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LIVE @UCLAnthropology and on ZOOM
Tuesday Feb 11, 6:30pm (London UTC)
Sasha Farnsworth talks on
'Architecture meets anthropology: Womb Temple--Lunar Rebirth'
Sasha Farnsworth (with Hossein Sadri) introduces the design of The Womb Temple. This emerges from a growing sentiment that refusing to build is essential to saving our planet from the perils of a changing climate. The Womb Temple postulates that the most effective way to counteract this is by reverting to ancient building techniques using raw stone and live trees, a rebirth for the construction industry.
Transporting these materials to the Manchester site is deliberately slow and labour-intensive, relying on human power rather than machinery. This slower pace allows building to be treated as a ritualistic process - each stone placed annually becomes a celebration.
The temple not only revives traditional building methods but also encourages the reintroduction of nature into urban environments. It becomes a sanctuary for lost animal species and serves as a ritual space where people can spiritually reconnect with the moon, a symbol currently absent from the Manchester skyline, further affirming the renewed connection with nature and the element that governs water, the giver of life.
Graduate of Coventry University, Sasha was recently awarded the RIBA Award for Sustainable Design at Part 1 for her project “Womb Temple: Lunar Re-Birth”. The concept for this proposal was born from her passion for creating environments that support the symbiotic relationship between people and the earth holistically.
Sasha and Hossein will be speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor of UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW. Come in good time by 6:30pm before doors close please. You can also join on ZOOM ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak.
after reviewing many literatures so far, there are 3 similar words that not enough bike/ped tooter/tweeter talk about.
“urban form” focuses on the physical characteristics,
“urban fabric” on the layout and structure,
“urban morphology” on the study of their formation and transformation.
but yeah all focus on urban environments and stuff
"Designing Beyond Climate Change"
https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/commentaries/designing-beyond-climate-change.html
#BuiltEnvironment #Cities #disaster #disasters #climate #climate change
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters so do not use the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters
#DisasterRiskReduction including #CCA #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Adaptation
The Mass We Made – [Calculating And] Mapping The Weight Of The Built Environment [USA]
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https://www.maps.com/the-mass-we-made-mapping-the-weight-of-the-built-environment/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43755-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #builtenvironment #structures #buildings #roads #highways #bridges #tunnels #infrastructure #mass #volume #houses #schools #pipelines #remotesensing #openstreetmap #buildingfootprints #engineering #engineeredstructures #geography #sustainability #model #model #CONUS #representation
the article 
also touches on another theme very dear to me since back in the days at the architecture school: empty second (or third) houses that remain unused (or rented for short stays) for the most part of the year. Just a reminder that we don't need more buildings, we need fairer housing policies.
https://minoro.org/ A very useful resource to help decarbonise the built environment. Well done Paul Toyne and Grimshaw #carbon #decarbonization #environment #builtenvironment
The surprisingly simple way cities could save people from extreme heat | Grist…
“In the same way that the urban environment that we have built around us can exacerbate heat, it can also be modified to reduce that heat"... read more at Grist #climatechange #globalwarming #urbandevelopment #urbanheatisland #environment #heat #heatwaves #builtenvironment #climatesolutions
3. “Exploring the prospects and challenges of #sustainable #UrbanMobility Potential and limits of cycling in #Venice"
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2448
4. “Effects of the #BuiltEnvironment on #travel distance in bus-oriented, medium-sized cities in #china
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2427
5. “Integrated impact of urban mixed land use on #TOD ridership: A multi-radius comparative analysis”
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2462
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The Twentieth Century Society, which champions outstanding examples of modern design, has applied for listed status for one #KX100 #Phonebox in England, Scotland and Wales before they are removed next year.
https://c20society.org.uk/news/final-call-phonebox-campaign-revived-for-threatened-kx100-kiosks
How a #Park three times the size of #Disneyland has been designed to be #Diverse and #Inclusive.
Check out the full program for our #Sustainability Day on June 12 - including workshops and fair stands, on topics such as #mobility, and the #builtenvironment. We invite you to submit questions about sustainability at our university until June 2: http://t1p.de/nsf5g
TUM
"Tea and talk" Friday 31st May, 10:30-11:30. These have been excellent, useful events. Get in touch with Jenny or Susanne if interested. #Edinburgh #builtenvironment #urbanism #urbandesign
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jenny-elliott-56337a39_edinburgh-builtenvironment-activity-7199000709038567425-yM5x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
I work on #participatory methods as part of my artistic practice. So I’m delighted that the newly published Routledge Companion to #Creativity in the #BuiltEnvironment features a chapter on work I carried out between 2014–2018 on #codesign methods for #infrastructure to make cities more #resilient
I dreamt I found a whip scorpion hiding between the bricks of my porch.*
I would love to find a whip scorpion hiding between the bricks of my porch.
* This dream inspired by yesterday observing this mason bee investigating the gaps in mortar between the bricks to find a nesting site for the year.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204931098
#Bugs #Bees #WildBees #iNaturalist #UrbanNature #BuiltEnvironment #UrbanBees #Naturalist #UrbanNaturalist
cc: @darwin
When we lose an old building, we lose not just the architect's vision for its exterior, but all the other elements as well, like internal layouts, which can reveal so much about our social history. We lose all the little design features we all too often take for granted, but which make each building unique, like sculptures, and tilings and fonts and metalwork.
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Greg Cocks 
