but without a champion it won’t happen.
Champions are rare. Projects of all sizes, from planting a tree to transforming a plaza, or a city Anne Hidalgo
Change is hard. Same is easier. That is why all changes have a champion who made it happen.
Co-creation is great; but without a champion it won’t happen.
Champions are rare. Projects of all sizes, from planting a tree to transforming a plaza, or a city Anne Hidalgo
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Champions.
Change is hard. Same is easier. That is why all changes have a champion who made it happen.
Co-creation is great; but without a champion it won’t happen.
Champions are rare. Projects of all sizes, from planting a tree to transforming a plaza, or a city Anne Hidalgo
Change is hard. Same is easier. That is why all changes have a champion who made it happen.
Co-creation is great; but without a champion it won’t happen.
Champions are rare. Projects of all sizes, from planting a tree to transforming a plaza, or a city Anne Hidalgo
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🌍 It’s #WorldCitiesDay, a good moment to ask: how well are our cities designed for children?
We ranked 36 European cities on how they prioritise kids’ safety in urban transport - from safe speeds to school streets and bike lanes.
See who’s leading the way 👇
cleancitiescampaign.org/city...
We ranked 36 European cities on how they prioritise kids’ safety in urban transport - from safe speeds to school streets and bike lanes.
See who’s leading the way 👇
cleancitiescampaign.org/city...
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🌍 It’s #WorldCitiesDay, a good moment to ask: how well are our cities designed for children?
We ranked 36 European cities on how they prioritise kids’ safety in urban transport - from safe speeds to school streets and bike lanes.
See who’s leading the way 👇
cleancitiescampaign.org/city...
We ranked 36 European cities on how they prioritise kids’ safety in urban transport - from safe speeds to school streets and bike lanes.
See who’s leading the way 👇
cleancitiescampaign.org/city...
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oh rad my friend susanne schindler's piece on design competitions as a means for better procurement and better buildings for @harvard-jchs.bsky.social is out!
this is something i want to lean into heavily for local mixed income housing projects. :)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/process...
this is something i want to lean into heavily for local mixed income housing projects. :)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/process...
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
oh rad my friend susanne schindler's piece on design competitions as a means for better procurement and better buildings for @harvard-jchs.bsky.social is out!
this is something i want to lean into heavily for local mixed income housing projects. :)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/process...
this is something i want to lean into heavily for local mixed income housing projects. :)
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/process...
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Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
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Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962
Ireland's richest 10% produce almost as much carbon as the bottom 50%, report says
Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to increase taxes on the rich.
jrnl.ie
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962