Grass-Walled and Green-Roofed Parking Garage for Toyko The two-story parking garage would take the place of a ground level parking lot, thus doubling the amount of available parking. Cheungvogl estimates that infrastructural investment to build the garage would more than pay for themselves through increased revenue from the additional spots. Not only green and gorgeous on the outside, but the inside parking garage walls and pillars would be painted by young artists as a sort of living museum, and the harsh fluorescent lighting characteristic of these lots would be replaced with more cheerful neon lights. In feudal times in Japan, the creation public parks and garden spaces was banned by the leaders, as such, public parks in Tokyo come at a premium. This new typology for the parking garage could infuse extra green space into the city by elevating a public park to the rooftop while also giving way to a more efficient green roofed structure. + Cheungvogl Via WAN
Workshop for Architecture & Associates Grondal Kitchen: Modular Island by Wiedemann Werkstatten in Germany Remodelista Older Kitchen: Modular Island by Wiedemann Werkstatten in Germany by Julie Carlson Issue 44 · In the Kitchen · November 3, 2010 Newer Issue 44 · In the Kitchen · November 3, 2010 Share on email Discovered via Designline Kuche, a concrete and oak kitchen in Germany by Wiedemann Werkstatten, with a few striking details we haven't seen before (cooktop knobs inset into the concrete countertop, modular benches that tuck under a cantilevered dining counter, and double sinks sharing a single faucet). Above: Double sinks, with a single swivel faucet. Above: Custom storage drawers. Above: The benches can be tucked under the cantilevered counter when not in use. EXPLORE MORE: Issue 44: In the Kitchen, Kitchens, Kitchens, Countertops, Furniture, Hardware, Storage Furniture: Bear and Lion in Brooklyn By Lizzie Hand Required Reading: Living Well in Small Homes By Janet Hall
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Living Wall at Nova Scotia Community College [VIDEO] « World Landscape Architect Dartmouth, NS – A living, breathing example of innovation is growing at Nova Scotia Community College’s (NSCC) Centre for the Built Environment at the Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth. Earlier today, NSCC president Dr. Joan McArthur-Blair helped students complete the first, permanent, exterior “living wall” east of Vancouver. “This living wall demonstrates the capacity of the Centre for the Built Environment to help Nova Scotians study the renewable energy and green technologies that are essential to our sustainable future,” said Dr. Living walls combine the natural and built environments. The 7,000 plants that make up NSCC’s living wall offer a variety of colours, textures, flowers and berries, providing a living piece of art that will change with the seasons.
Planter Pocket Facade An interesting project from Osaka, Japan featuring a variation on vertical green with a Hundertwasserian flair. There is a certain transparency in the system, and I was amazed that the project has been in place since the early 1990s. (via Inhabitat) :: image via InhabitatFrom Inhabitat: "Italian-born architect and artist, Gaetano Pesce designed and built the plant-clad Organic Building in Japan. The exterior of the building is an eye-catching vertical garden that takes its conceptual cues from bamboo. ... Completed in 1993, the Organic Building has since been named a civic landmark by the City of Osaka, which has undertaken its maintenance in perpetuity.
Clip-on Architecture: Reforesting Cities Much of the literature related to the role of the built environment in climate change has focused on new technologies and new ideas which might be implemented in new buildings. Tabula rasa eco-cities trumpeting their green credentials and high levels of environmental sustainability are being planned in the U.S., China, and Abu Dhabi, among other places, and green is the word of the day. Despite these ambitious plans for new cities, one might ask, with all the urban fabric which currently exists, why build at all, and most especially on such a massive scale? Starting from scratch is not the only way. Given the urgency of the massive changes to our way of life that must take place over the next seven to ten years, I believe that strategies which involve a retrofit or a clip-on to our existing structures and infrastructures deserve a serious look. Retrofitting our urban building stock to address climate change need not be limited exclusively to increasing their energy efficiency. </i>*}