SERVICES > LIVING ARCHITECTURE
Simply put, living architecture is the fusion of
vegetation and architecture.
In architecture and landscape design there are endless
opportunities and great advantages to housing vegetation in new
and existing architectural designs.
With the introduction of soil, vegetation and water in
architectural systems we begin to utilize these living
components as integrated filtration, cooling and food systems in
our urban and built environments. Green roofs and living walls
are biological sponges and filters that reduce the urban heat
island effect in our cities by dramatically absorbing and
slowing the rate of runoff from buildings and purifying water
along its decent into the landscape below.
Vegetated systems become an
active cooling agent to buildings, minimizing the need
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for interior
air-conditioning and heating systems. With the integration of
living architecture into our environments we are able to turn
waste streams into resource streams, harnessing, capturing and
utilizing water as an on-site recyclable resource for the
building, landscape and local habitat. Here we are able to
eliminate or dramatically reduce runoff into storm drains, near
by steams, rivers and eventually ocean ecosystems.
With the integration of living material comes life, expansion of
habitat, the creation of wildlife corridors, biodiversity, and
resilience and stability among local and migratory flora and
fauna species. Living architecture also enhances vitality and
productivity among local residents and workplaces as the
greening provides beauty and serenity in areas that would
otherwise be void of life and substance.
Living architecture also provides the opportunity for cities to
grow local vertical food systems within the existing city or
town limits, allowing for the preservation of our rural lands
and surrounding resources. Vegetating and integrating our food
sources into town and city fabrics can begin to offset our
energy consumption, eliminating further suburban sprawl by
reawakening the core’s of our existing communities. Living
architecture is a vehicle for regenerating our communities. |
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WHAT IS PERMACULTURE? |
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WHAT IS REGENERATIVE DESIGN? |
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WHAT IS LIVING ARCHITECTURE? |
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Permaculture (permanent agri-culture) is a set of
practical ecological design principles and methods for human
settlements which can be applied to urban, suburban and
watershed scales. Permaculture is the conscious design and
maintenance of agriculturally... |
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As environmental designers in the field and as
consumers we need to acknowledge that our design and living
practices not only need to do no harm but must initiate
regenerative processes to replace the degeneration resulting
from our past practices.
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Simply put, living architecture is the fusion of
vegetation and architecture.
In architecture and landscape design there are endless
opportunities and great advantages to housing vegetation in new
and existing architectural designs.
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