Vauban, Freiburg, Germany is my case study for planning 403, and it cant be more different from what is happening in New Zealand. the city is almost completely car free, and all dwelling within it is passively designed to maximise solar energy gain and reduce the utility cost during winter heating.
As we can see from the image that the building a wide range of form and shapes, this is due to the fact that the whole district is bought up by numerous co-housing groups and architects, and thus despite the uniform energy efficiency of the buildings, they vary greatly in form and shape.
the car-free suburb is achieved by a strict enforcement of planning rules such is forbidding the inclusion of front door parking, and to own car would mean to pay for about 18,000 euros and for the car to be stored in a car-park facility on the fringe of the community.
