Integrated Regenerative Design
Introduction lesson 1 26/09
3 themes today:
- Code red: our current future
- Code yellow : our re-imagine future
- Code green: our solution
Introduction
6 main reflections during this course:
1) Choices
- Has to do with our lifestyle, what do we chosoe? Does the earth choose this too?
- This course is for decision makers
- Our choices are too high for the world
2) Impact
- Our impact as an architect? Our impact/responsability is much higher than standard jobs
3) Do It Yourself
- We know a lot, but nobody does it. Nobody chooses to change
- The school is the place to start these changes and test them
4) Re-search
- Designing is research > discovering the right questions/awnsers
5) AI or PI
- (PI = personal intelligence)
- You need to use it, it gives it to you, it’s generating possibilities
6) Focus or talent
- Both. Combination is the best option
- Be focused and reduce the stress
- Ex. Vo trong: they have a focus for each project
➔ 6 reflections: the red line connects all of these, this is the power. There are a lot of possibilities
> looking at differences and choosing.
EVR architects:
- Purification system, based on the research of NASA > try to find new answers for cooling,
heating at night and day. Also green houses,
- Breeam excellent: looking to the quality of the space
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, - Cooling roof (white) > crazy to do a black roof (gets up to 80 degrees)
- Urban forests in brussels (destress the city) > embrace nature again
Overview of this course:
-First 6 lessons (7 themes): the building as a
part of a big system
o The process
o The project
o The commons & community
o Natural process
o Resilient cultures
o Resilient places
o Circular processes
- Second 6 lessons: zooming in the building >
all the different parts working together
➢ Output: examination + paper
A. Code RED
Sustainability is not enough:
1. Take what you need
o our planet is a bank, and every day we take more mony from it, than we can pay
back + the speed of taking is gigantic
o Are we working together with nature? Not enough.
2. Produce and create a market to sell
o A lot of the stuff we buy is from the huge industry
3. Consume
o We create an enormous market for
consumption
4. Bad design quickly becomes waste
o Design is made to fail, so we buy new
stuff. The design is set up, dumping waste
after for the lowest cost.
o We create waste, but what does actually happens to the waste? Especially in the
big cities?
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Introduction lesson 1 26/09
3 themes today:
- Code red: our current future
- Code yellow : our re-imagine future
- Code green: our solution
Introduction
6 main reflections during this course:
1) Choices
- Has to do with our lifestyle, what do we chosoe? Does the earth choose this too?
- This course is for decision makers
- Our choices are too high for the world
2) Impact
- Our impact as an architect? Our impact/responsability is much higher than standard jobs
3) Do It Yourself
- We know a lot, but nobody does it. Nobody chooses to change
- The school is the place to start these changes and test them
4) Re-search
- Designing is research > discovering the right questions/awnsers
5) AI or PI
- (PI = personal intelligence)
- You need to use it, it gives it to you, it’s generating possibilities
6) Focus or talent
- Both. Combination is the best option
- Be focused and reduce the stress
- Ex. Vo trong: they have a focus for each project
➔ 6 reflections: the red line connects all of these, this is the power. There are a lot of possibilities
> looking at differences and choosing.
EVR architects:
- Purification system, based on the research of NASA > try to find new answers for cooling,
heating at night and day. Also green houses,
- Breeam excellent: looking to the quality of the space
1
, - Cooling roof (white) > crazy to do a black roof (gets up to 80 degrees)
- Urban forests in brussels (destress the city) > embrace nature again
Overview of this course:
-First 6 lessons (7 themes): the building as a
part of a big system
o The process
o The project
o The commons & community
o Natural process
o Resilient cultures
o Resilient places
o Circular processes
- Second 6 lessons: zooming in the building >
all the different parts working together
➢ Output: examination + paper
A. Code RED
Sustainability is not enough:
1. Take what you need
o our planet is a bank, and every day we take more mony from it, than we can pay
back + the speed of taking is gigantic
o Are we working together with nature? Not enough.
2. Produce and create a market to sell
o A lot of the stuff we buy is from the huge industry
3. Consume
o We create an enormous market for
consumption
4. Bad design quickly becomes waste
o Design is made to fail, so we buy new
stuff. The design is set up, dumping waste
after for the lowest cost.
o We create waste, but what does actually happens to the waste? Especially in the
big cities?
2
