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Introduction to Designing Environments : Paradigms & Approaches (2023)

Hensel, Michael U. [editor.] ; Sunguroğlu Hensel, Defne. [editor.] ; Binder, Claudia R. [editor.] ; [et al.]

Cham :Springer International Publishing :

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Keywords: Sustainability. ; Sustainable architecture. ; Urban ecology (Biology). ; Landscape ecology. ; Culture Study and teaching. ; Sustainability. ; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. ; Urban Ecology. ; Landscape Ecology. ; Cultural Studies.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction to Designing Environments (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 2. Anthropocene Risks (Patrick Keyes et. al.) -- Chapter 3. Complexity Science Approaches and Paradigms for Sustainability (Dr. Angela Espinosa) -- Chapter 4. Knowledge & Data-integrated Approaches for Designing Environments (Dr. Cédric Pruski et. al.) -- Chapter 5. Modelling the Anthropocene (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter H. Verburg) -- Chapter 6. Geodesign & Geoinformatics (Prof. Dr. Olaf Schrot) -- Chapter 7. Land-use Change Modelling (Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Verburg) -- Chapter 8. Computational Landscape Ecology (Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt) -- Chapter 9. Urban Metabolism (Prof. Dr. Vanesa Castán Broto) -- Chapter 10. Socio-metabolic Transitions (Prof. Mag. Dr. Helmut Haberl) -- Chapter 11. Human-Environment Interactions in Urban Systems (Prof. Paola Viganó) -- Chapter 12. Climate Change and Cities (Cynthia Rosenzweig et. al.) -- Chapter 13. Science of Cities: Urban Ecology (Timon McPhearson) -- Chapter 14. Architectural Science: Architecture and Environment Integration (Prof. Dr. Michael U. Hensel et. al.) -- Chapter 15. Towards regenerative architecture – the challenge to design ecologically positive buildings (Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig et. al.) -- Chapter 16. Multi-species Perspectives in Planning and Design (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser et. al.).

Abstract: The Designing Environments book series addresses questions regarding necessary environmental transformation in the context of the fast-unfolding environmental crisis. This is done from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, examining the negative impact of human transformations of the environment and providing different inroads towards sustainable environmental transformation with net positive impact. Volume one of the Designing Environments book series brings together experts from different disciplines and often inter- and transdisciplinary contexts, who discuss specific approaches to overcoming the negative impact of the transformation of environments by humans. Across the 12 chapters of volume one, specific keywords recur that are indicative of shared insights and concerns. These include Anthropocene, climate change, complexity, critical zone, ecosystem services, and sustainability. Furthermore, interdisciplinary approaches to human–environment interactions, sustainability transitions, and socio-ecological systems take center stage and are discussed in relation to conceptual and methodological as well as societal and technological challenges and opportunities.

Type of Medium: Online Resource

Pages: XIV, 229 p. 1 illus. , online resource.

Edition: 1st ed. 2023.

ISBN: 9783031343780

Series Statement: Designing Environments,

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34378-0

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-34378-0

DDC: 304.2

Language: English

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Characterizing Regenerative Aspects of Living Root Bridges (2020)

Middleton, Wilfrid ; Habibi, Amin ; Shankar, Sanjeev ; [et al.]

Molecular Diversity Preservation International

In: Sustainability. 2020; 12(8): 3267. Published 2020 Apr 17. doi: 10.3390/su12083267.

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Publication Date: 2020-04-17

Description: Living root bridges (LRBs) are functional load-bearing structures grown from Ficus elastica by rural Khasi and Jaintia communities in Meghalaya (India). Formed without contemporary engineering design tools, they are a unique example of vernacular living architecture. The main objective of this study is to investigate to what extent LRBs can be seen as an example of regenerative design. The term "regenerative" describes processes that renew the resources necessary for their function. Whole systems thinking underpins regenerative design, in which the integration of human and non-human systems improves resilience. We adapted the living environments in natural, social, and economic systems (LENSES) framework (living environments in natural, social, and economic systems) to reflect the holistic, integrated systems present in LRBs. The regenerative / sustainable / degenerative scale provided by LENSES Rubrics is applied to 27 focal points in nine flow groups. Twenty-two of these points come from LENSES directly, while five were created by the authors, as advised by the LENSES framework. Our results show 10 focal points in which LRBs are unambiguously regenerative. One focal point is unambiguously sustainable, while 16 are ambiguous, showing regenerative, sustainable, and degenerative aspects. User perspective determines how some focal points are evaluated. The contrast between a local, indigenous perspective and a global, tourism-focused perspective is demonstrated by the results.

Electronic ISSN: 2071-1050

Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering

Published by Molecular Diversity Preservation International

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Urban Microclimate Canopy: Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Growth Simulation of a Living Architecture Prototype (2020)

Shu, Qiguan ; Middleton, Wilfrid ; Dörstelmann, Moritz ; [et al.]

Molecular Diversity Preservation International

In: Sustainability. 2020; 12(15): 6004. Published 2020 Jul 26. doi: 10.3390/su12156004.

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Publication Date: 2020-07-26

Description: Urban Microclimate Canopy is a digitally fabricated fiber glass structure supporting climbing plants in order to explore new ways of integrating vegetation in densely built urban environments. A prototype was designed and manufactured in the context of an interdisciplinary studio with master’s students following an approach of research by design. Varying the assembly of winding frames and fiber weaving syntax generates diverse geometric shape and structural performance. For two short-term exhibitions, ivy plants were temporarily installed in the structure. This first step was followed with a reflection of systematic integration of the growth processes of climbing plants and parametric design. An iterative solution is given, consisting of a feedback loop linking the design of the technical structure, the simulation of plant growth, and the simulation of the environmental effects of the hybrid structure. To achieve this a novel framework for simulating twining plant’s growth on network-like structures is presented: external stimuli define a cone-shaped circumnutation space (searching space model) which results in a climbing path (climbing steps model). The framework is constructed to integrate improved individual functions (such as stimuli of circumnutation) for better simulation results. To acquire more knowledge about interactions between the plants and the fiber structure, the prototype was installed permanently and planted with three different climbing plants, representing different climbing mechanisms.

Electronic ISSN: 2071-1050

Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering