Controlled Environment
The cultural shift towards using materials and energy that are contained within planetary boundaries requires a reconsideration of the most fundamental assumptions about how buildings interact with the world.
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When Buildings Grow from the Ground They Stand On
Designing with a territory values connection over extraction. Clara Kernreuter from Atelier LUMA and Maria Helena Luiga from kuidas.works discuss bioregional design.
The Meat Paradox
If we could overcome the paradox of meat and make the hidden realities of the animal industry even slightly more visible, it is conceivable that we might begin inching towards dietary practices that do not require the exploitation of animals.
Tidings from a Man-Made Plateau
Although dictionaries define the term ‘plateau’ as a stable, fluctuation-free state, they also include a caveat: it only lasts for a certain period of time. So, what comes next?
Vertikal Nydalen. (Un)natural ventilation
Vertikal Nydalen, a mixed-use building in Oslo designed by Snøhetta, pushes the boundaries of a modern natural ventilation system, writes Ott Alver.
On Passivity
In the UK, a number of councils have adopted the passive house method in order to realise their growing ambitions in the housing sector. Could this also lead to an increase in spatial quality?
Pretending Wood. On the trail of sketchy materials
Authors traced the bigger processes that are connected to the production of engineered wood – these materials are produced from industry leftovers, but also from trees that are cut for that purpose only.
Aerial Assemblages
A friend of mine conducted a gardening experiment. Instead of planting any seeds into his balcony containers, he decided only to improve the quality of their soil, leaving the rest of the gardening tasks to wind and rain. Living next to the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, a diverse urban ecosystem, he was curious to
Life on Mere (Urban) Air and Love (of the City)
In addition to being home to trees, cities or urban environments are also home to 70% of the Estonian population—are these people not entitled to clean air as a human right?
The Power of Stench
Hence the main question of this article: what power does stench have? And who gets to feel the stench? Who talks about the stench? Who gets to decide where it stinks?