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REGENERATION 2017. The Conference.

Pubblicato il 2017/03/29| Lascia un commento

REGENERATION 2017. The Conference.
Riva del Garda, Italy | Rocca di Riva del Garda.
Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (CEST)

It’s time to imagine a living future and a world of living buildings. The Living Building 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 to rapidly diminish the gap between current limits and the end-game positive solutions we seek.

clockwise: Amanda Sturgeon, Martin Brown, Emanuele Naboni, Emmanuel Pauwels

The conference is connected to REGENERATION, the 64 hours European competition organized by Macro Design Studio and Carlo Battisti together with the International Living Future Institute and also represents the annual main event of the Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy, a community-based group sharing knowledge and creating the local conditions that support development of Living Buildings, Sites and Communities.

PROGRAM

  • 09:00 – 09:30 Registration
  • 09:30 – 09:40 INTRODUCTION | Carlo Battisti and Paola Moschini
  • 09:40 – 10:05 Presentation by the YELLOW team in competition
  • 10:05 – 10:30 Presentation by the BLUE team in competition
  • 10:30 – 10:55 Presentation of the GREEN team in competition
  • 10:55 – 11:25 REGENERATION AND RESILIENCE: COMING TOGETHER FOR A LIVING FUTURE | Amanda Sturgeon, CEO of the International Living Future Institute
  • 11:25 – 11:45 Coffee break
  • 11:45 – 12:05 TOWARDS A NEW HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE | Martin Brown, founder of Fairsnape
  • 12:05 – 12:25 ARCHITECTURAL DEVICES FOR REGENERATIVE STRATEGIES IN EXTREME CLIMATES | Emanuele Naboni, Associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy Copenhagen, School of Architecture
  • 12:25 – 12:45 HOW TO MAKE YOUR DAILY PRACTICE BLOSSOM WITH LBC? Emmanuel Pauwels, founder of Green Living Projects
  • 12:45 – 13:00 Proclamation of the winners of REGENERATION 2017

ORGANISATION

Where Fortezza Rocca di Riva del Garda (TN) Italy | Coordinates 45.884533, 10.8421131
Parking (toll) Parcheggio Terme Romane, Viale Pilati 2, 38066 Riva del Garda; Parcheggio Monte Oro, Via Monte Oro 1, 38066 Riva del Garda
Information +39 3289797497 | eventi@macrodesignstudio.it
Registration here. Participation is free but seats are limited. Deadline for registration: Friday 28th April 2017.
Language The Conference will be in English (with simultaneous translation).
CEU 4 Educational credits for architects will be provided in agreement with Ordine degli Architetti Pianificatori e Paesaggisti e Conservatori di Trento. This conference has been approved for 4 LFA (Living Future Accredited professional) CEU hours. Attendance certification will be released at the end of the conference.

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REGENERATION 2017 – Apply now!

Pubblicato il 2017/01/18| Lascia un commento

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Living Building Challenge Collaborative: Italy with Macro Design Studio and Carlo Battisti is organising the third edition of: REGENERATION , the design competition in Europe entirely based on the sustainability certification standard Living Building Challenge.

The competition is open to professionals (architects, engineers, environmental sustainability and landscape experts) in Europe, under 35 years old. The deadline for the request of participation is next January 31^st, 2017. We will select the best 15 on the basis of the documentation submitted.

The event will take place at Centrale Fies, Dro (Trento – Italy), on April, 26^th to 29^th, 2017. 64 non-stop hours of integrative design in which each team, assisted by tutors expert of LBC, will compete in designing the best redevelopment project of an existing local public building. There will be side events i.e. a final conference open to the public on the issues of LBC as well as the final presentation of the projects, with the proclamation of the best project by an international jury.

Participants (after the selection of the 15) are required to pay a registration fee of 240 € + VAT. Room and board are paid by the organization. The award for the best team of the project is 3,000 € (cash).

You may find all the information about REGENERATION on:

The deadline for the request of participation is next January 31^st, 2017.
Do you want to regenerate with us? Help us spread the word!
Thank you and a warm greeting from

The REGENERATION Team

APPLY NOW!

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ReGeneration

Pubblicato il 2015/01/16| 2 commenti

MDS-01Macro 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.

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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.

REGENERATION is the first design competition in Europe entirely based on the Living Building Challenge protocol.

living_building_challenge_logoThe Living Building Challenge™ (LBC) is a building certification program, advocacy tool and philosophy that defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible today and acts to rapidly diminish the gap between current limits and the end-game positive solutions we seek. LBC is a Visionary Path to a Regenerative Future.

REGENERATION is a design workshop in which teams composed of young professionals are called to develop a project of sustainable requalification of an existing public building for the local community.

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Every team should respond to specific requirements defined in the announcement: integrative design, synergistic development of the project and sharing of expertise are necessary prerogatives to tackle this challenge.

The purpose of the competition is to show the best sustainable regeneration project for an existing public building in terms of architecture, energy efficiency, livability and relationship with social, urban and natural context.

Centrale Fies

Centrale Fies, Dro (Trento) – Italy

REGENERATION will take place at Centrale Fies, Dro (Trento – Italy), on April 15th to 18th, 2015.

Selection of 15 young participants is open! See the Application Form as attachment.

The deadline is January 30th 2015.

Official language: English.

For more information on the purpose and how to participate, we invite you to consult

Web sites and socials:

Do you want to regenerate with us? Help us spread the word! 🙂

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The marshmallow challenge.

Pubblicato il 2014/02/05| Lascia un commento

2014_02_05 immagine 01Premetto che non amo i marshmallow. Sono quei cilindretti di zucchero, bianchi e morbidi al tatto, ricavati in origine dalla pianta Althaea officinalis e che spopolano negli USA. Per me sono troppo … dolci e inconsistenti. Ma il motivo per cui ne parlo è che sono alla base di un divertentissimo gioco di team building che conta addirittura su di un sito web dedicato,  the Marshmallow Challenge (grazie a Paolo Privitera per averne parlato).

Il gioco (e la sfida) sono decisamente irresistibili e incoraggiano i team a sperimentare semplici ma profonde lezioni di collaborazione, innovazione e creatività. Il compito è semplice: in 18 minuti, i team devono costruire la struttura più alta (e che stia in piedi da sola !) utilizzando 20 spaghetti, una iarda (circa 90 cm) di nastro adesivo, una iarda di filo e 1 (un) marshmellow. Il marshmellow deve stare in cima.

Dal confronto tra le prestazioni dei team emergono lezioni sorprendenti. Chi si comporta peggio? Chi riesce a far meglio? Perché? Cosa migliora le prestazioni e cosa le affossa? Come funziona il gioco e un sacco di considerazioni divertenti ce lo spiega in un video di TED Tom Wujec (Build a tower, build a team), uno dei direttori creativi di Autodesk, responsabile di aver portato sul mercato software di successo come Autodesk SketchBook Pro, PortfolioWall e Maya.

Volete provarci? Ecco le istruzioni per l’uso.

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  1. Fissate l’incontro (45-60 minuti, da 4 a 800 persone …)
  2. Preparate un kit per ogni squadra (spaghetti, corda, marshmallow, nastro adesivo) più l’occorrente per organizzare il gioco (nastro per misurare, cronometro – per i 18 minuti – video proiettore con la presentazione per spiegare le regole).
  3. Fornite istruzioni chiare ai partecipanti.
  4. Date il via alla sfida (scandite il tempo, indicate i gruppi che hanno terminato, ecc.).
  5. Terminate la sfida (misurate le strutture, nominate i vincitori, analizzate le lezioni apprese, ecc.).

Tre messaggi importanti emergono da questo gioco:

2014_02_05 immagine 031. Il motivo per cui i bambini riescono in questo gioco meglio che gli studenti delle scuole di business (perché è questo che succederà – guardatevi il video di Tom Wujec) è che i bambini spendono più tempo a giocare e a fare prototipi. Lesson one: prototyping matters.

2. I team con un mix di competenze tecniche (specialistiche) e gestionali (facilitazione) funzionano meglio degli altri. Lesson two: diverse skills matter.

3. Lo stesso gioco, replicato a distanza di tempo ma con un incentivo economico in palio ha mostrato risultati medi più elevati. Competenze elevate, combinate agli incentivi, danno risultati migliori. Lesson three: incentives magnify outcomes.

Ma forse il punto più importante riguarda proprio il marshmallow. Nel gioco il marshmallow non si rivela ciò sembra … perchè? e cosa significa tutto ciò, qual è la metafora che il marhsmallow rappresenta? Giocate e sappiatemi dire … 😉

2014_02_05 immagine 04The Marshmallow Challenge is a remarkably fun and instructive design exercise that encourages teams to experience simple but profound lessons in collaboration, innovation and creativity. The task is simple: in eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow. The marshmallow needs to be on top.

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