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Category: Biomimicry
In “Attraverso lo specchio” di Lewis Carroll, la Regina Rossa dice ad Alice “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place, if you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”. Possiamo provare a tradurre così: “Ora, qui, … Continue reading La corsa della Regina Rossa.
E i nostri edifici sono parte del problema. Lunedì scorso presso EURAC con Daniele Pernigotti, Ulrich Santa (Agenzia per l’Energia Alto Adige – CasaClima) e Roberto Lollini (EURAC, Istituto per le Energie Rinnovabili) abbiamo preso spunto dalla splendida iniziativa di Daniele e dei suoi amici Ride With Us (da Venezia a Parigi in bicicletta per partecipare alla … Continue reading Il clima sta cambiando, ok??
After the excellent feedbacks of the 1st edition, REGENERATION will be repeated. Macro Design Studio in collaboration with the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and the Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy is proud to organize REGENERATION, the 2nd edition | 2016, the European design competition entirely based on the LBC protocol. What It is a design workshop in which three teams composed … Continue reading REGENERATION. Reloaded.
‘State of the Art’ Sustainable Innovation & Design Part of the ‘Towards Sustainable Product Design’ series of conferences 20th International Conference 9th-10th November 2015 University for the Creative Arts Epsom Surrey KT18 5BE UK Please don't miss our paper presentation on Day #2 at 10:45 in the Refereed Papers session - I'm the only Italian … Continue reading Sustainable Innovation 2015.
The world's best animal architecture - in pictures, by Ingo Arndt. Animal Architecture by Ingo Arndt, Jurgen Tautz and Jim Brandenburg. In Animal Architecture, Ingo Arndt explores marvels of nature with spectacular imagery, showcasing the complex and elegant structures that animals create both for shelter and for capturing prey. Arndt’s photographs display wonders such as … Continue reading Animal House.
Source: David M. Hillis, Derrick Zwickl, Robin Gutell; University of Texas (thanks to Matteo Castellini for highlighting it). About this Tree: This tree is from an analysis of small subunit rRNA sequences sampled from about 3,000 species from throughout the Tree of Life. The species were chosen based on their availability, but we attempted to … Continue reading The tree of life.
«Biomimicry is the conscious emulation of life's genius. Innovation inspired by nature» - Janine M. Benuys, "Biomimicry", 1997 Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies. The goal is to create products, processes, and policies—new ways of living—that are well-adapted to life on … Continue reading You don’t know how? Ask Nature!
Home again, after three days as a "sponge" in Seattle, absorbing a fascinating mix of technical knowledge, sustainability principles and visions of the future. A Living Future, like the name of the ninth annual “unconference” organized by the International Living Future Institute. Architects, landscape architects, engineers, ecologists, manufacturers, and other professionals focused on sustainability in … Continue reading Highlights from LF15.
After one year, I'm back, this time in Seattle, at the Living Future unconference 2015. As always, eager to learn, to exchange views with the participants, to listen to the keynote speakers and best-practices, togo through the Living Building Challenge. The time for “Do less harm” has passed. It’s time for the beginning of being; … Continue reading Place and Community. The LF unConference.
It’s time to imagine a living future and a world of living buildings. The Living Buildings Challenge is a philosophy, certification and advocacy tool for projects to move beyond merely being less bad and to become truly regenerative. The Challenge defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible today and acts … Continue reading REGENERATION. The Conference.
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