At the moment we dont even really design cities for peoplewe design - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
At the moment we dont even really design cities for peoplewe design - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
At the moment we dont even really design cities for peoplewe design cities for FORD MONDEOMAN In the 40s designers decided that technology (air conditioning and the like) could solve all of our problems and started building the
At the moment we don’t even really design cities for people…we design cities for…
FORD MONDEO…MAN
‘In the 40s designers decided that technology (air conditioning and the like) could solve all of our problems and started building the same house type throughout the country without much thought for the climate or environment.’
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DESIGN ROOFS FOR ENGINEERS NOT FOR WILDFLOWERS
Or are Sedums slaves of an industry that cares little about delivering meaningful ecology
Biodiverse - ‘brown’ roof
220 metres
We don’t think it’s incredible that a bee can fly 220 metres between flower rich habitat
It’s what they do
156 metres 156 metres
But how do they get to the top of a tower block?
Take the lift?
156 metres 156 metres 220 metres
Bees can FLY!!!!
220 metres 220 metres
For a bee surely The distance is the same
205,000m2 - 20% increase in a year Current estimation for whole of London 1.6million m2
‘In the future we will design cities for nature and the countryside for people…’
At the moment we design cities for…
At the moment we design buildings for…
At the moment we design drainage for…
Pipe
Cordoba, Argentina
Let’s design cities for nature And then they will be better for people
Let’s weave a solar biodiversity story
BIOSOLAR ROOFS
COMBINING TECHNOLOGIES
Ladywell Park
Biodiversity Net Gain
Where there is too much pavement there is too much poverty? Where there is too much pavement there is too much ill health
- ff from estate road
- ff from estate road
QC Plan S8.1: SHORT-LISTED INTERVENTIONS
A GREENER VISION OF CITIES IN EUROPE CITIES FULL OF BIRD SONG