Biobased Construction, a Corporate Social Responsibility
Harold van de Ven Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 17.00 hrs Zoom lecture and 1 hour time for questions and discussion The construction of liveable cities does not mean only building densely, green, and biodiverse, but also sustainably. This means building with reused...
Biobased Construction, a Corporate Social Responsibility
Harold van de Ven Zoom Lecture Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 17.00 hrs The construction of liveable cities does not mean only building densely, green, and biodiverse, but also sustainably. This means building with reused materials and with materials that grow locally...
Vegetation’s Impact on Climate
webinar by Dipl.-Met. Guido W. Halbig https://www.youtube.com/@biotopecityjournal For the 50th lecture in our series, we are pleased to announce a webinar featuring a fundamentally important presentation: Dipl.-Met. Guido Halbig will highlight climate influences that...
Experiences with Nature-Inclusive Building
ir. Maike van Stiphout, landscape architect, Amsterdam https://www.youtube.com/@biotopecityjournal The temperature-reducing effects of greening in urban spaces are, fortunately, now widely known. But what does "greening" actually mean? Chlorophyll isn't a...
Greywater Use – Potentials in and Around Buildings
Webinar with Oliver Pongracz and Susanne Formanek Now available on our YouTube channel: Greywater Use – Potentials in/on and around Buildings In densely built cities, water is becoming an increasingly precious resource. At the same time, a large amount of...
Urban Expansion in Munich: The Role of Cooperatives for Social Cohesion under the Guidelines ‘Sustainability and Ecology’
Dipl.Ing. Wolfgang Heidenreich Wolfgang Heidenreich examines the influence of activities by young housing cooperatives on new Munich urban districts, through which the implementation of the goals 'ecology/biodiversity' and 'climate protection' in the areas of...
Obituary for Hinrich Baller
The news of the death of Hinrich Baller, one of the great architects of the past century, reached us with a delay. He was one of the few in the architectural world who devoted himself to the topic of integrating greenery into buildings from the very beginning of...
Between Concrete and Flowers – Wild Bees and Wasps in the City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQr6BYWGk90&t=11s Zoom webinar with Dr. Dominique Zimmermann, Natural History Museum Vienna The much-lauded greenery in the fight against urban heating does not come alone: there is no flora without fauna - and that includes...
A Plan B for the Climate – Overcoming Climate Change With the Forces of Nature
em.Prof. Dr. Gerd Ganteför, University of Konstanz Lecture on the Youtube Channel of Biotope City Journal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u73xWdNBNw Man-made climate change is real, it is due to the increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, which is mainly...
Urban Development Program for the Green City of the Future : Zaandam
by architect Mathias Lehner, MSc Mathias Lehner reports on his work on the 2040-2050 urban development plan for Zaanstad, a neighboring city of Amsterdam with 160,000 inhabitants that is set to grow rapidly to 200,000. This spatial vision for the future, entitled...