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Biophilic v. Technophilic Solutions
As part of an ongoing mapping project of green building and sites being conducted through a group of local architectural and environmental groups, a small side-committee of Oregon ASLA members is looking at dissecting the idea of sustainable sites. To this end, we are using the Sustainable Sites Initiative (as well as some other systems)…
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Tree Art Revisited
I did a series of posts back a year or so related to tree art – as I find these explorations terribly interesting to provoke understanding or look at different ways on perhaps one of the ubiquitous and overlooked workers in our urban landscapes. Here’s a selection of some newer additions to this eco-artform. ::…
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Mapping Green
An interesting post from Treehugger points out the power of ‘maps’ as inventive ways to capture the complexity of ecological systems and provides education and support for ideas. An article mentioned (via core77) in Communication Arts entitled ‘Mapping Power’ references this idea in detail (and worth a careful read). :: image via Treehugger One example…
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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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Urban Chickens Build – 2
A summation of days 2 & 3 of the experiment in urban chickens… with the final form framed out and the interior in place, ready for roof framing and plywood, and eventually ecoroof and siding. Should be habitable by this weekend… :: 2 walls down… :: and 3… :: and four… :: framing the interior…
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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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Urban Chickens Build – 1
After a lovely weekend day spent rounding up materials for the Experiment in Urban Chickens, I spent Monday putting together the foundation, floor and starting to frame out the walls… some pics. :: my trusty helper Ginger inspecting the building pad :: finished and level base to keep the chickens off the ground :: the…
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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…