A Wall in the Change of Seasons

A Wall in the Change of Seasons

A Wall in the Change of Seasons Irene Zluwa The contribution of Irene Zluwa is the result of a study of plants that have a good chance of surviving wall greening. This is certainly interesting for those who want to realize greening the grey house...

THE PIONEERS OF URBAN GREEN: HARRY GLÜCK

THE PIONEERS OF URBAN GREEN: HARRY GLÜCK

He is the grand old man of the Austrian social housing architecture, famous for Alterlaa, mass housing high-rise buildings, without any problems, but only highly satisfied tenants. By Helga Fassbinder

FREI OTTO: HOUSES IN THE TREE – BERLIN 1987

FREI OTTO: HOUSES IN THE TREE – BERLIN 1987

FREI OTTO: HOUSES IN THE TREE - BERLIN 1987 Director, camera, Editor: Beate LendtProduction: Gerald Lindner & Beate LendtMusic and sound: Vladimir Rakic Film: House in the tree (trailer)            http://architekturclips.de/treehouse Living in a tree...

I am the city

I am the city

I am the city   Leora Rosner   I am the city Stone, brick, mortar, steel and glass My arteries are the streets The sidewalks my veins My people are the muscles Of my perambulations My breath is short and strained and I am feverish I am the city Nigh...

URBAN FARMING & BUREAUS: ‘Zuidpark’ in Amsterdam

URBAN FARMING & BUREAUS: ‘Zuidpark’ in Amsterdam

URBAN FARMING & BUREAUS: 'Zuidpark' in Amsterdam - The largest vegetable roof of Europe - the results of one year experience   Helga Fassbinder   Urban farming is in! In addition to tomatoes and lettuce on balconies and rooftops,...

WILDLIFE IN THE CITY

WILDLIFE IN THE CITY

The formula “The City as Nature” asks for a definition how one understands by nature. Where to start? Where does it belong? The question is explosive, especially among biologists but also among ordinary people: when nature has to be saved: which one? The nature in the state of hundred years ago?

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEN

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEN

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEN Statement at Alpbach Built Environment Symposium 31.8.-1.9.2012 "Creating Living Spaces - How will we live in the future"   Helga Fassbinder We are living in a time of fundamental changes. In building too, it seems as if we...

HOMO URBANUS – the man of the urban future

HOMO URBANUS – the man of the urban future

HOMO URBANUS - the man of the urban future Jelle Reumer ‘The environment selects’ is a well-known Darwinist paradigm. The idea also holds water when the environment changes, in which case the changed environment selects. An environment without...