area 122 – sustainable way

There are terms that simply define objects or situations, others that merely describe characteristics by turning them into adjectives, and some – and this is by now universally recognized for…

The matter of the climatic change The challenge of two degrees centigrade It is a known fact that all countries agree on one goal, namely to reduce emissions of carbon…

In contrast to modernist urban planning, which tends to uniformity and repetition of simple oversized objects, the morphological textures of historic cities combine a high degree of fractal scaling structure…

The Diego Portales University is a non-profit private organization that has been founded in Chile 27 years ago. It is located in the center of Santiago, in an area called…

Two of the existing three branches of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) will be housed in this building. The complex will comprise a main building with laboratories and offices,…

The cooperation agreement signed in November 2007 between the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Protection of the Territory and the Sea has resulted…

The building site, which until not long ago housed industrial structures is located in a position relatively displaced from the historic centre of Lugo. However, it will soon become a…

Since the start of the design process, sustainability has been one of the inspirations for the design of Kaap Skil. Kaap Skil not only has ground source thermal storage -…

Faced with the imminent renovation of its historic 17th century “Chateau” and the need to centralise several scattered administrative departments, the municipality of Prilly launched an architectural competition in late…

The hotel is located next to the sea, on a land on which in the 1900s the old port facilities were located and later a Franciscan Monastery. A 4×4 wooden…

St. Mary’s Seashore Church is situated directly on Germany’s North Sea coast, separated only by a dyke from the Unesco World Natural Heritage Site of the Wattenmeer mudflats. A bird’s eye…

photo by Boeri Studio The Vertical Forest project aims to build high-density tower blocks with trees within the city. The first example of a Vertical Forest is currently under construction…

Our civilization, having been progressed on industrialization and information, confronts to absolute demand for coexistence with nature. All the traces of civilization from architectural activities could mean ruins from the…

The town of Bessancourt lies about 28 km north-west of Paris. An old and intact town centre with narrow alleys, courtyards and small houses surrounds the church, which dates from…

Hat-shaped bioclimatic penthouse Strategy In the spring of 2009 an old friend called me and told me: “do you remember when I asked you to redecorate my room at my…

The new wind generator belongs to the “mini wind turbine” category; it is compact but nevertheless produces about 55 KW. The design features a light and transparent structure with some…

Katia Carlucci: Loccioni is a company which has specialized for about 45 years in various activities that vary considerably, as research, innovation, measuring and testing, energy and connecting. Is there…

The imminent arrival of the Olympics 2012, whose opening ceremony is scheduled for the forthcoming 27 July, will represent the first phase of the ambitious upgrading works planned by the municipal…