Where are the Architects / Urban Designers who are integrating ecology and infrastructure into resilience planning? I'm very interesting in talking about urban performance in this context and curious what conversations are happening.
Do you mean on Archinect or in general. If you mean the latter, look at Rebuild by Design and Resilient by Design as starting points. Or you could look at the work being done in LA, etc...
there are a lot of things that you need to define. What performance? What scale? Resilience to what? Ecology? Ecological systems have many relational systems that allow them to maintain stability...mutualism, symbiosis, etc. Too many designers green wash the word ecological to mean putting plants on roofs. That’s a very shallow view of ecology.
Resilience can come about in many little ways, for example a green or vegetated roof can be a way to mitigate the heat island effect and flooding, especially in urban areas. New buildings no longer are opting to locate generators and vital mechanical or electrical equipment below grade because of the threat of flooding from storms like Sandy. In cities there is a serious rethinking of building mass transit in subways vers above ground for the same reasons. Resilience can be tackled at all levels of design and it is shaping the way we design and build buildings.
The conversations are mostly centering around risk management and not damaging the local and global environment is now, because of standards such as LEED, also a part of the risk management conversation.
LOVE the bullshit generator...also appreciate the perspective on greenwashing. What I'm looking for are serious modelers who can work with metrics on scalability of ecological performance, using 3D and GIS tools to capture and aggregate benefits at district scale and communicate associated narratives graphically. Rigorous application in an engineering environment, with real clients for site/district infrastructure and public space.
We (Sherwood Design Engineers) are deeply engaged in RBD and have a small office in LA. Also 1m+ SF of green roofs successfully built; most using site appropriate genetically accurate habitat plants. Not all green roofs are created equal, or planted with sedum monocultures...cat-free songbird habitat is a pretty big deal in urban settings since cats kill 10,000 times more birds than wind turbines each year.
Resilient / Ecological Infrastructure
Where are the Architects / Urban Designers who are integrating ecology and infrastructure into resilience planning? I'm very interesting in talking about urban performance in this context and curious what conversations are happening.
Do you mean on Archinect or in general. If you mean the latter, look at Rebuild by Design and Resilient by Design as starting points. Or you could look at the work being done in LA, etc...
there are a lot of things that you need to define. What performance? What scale? Resilience to what? Ecology? Ecological systems have many relational systems that allow them to maintain stability...mutualism, symbiosis, etc. Too many designers green wash the word ecological to mean putting plants on roofs. That’s a very shallow view of ecology.
Resilience can come about in many little ways, for example a green or vegetated roof can be a way to mitigate the heat island effect and flooding, especially in urban areas. New buildings no longer are opting to locate generators and vital mechanical or electrical equipment below grade because of the threat of flooding from storms like Sandy. In cities there is a serious rethinking of building mass transit in subways vers above ground for the same reasons. Resilience can be tackled at all levels of design and it is shaping the way we design and build buildings.
The conversations are mostly centering around risk management and not damaging the local and global environment is now, because of standards such as LEED, also a part of the risk management conversation.
Over and OUT
Peter N
...And it is technically incorrect.
http://www.ruderal.com/bullshi...
LOVE the bullshit generator...also appreciate the perspective on greenwashing. What I'm looking for are serious modelers who can work with metrics on scalability of ecological performance, using 3D and GIS tools to capture and aggregate benefits at district scale and communicate associated narratives graphically. Rigorous application in an engineering environment, with real clients for site/district infrastructure and public space.
We (Sherwood Design Engineers) are deeply engaged in RBD and have a small office in LA. Also 1m+ SF of green roofs successfully built; most using site appropriate genetically accurate habitat plants. Not all green roofs are created equal, or planted with sedum monocultures...cat-free songbird habitat is a pretty big deal in urban settings since cats kill 10,000 times more birds than wind turbines each year.
http://www.resilientbayarea.or...
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