Category: vegitecture
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FLYP Media – High Line
A reader pointed me to a new online magazine entitled ‘FLYP’ which takes the idea of new media to a level. that isn’t just an electronic display of the content but a more interactive idea of content. A recent article about Diller, Scofidio + Renfro and their work with Field Operations on the High Line.…
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Local Flavor: OSC Revealed
Last week I posted about this local project, and the process in general. The end of the Phase I feasibility study for the Oregon Sustainability Center revealed a very integrated and transparent process culminating in a potential example of cutting edge Veg.itecture in Portland – albeit in need of some visual refinement. I usually turn…
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Local Flavor: Oregon Sustainability Center
Based in Portland, Oregon I sometimes forget the fact that what we consider everyday is often innovative in the larger global scale. My blog reaches beyond to interject many global ideas into our local work, but also to place what we are doing within a larger ecological design concept. One project worth noting is the…
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Veg.itecture Spin-Off
It’s fun to see something that seemed relatively nascent a few years back grow into a full-fledged phenomenon. The growth of vegetated architecture projects and the number of sites covering this topic has literally exploded of late, and I was fearful that the entire Landscape+Urbanism blog would be eclipsed and framed by Veg.itecture rather than…
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Avian Rooftops
I’m getting the feeling that Veg.itecture has turned a corner in both representation and concept. Aside from the mere amount of ‘green’ proposals being churned out in the guise of environmental and productive landscapes, the concepts continually provide more expansive ideas in theoretical underpinnings. This could be good, as it transitions beyond mere decorative or…
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High Line Goes Public
In one of the most exciting bits of news lately, Section 1 of the L+U favorite High Line will open to the public next week. This on the heels some travel press from across the pond, and the announcement of a large gift from some local celebs.. couldn’t be better timing, as today’s post reveals…
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Re:Vision Dallas = Vertical Green
The annoucement of three winners for the Re:Vision Dallas Competition on Bustler was telling in some of the interesting forms, and the consistency of veg.itecture as a vital building element – particularly the use of roof and walls faces for environmental, aesthetic, and productive means. Check out the full array of info and pics on…
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Hadid, Green?
I’m somewhat ambivalent about the architecture of Zaha Hadid – as it is predominately removed from context and placed, like sculpture, in the landscape. The new 850,000 sf design museum, library and educational facility in Seoul, South Korea offers a glimpse of green surfacing over the typical organic blobs, in an attempt at innovation connection…
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Horizontal v. Vertical Farming
As a continuation of a common recent theme, Treehugger offers some additional questions, as well as a really cool example of a horizontal farm – The Zuidkas, by Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter from the Netherlands. The post makes the case for horizontal vs. vertical farming as perhaps a more realistic opportunity for integrated urban agriculture.…
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DeWinging: Dragonfly
Ok, let me start off by saying I’m a big fan of wildly speculative work that pushes the boundaries of thought and expands the thinking of our urban spaces and landscapes. That said, I’m started to chafe at the preponderance of overwrought schemes flown about under the guise of skyscraper or vertical farming (previously discussed…