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Future Cities Forum recently held its ‘Cultural Cities’ discussion event at the British Film Institute (BFI), and the topics of discussion were how current arts funding is encouraging diversity and inclusion, and the use of sustainable materials for art installations and heritage experience. Andrew Wylie, partner, Buro Happold, contributed to the discussion referring to two projects where we have worked with the environment rather than against it. He used the recent ‘wrapping’ of the Barbican as an example of this, saying, “As the Barbican is a listed building, we could not fix any of the material to it and you cannot drill into concrete because then you start to create problems. So, we added weights and subframes to the material and hundreds of kilometres of ratchet straps. There was the challenge of wind speeds to deal with, so we worked on the risk management as if we were sailors, enabling the fabric to be lifted and lowered with the wind speed, like trimming sails.” Andrew also discussed the Bath Abbey Footprint project and how it is heated all year round, he said, “The solution lay in the great drain from the Roman Baths which flows out into the river at 25 degrees centigrade. We wanted to use it to heat the Abbey so used a heat pump to raise the temperature to 50 degrees and dug low level trenches to give a background warmth and prevent damp. The challenge was not to subject people to bugs in the water and also to stop the systems from calcifying.” Read the ‘Cultural Cities 2024’ report in full here: https://buro.im/3xQzNxJ Find out more about the Bath Abbey Footprint here: https://buro.im/bafp Find out more about the ‘wrapping’ of the Barbican here: https://lnkd.in/eppr7M8k #culturalsector #heritagebuildings #sustainability #Barbican #Bathabbey

Early bird pricing is still available for the #GTZForum 2024 May 21-23 in Charlotte, NC. Become part of the conversation, share your insights, and help unite the policy and building communities to achieve our zero carbon ambitions. https://lnkd.in/eiFAMreF #BuildingDecarbonization #ZeroCarbonEmissions #ZeroEnergyBuildings

See you at Futurebuild ! Really looking forward to this panel with Andrea Charlson of Madaster UK and Lucie Ladigue of Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute : what better people to discuss this topic with? We'll be exploring the value of #cradletocradle in buildings, what sustainability is through a C2C lens and how sustainable approaches are fundamental to the value of built assets going forward - beyond the tick-box criteria that is often associated with 'sustainability'. I'll be discussing some of our projects, not least the remodelling of the World Trade Centre Brussels into project ZIN : a world first in Urban Mining and circular economy in buildings. #circulareconomy is so often framed by #reuse and #embodiedcarbon, which while fundamental are not the full story to any stretch if a truly circular economy is our real aim - rather than extended lifecycles in a linear economy. Come say hello at stand G20! Drees & Sommer UK 540 WORLD EPEA Benelux

“At One Community, we are developing highest good eco-cooperative solutions to regenerate our planet and create a world that works for everyone. Our all-volunteer team is focused on sustainable approaches to food, energy, housing, education, economics, and social architecture. By open sourcing and free sharing the complete process, we aim to build a self-replicating model that inspires a global collaboration of teacher/demonstration hubs, all for "The Highest Good of All." Together, we are evolving sustainability and fostering global stewardship practices that promote fulfilled living and lasting positive change. This is the October 21st, 2024 edition (#605) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments.” #Planet #Sustainability #Community #Design #Globalization #HowTo #Living #SocialArchitecture #Permaculture #ClimateChange #Regeneration #OpenSource #GlobalSustainability

Dear colleagues here at FAO COFO and Wood for Globe, Following up on the powerful Wood for Globe event on Friday, and a general consensus in favor of improved collaboration on forest management and utilization, I am sharing several initiatives from our team that may be pertinent. Please reach out if you would like to discuss: 1) The "Partner Forest Program" connecting major cities to threatened forests - www.partnerforests.org 2) “Sustainable Wood for Cities” - a Pathways approach to evaluating and sourcing sustainable wood: www.citywoodguide.com 3) “Better Forests, Better Cities” - by Pilot Projects and WRI: https://lnkd.in/eRzP_hWt 4) “Conservation Timber” Initiative -  wood that supports long term natural (especially tropical) forest conservation: https://lnkd.in/eMJTgHPa 5) Systemic Collaboration Framework for Forest Positive Buildings: https://lnkd.in/ehdMNSdA (Related to this topic, yesterday I wrote a short piece on “Infrastructure” from my walk through some of Rome’s famous infrastructure: https://bit.ly/3Yh5Cuv) 6) The Mass Timber Tipping Point -  NA-wide study on the uptake of mass timber by engineers and architects: https://lnkd.in/eMYQWTdF 7) The Future of Forest Work and Communities - a Youth Visioning methodology and pilot program to promote next gen engagement in tropical forests: www.futureforestwork.com Finally on the topic of #innovation we take a more circumspect view of innovation given its paradoxical socio-cultural impacts. 14 years ago I wrote The Innovation Paradox on this challenging topic: https://bit.ly/3y90qOQ Silvia Melegari, Simone Borelli, Lyndall Bull, Thais Linhares-Juvenal, Kim Carstensen, Murcus Vinicius, Paul King, Sally Henderson, James Drinkwater, Sarah Rivest, Sven Walter, Ross Hampton GAICD, Paula Sarigumba, Peter Graham, Tahiana Ramananantoandro, Elizabeth Rose Heeg, Vincent Gitz, Jaime Sotela Montero, Alexander Buck, Ewald Rametsteiner, Pascal Martinez, Keith Anderson, Derek Nighbor, Chetan Kumar, Katherine Poe, Michael Berger

edie issue a report in their Destination 2030 series focusing on the built environment, with a closing contribution from our Dan Smith https://lnkd.in/e2EZrBER

🌍 Agile, Innovative, Responsive sums it up nicely 🌍 Sharing knowledge to tackle the big issues, solutions and development. ☝️ #digital #technology #carbon #calculation #biodiversity #landscape #sustainability #plants #design #planning #conference #metric #cpd #nature #solutions #gis #bim #2D #3D #XR #AI

What is Asset Health? Why is it important? Are we doing enough? Join a fantastic panel of industry experts including asset owners, senior design leads, asset health specialists and researchers to discuss all things asset health! Can we cause a shift in culture, behaviour and funding in the interest of asset owners, our communities and the climate. Find out more in the link below and register to get involved. Meshi Taka CEng FICE MWES