Macro Design Studio in collaboration with The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is proud to organize REGENERATION, the first design competition in Europe entirely based on the LBC protocol. REGENERATION as the first "generation" of young professionals (architects, engineers) that can "regenerate" with their own ideas the built environment, getting the best possible performances for the building. … Continue reading ReGeneration
Category: Project Management
Design for simplicity.
The poet William Wordsworth once wrote, “The world is too much with us.” If this was true in the bucolic 18th and 19th centuries when Wordsworth lived, it is even more true today, when every gadget comes with an incomprehensible 100-page instruction manual. Thus, simplifying people’s lives with your products and services is a surefire … Continue reading Design for simplicity.
Il GL Facciate entra nello European Façade Network.
Il Gruppo di Lavoro Facciate del TIS è diventato partner della affermata cooperazione internazionale nel campo della progettazione e della costruzione di facciate “European Façade Network” (EFN). Con il proprio corso "FACE | Façade Architecture Construction Engineering“ e le attività nel campo della ricerca e sviluppo sulle facciate dei propri membri (centri di ricerca così come … Continue reading Il GL Facciate entra nello European Façade Network.
Weighing the culture.
After three years of work, the European R&D 3encult Project has come to an end. The project has bridged the gap between conservation of historic buildings and climate protection, which is not an antagonism at all: historic buildings will only survive if maintained as living space. Energy efficient retrofit is useful for structural protection as well … Continue reading Weighing the culture.
Biomimicry is Hot
... and Living Buildings too 😉 “What if I told you I work in a building that acts like a tree? More than a pickup line, this could save the world”. The Bullitt Center created this great video to promote the concept of biomimicry. The Bullitt Center is the greenest commercial building in the world. … Continue reading Biomimicry is Hot
E io pago …
Sapevate che presso il Ministero delle Infrastrutture esiste una "anagrafe delle opere incompiute"? Ebbene sì, e ammontano a circa 600 (seicento). Dalla rete idrica Basento-Bradano (Basilicata) alla Città dello Sport a Tor Vergata (Roma) a ... Lo racconta Sergio Rizzo, nell'articolo sul viaggio che ha compiuto per "Io Donna" del Corriere della Sera del 24.10.2014, … Continue reading E io pago …
Green mood in New Orleans.
Highlights from Greenbuild 2014. Maybe not one of the busiest (but the numbers were nonetheless significant), surely one of the most exciting and compelling editions of Greenbuild, the one concluded last week in New Orleans. The leadership in jazz, the ease, the green reconstruction nine years after Katrina. So many meetings, people, emotions. Greenbuild is … Continue reading Green mood in New Orleans.
The start-up roadmap.
Hey, guys, you want to found a start-up? Follow the roadmap prepared by Funders & Founders. Put the dates next to the expected steps and then proceed, remembering the motto (by Denzel Washington, I do fully approve it): "Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do." Simple, isn't it? Or not? … Continue reading The start-up roadmap.
Barn raising.
The Amish expertise. A barn raising, also historically called a "raising bee" or "rearing" in the U.K., describes a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community. Yet a barn is also a large and costly structure, the assembly of which … Continue reading Barn raising.
I rumori della LUNA.
Anche stavolta un successo. 5.119 visitatori al TIS (mille in più del ‘boom’ del 2010) su circa 16.000 partecipanti complessivi all’edizione 2014 della Lunga Notte della Ricerca, l’evento che ogni due anni apre ai visitatori le porte del mondo altoatesino della ricerca e dell’innovazione. 1 città, 14 location, 140 stazioni. Tra queste, 26 erano al … Continue reading I rumori della LUNA.
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