Designs for the World's First Aquaponic Hotel
Varinot & Varinot Architectes, a firm based in France, wants to apply this closed loop model to hotels by recycling rainwater throughout the building.
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The Future of Urban Agriculture in the Dominican Republic
In the Dominican Republic, Colmados are neighborhood and cultural fixtures that are under threat from the rise of large supermarket chains. By redesigning the Colmado network and placing new emphasis on urban agriculture, D.R. native and architect Carlos Guzman thinks the system can be transformed t
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DESIGNING AGRITECTURE INTO CITIES: RESULTS FROM THE VANCOUVER AGRITECTURE WORKSHOP
In just two days, an interdisciplinary team of urban agriculture enthusiasts took a site in Vancouver and turned it into an “agritectural” oasis.
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Powered by Plants: Concept Co-Generation Plant Includes Greenhouses and Vertical Gardens
Trans Gas Energy (TGE) asked Michael Singer to work with Stephan Solzhenitsyn of TRC Environmental Corp. on the early stage planning of a new cogeneration gas fired power facility in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The plant was engineered to use natural gas to generate 1,100MW of electricity and up to 2 mill
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A Pavilion of Moss and Scaffolding May Be Coming to Times Square
Times Square’s concrete jungle may soon welcome a thriving pavilion of moss. As part of Design Pavilion 2018, a nine-day event that takes place in celebration of the city’s official design week NYCxDESIGN , designer Sam Biroscak has conceptualized Mossgrove, an eco-concious project that hi
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“World’s Most Sustainable Shopping Centre”, with Rooftop Farm, to Open in Melbourne
Frasers Property Australia has announced plans to regenerate Burwood Brickworks in Melbourne’s east into what it’s calling “the most sustainable shopping centre in the world”.The developer has enlisted eco-pioneer, florist and designer Joost Bakker – best known for his sustainability-focused project
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A new concept for AirBnB: A Self-sufficient housing ecosystem experience
Recombining elements of suburban living, contemporary technologies and existing trade and service markets like airbnb , australian -based architectural studio blight blight & blight’s concept for a practical utopia proposes a modern and sustainable way of living. divided
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This solar-powered floating farm combines agriculture and dining under one roof
When you imagine a farm, this is probably the last thing you’d think of… and that’s precisely its appeal! Called Lotus, this floating architecture is at once a space for growing veggies, dining, and socializing within urban environments. The structure utilizes a vertical design to house its various
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SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES ARE ON THE HORIZON
Two weekends ago, I was honored to attend the 2017 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Conference in Los Angeles. I was delightfully surprised at how many education sessions were focused on the intersection of landscape architecture, sustainability, and resiliency. The sheer
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VINCENT CALLEBAUT PROPOSES 3D-PRINTING ‘FARMING BRIDGES’ TO REGENERATE WAR-TORN MOSUL
Vincent Callebaut has presented his winning project for the Rifat Chadirji prize, a competition that called for ideas to rebuild Iraq’s liberated areas in Mosul. Titled ‘five farming bridges’, the concept puts forward the construction of affordable and adaptable bridges &a
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Psychedelic digital greenhouse springs up in Tokyo
A digital greenhouse has popped up in Tokyo – complete with psychedelic lights and a ‘vegetable orchestra’
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CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ECOCITIES
The way we understand ecocities needs radical change in order to ensure a sustainable future, akin to our ancestors realizing the earth was round.
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