H1 – REGENERATIVE DESIGN
Sustainability CODE RED – sustainability = not good enough
1) Take what you need We take more each extraction = less planet our future = self-
2) Produce & create a destruction
market to sell As cheap as possible exploitation of people & planet
3) Consume
4) Bad design = waste As fast as possible products break down quickly
Offer our planet: waste + pollution + CO2 + foreign substances that
unbalance nature
Mass consumption = killing the planet
The limits of growth – 1972 The possibility of exponential economy & population growth our
Club of Rome way of life = damaging our planet: what we ask on a daily basis =
not capacity of our planet
- Graphic: diagram of the main findings: population, food,
industrial output, pollution & resources 1900-2000
Footprint = too big Footprint = impact of a person / community on the environmental
expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of
natural resources
Earth overshoot day dividing the planets biocapacity (the
amount of ecological resources earth is able to generate that year)
by ecological footprint x 365d
- Country’s overshoot day: date on which earth overshoot day
would fall if all humanity consumed like the people in that
country
- = ( earth’s biocapacity / footprint ) / 365
70s: the ecological deficit increased
Climate is changing Change happens to slowly + too late not stop warming: zones
uninhabitable = migration
Sustainability failed Less bad = not good enough
Design systems: reduce harm + regenerate & restore the natural
environment & human well-being
Beyond sustainability: regenerative design = positive
social + environmental imports + does good
Regenerative design CODE YELLOW – there is hope
Shift To regenerative cultures care for planet + life & healthy, resilient
& adaptable
DEF RD = a process-oriented systems theory based approach to
design + regenerative = process that restore, renew or revitalize
their own sources of energy & materials, creating sustainable
systems that integrate the needs of
society with integrity of nature
C1 Greenway old highway pillars,
Seoul: answer to: vehicle oriented city
pedestrian friendly
Tougher for cars in inner city but better
place for public transport / walk due to:
restoration Cheonggyecheon river
What if we only do good for Evaluate on their positivity, life-sustaining, restorative &
our planet? regenerative potential
What if we embrace nature? Shift EGO ECO systems: nature = us future lies in the daily
cooperation with nature
Design for profit use centred des. human centred des.
ecosystem minded des.
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, 10 principles of Ghent CODE GREEN – take action: solutions exist
Design healthy, resilient &
regenerative future
10 principles 1. Use nature as a starting point – NATURAL CITY
Cities capable of reducing their outsized consumption footprints –
natural based solutions space for nature, living systems + water
+ food
2. Develop green infrastructure – CONNECTED CITY
Project = part of larger system: green-blue network
Consider imports & interactions with other elements
3. Strengthen the place identity – ADAPTABLE CITY
= a cluster of ideas of a place & identity in the field of urban
planning, des. & architecture create place for people & nature
4. Encourage a mix of functions & activities – ADAPTABLE
CITY
Mixed use: combines residential, commercial, cultural & recreational
uses
5. Adapt & anticipate change – ADAPTABLE CITY
Design embodies spatial, structural & service strategies
6. Close cycles, use waste as a resource – CIRCULAR CITY
Material cycles = closed (not toxic substances)
7. Use regenerative & circular materials – CIRCULAR CITY
Natural materials: decived from (non)-living sources in nature
Circular materials: designed to be: reused, recycled / biodegraded at
the end of their life cycle grow materials on own site purify soil
& air of CO2
8. Collaborate - COMMONS
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Sustainability CODE RED – sustainability = not good enough
1) Take what you need We take more each extraction = less planet our future = self-
2) Produce & create a destruction
market to sell As cheap as possible exploitation of people & planet
3) Consume
4) Bad design = waste As fast as possible products break down quickly
Offer our planet: waste + pollution + CO2 + foreign substances that
unbalance nature
Mass consumption = killing the planet
The limits of growth – 1972 The possibility of exponential economy & population growth our
Club of Rome way of life = damaging our planet: what we ask on a daily basis =
not capacity of our planet
- Graphic: diagram of the main findings: population, food,
industrial output, pollution & resources 1900-2000
Footprint = too big Footprint = impact of a person / community on the environmental
expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of
natural resources
Earth overshoot day dividing the planets biocapacity (the
amount of ecological resources earth is able to generate that year)
by ecological footprint x 365d
- Country’s overshoot day: date on which earth overshoot day
would fall if all humanity consumed like the people in that
country
- = ( earth’s biocapacity / footprint ) / 365
70s: the ecological deficit increased
Climate is changing Change happens to slowly + too late not stop warming: zones
uninhabitable = migration
Sustainability failed Less bad = not good enough
Design systems: reduce harm + regenerate & restore the natural
environment & human well-being
Beyond sustainability: regenerative design = positive
social + environmental imports + does good
Regenerative design CODE YELLOW – there is hope
Shift To regenerative cultures care for planet + life & healthy, resilient
& adaptable
DEF RD = a process-oriented systems theory based approach to
design + regenerative = process that restore, renew or revitalize
their own sources of energy & materials, creating sustainable
systems that integrate the needs of
society with integrity of nature
C1 Greenway old highway pillars,
Seoul: answer to: vehicle oriented city
pedestrian friendly
Tougher for cars in inner city but better
place for public transport / walk due to:
restoration Cheonggyecheon river
What if we only do good for Evaluate on their positivity, life-sustaining, restorative &
our planet? regenerative potential
What if we embrace nature? Shift EGO ECO systems: nature = us future lies in the daily
cooperation with nature
Design for profit use centred des. human centred des.
ecosystem minded des.
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, 10 principles of Ghent CODE GREEN – take action: solutions exist
Design healthy, resilient &
regenerative future
10 principles 1. Use nature as a starting point – NATURAL CITY
Cities capable of reducing their outsized consumption footprints –
natural based solutions space for nature, living systems + water
+ food
2. Develop green infrastructure – CONNECTED CITY
Project = part of larger system: green-blue network
Consider imports & interactions with other elements
3. Strengthen the place identity – ADAPTABLE CITY
= a cluster of ideas of a place & identity in the field of urban
planning, des. & architecture create place for people & nature
4. Encourage a mix of functions & activities – ADAPTABLE
CITY
Mixed use: combines residential, commercial, cultural & recreational
uses
5. Adapt & anticipate change – ADAPTABLE CITY
Design embodies spatial, structural & service strategies
6. Close cycles, use waste as a resource – CIRCULAR CITY
Material cycles = closed (not toxic substances)
7. Use regenerative & circular materials – CIRCULAR CITY
Natural materials: decived from (non)-living sources in nature
Circular materials: designed to be: reused, recycled / biodegraded at
the end of their life cycle grow materials on own site purify soil
& air of CO2
8. Collaborate - COMMONS
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