July 2007
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history, city planning, public, greenspace
Green Fingers of København
“The “Finger Plan” from 1947 was a pioneering attempt to locate the urban development of Copenhagen along five radials or “fingers” which connected the centre of the city with five older market towns in the region. The vision was that green wedges or corridors should dominate the space between the fingers which was characterised by […]
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public, greenspace
BUGS
Cutest name ever for a project of this kind: BUGS, “Benefits of Urban Green Space”
Summary from their web site:
The inter-related issues of urban sprawl, traffic congestion, noise, and air pollution are major socio-economic problems faced by most European cities. The main objective of BUGS is to develop an integrated methodology to assess the role […] -
architecture, green building, permaculture
Arcology Simulation Models
Arcology Systems by Rowin Andruscavage of the University of Maryland.
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home, architecture, greenspace
Cooling, Breathing
The windowsills in our loft provide the perfect shelf for plants. Without this small architectural detail, we couldn’t have such happy sun-screening air-filtering companions.
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architecture, green building, public, greenspace
Open
Zumthor’s spa in Vals Therme opens visitors to the surrounding natural environment. Although the building is stone, it’s made of stone from the mountains nearby, although the architecture can be cavernous at points, there is always an experience of moving from the earth-core, the stone-nest out into the open nature. Even in the […]
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architecture, green building, public, technology, greenspace
Vertical Garden
Patrick Blanc extends the green roof idea to the external walls of buildings.
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restoration, public, greenspace
Nature Experience
Why introduce green space into the Subway or any other public space? To encourage contact with so called ‘natural’ environments. Contact with non-toxic biological entities (plant or animal) offers potential to reduce suffering and encourage mental states of well being. For an introduction to the literature on the healing effect of ‘natural’ […]
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seed, technology, installation
Sprout Interface
Johannes Hjorth added cotton and seeds to a keyboard - sprayed with water every day and…
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