Japanese architect Shigeru Ban gave an inspirational talk at this year’s Ecobuild conference in London. His talk was entitled Works and humanitarian activities. It concentrated on Ban’s disaster relief work using cardboard material for constructing temporary structures. Continue reading
Category Archives: SUSTAINABILITY
Kengo Kuma Talk
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was giving a talk at the V&A museum titled “Power of Place”. V&A at Dundee museum in Scotland will be his first building in UK. Construction is due to start this summer. Kuma’s talk was focusing on his philosophy of balancing design with nature. Continue reading
Artificial Microclimate Park to Moscow
Zaryadye park designed by the New York’s High Line designers Diller Scofidio + Renfro will be situated in a wasteland area close to the Kremlin in Moscow. Continue reading
London’s Largest Living Wall
Living walls can provide a clever way to combat flooding in an old city like London with recurring problems of too much water on streets and during periods of heavy rain, due to the low absorbency of urban surfaces. The Rubens at the Palace Hotel living wall, reaches over 21 metres high. It will be packed with over 20 seasonal plant species including buttercups, crocuses, strawberries, spring bulbs and winter geraniums. Standing at 350 square metres with over 10,000 ferns, herbaceous plants and 16 tons of soil, London’s largest living wall. Continue reading
Urban Roof Gardening
In dense city areas better utilising of rooftops in multiple ways is a growing trend. It is all about a growing need of how to make cities more self-sufficient and resilient. One great example is the Dalston Rooftop Park. Continue reading
New Nature Centre Finland
Haltia is the new Nature Centre in Finland, close to Helsinki. It is the first public building in Finland built entirely of wood. It is a sustainable building that uses the latest ecological solutions. For example it is heated and cooled with energy derived from the sun and the earth. Continue reading
New Organic Materials
One of the most interesting material trends from the Surface Design show in London was the variety of new organic and sustainable materials. Continue reading
