How far can we expand the concept of 'urban nature'? How would it
make us feel? And how is it going to transform our cities - and,
eventually, ourselves? Garden City captures the growing global
movement among contemporary architects for biodesigning buildings
less as skin and bodies - structure and facade - and more as living
entities, capable of being ecologically autonomous, horticulturally
productive and ultimately pleasing to our day-to-day lifestyles. It
presents more than 100 (mostly completed) projects, a
life-affirming range of buildings and design ideas that can be
applied to new buildings and those needing rehabilitation. From
office buildings that incorporate urban farms and exchange the CO2
produced by humans for food and oxygen produced by plants, to
lightweight systems for growing gardens on vertical surfaces; from
'tree houses' the size of city blocks to civic buildings that are
'plugged into' existing water-management systems - there are rich
and often unexpected ideas for every inquiring designer. The future
of our urban architecture is biologically alert, naturally
self-sustaining and alive. Garden City is this future's first
manifesto.
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