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24.01.2022 What is on my mind lately about the future of cities and human evolution... https://www.linkedin.com//regenerative-human-habitation-ar Journal of Futures Studies Futures Chatting & Sharing Arcosanti

23.01.2022 This video is 4 years old but I am feeling sentimental about its raw hands-on charm. #placesense #manifesto #design #communityengagement #architecture #futuresthinking https://vimeo.com/169651740 https://placesense.com.au

20.01.2022 See Nature (Make Nature Visible) The Biological-Ecological quality of place: See Nature is a recognised principle of ecological design better known as make nature visible (Sim Van der Ryn, 1996). Our environments-whether they be sprawling malls or wild rivers-are the most powerful teachers we have. (p.187). Our dumb sterile, de-natured built environments and cities detach us from our human nature and GAIA’s. The biophilia hypothesis, ‘powerfully asserts that much of th...e human search for a coherent and fulfilling existence is intimately dependent upon our relationship with nature’ (Stehen R. Kellet, 1993 in Ecological Design by Sim Van der Ryn, 1996 p.187). So make nature visible within building, neighbourhoods and cities. Consider every building as an extension of the natural world, our original evolutionary habitat. Architecture can connect us to wider patterns of our respective bioregions: seasons, sun and shadow, water cycles, migration cycles and natural cycles that support all life. Living Smart Queensland The Australian Institute of Architects Architects Declare AU SCCA: Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance Inc. Architects for Resilient Communities Scott Sawyer Journalist See more

19.01.2022 Solar Orientation The Biological-Ecological quality of place: Solar Orientation is more accurately a design strategy to take advantage of passive solar design solutions. Here, I am referring to it as a quality of place for the following reasons. Solar orientation affects the quality of natural daylight that can be harvested by a building. It affects the thermal comfort of a building through solar heat gain and loss through the walls, windows and roof. It affects the amoun...t of shading required due to the path and angle of the sun through the sky. Sun angles change throughout each day and through the seasons. It is suggested that the building have a 2:1 length ratio, so that it is twice as long as it is wide. Ensure that the long axis of the building is orientated east-west, so that the long length of the building faces north-south. This enables the majority of windows to be designed into the wall where sun penetration into the building will be maximised. (GEN12, Environment Design Guide, AIA). Generally, this approach may also maximise the optimal roof area available for PV Solar Cells orientated to the sun’s path for electricity generation. Solar Orientation also influences the internal planning of rooms and spaces within a building, in relation to the degree of human thermal comfort required for particular uses. For example, storage rooms require less natural daylight compared to living rooms. Access to controlled sunlight positively affects mood, concentration and health. Living Smart Queensland SCCA: Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance Inc. Sunshine Coast Council ArchitectureAU See more

16.01.2022 Vertical Forests & Urban Forests Images: courtesy of Boeri Studio. Vertical Forest in Milan Client: COIMA Sgr The Vertical Forest (Milan 2014) is the prototype building for a new format of architectural biodiversity which focuses not only on human beings but also on the relationship between humans and other living species. If vertical landscaping and generous balconies can be made to work in Milan a temperate climate, they would flourish in the subtropical climate of the ...Sunshine Coast. What if all housing projects, apartment buildings and office buildings added to the region’s biodiversity through vertical landscaping adjoining balconies? As the artist Hundertwasser argued for in the social housing projects he designed in Vienna buildings also need to provide deep planters for Tree Tenants. Living Smart Queensland Sunshine Coast Council Architects for Resilient Communities ABC Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Daily See more

16.01.2022 The Biological-Ecological quality of place: "Healthy materials", recognises that our built environment is connected to our human habit within nature. As a result, toxic materials in out built environment will negatively affect the biological health and well being of people and ecosystems. Asbestos, previously used in fibre cement products is a tragic example of how buildings materials can be hazardous, creating chronic or fatal effects after exposure. Check the Material Safet...y Data of products you intend to use, for the chemical toxicity risks to workers and occupants. Choose materials that have been independently assessed and accredited as safe to humans and animals, for example zero VOC paints. For more information you can go to the Living Futures Institute’s: Living Building Challenge Materials Red list for chemicals to avoid in materials/products. Architects for Resilient Communities Living Smart Queensland See more

11.01.2022 Architects for Resilient Communities (ARC) Sunshine Coast is located on the traditional lands of the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) and Jinibara peoples of the Murri L...anguage group. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to elders past and present, and extend this respect to other Indigenous Australians. We support Sunshine Coast Council’s Design Principle No. 3: "Bring our Cultures, Arts and Heritage to Life". We also respectfully ask our Traditional Owners to tell us whether there is a need for a First People's Placemaking Guide for the Sunshine Coast. To state clearly when and how to determine and action Council’s ideas for working with this principle which currently says: Where required and appropriate, seek the participation of the Traditional Owners in the planning and design phase. Understanding a site’s indigenous stories and cultural connections can provide specific design inspiration and produce relevant form and or creative art opportunities, as well as decolonise the way we make our places. Written by P Daffara on behalf of ARC Sunshine Coast Council ABC Sunshine Coast Sarah Chalkley Gubbi Gubbi Country First Peoples Worldwide Pene Mitchell, Chris Klar, Jim Gall, Liza Neil

08.01.2022 Use Local Suppliers The socio-cultural principle: Use Local Suppliers has an economic impact within local communities and also leverages eco-efficiency. Further, there are potential benefits to creating a circular economy especially if local waste is repurposed and traded locally as salvaged materials. Sourcing materials and services made as close as possible to the construction site, reduces the energy required to transport goods and services to the building site. Using ...local architects and other design professions, also improves the fulfilment of the eco-design principle: solutions grow from place (Sim Van Der Ryn, 1996). Local experts who understand the intimate knowledge of a particular place its climate, geology, environmental constraints, and eco-system services are better able to respond to the local conditions and local people. If we are sensitive to the nuances of place, we can inhabit without destroying (Janis Birkeland, 2002). See more

06.01.2022 The Biological-Ecological quality of place: Generate Energy seeks at first glance to encourage building owners to catch and store energy. This design strategy helps us transition to a nett zero carbon society by integrating renewable energy production and distributed energy storage into the other architectural systems of urban development. Onsite energy production and distributed storage can be used by occupants or feed into local communities. Distributed energy storage ...is an essential supporting technology for many other carbon drawdown solutions. Microgrids, net zero buildings, grid flexibility, and rooftop solar all depend on or are amplified by the use of dispersed storage systems, which facilitate uptake of renewable energy and avert the expansion of coal, oil, and gas electricity generation (The Drawdown Project). Solar PV systems are one form of energy generation. Other solutions exist such as High-Efficiency Heat Pumps, Micro-wind Turbines, Geothermal Power, Methane Digesters, Small Hydro power plants. Through eco-conscious design, we can catch Earth’s renewable forces using a site and context specific approach. Living Smart Queensland Architects for Resilient Communities Australian Architects Declare Discussion Group Architects Declare AU See more

06.01.2022 In response to Maroochydore’s CBD being in a coastal risk zone from rising sea levels and storm surge, how might the new city centre drawdown carbon from the at...mosphere rather than being just net-zero carbon? What if the city’s new buildings had green rooves and walls to sequester CO2 and the city’s parks practiced bio sequestration through its soils to capture and store carbon? What if all buildings and public transport were electrified ready for the switch to renewable energy sources? What if the Sunshine Coast Council created a new enterprise to grow kelp forests offshore as a carbon sink and carbon offset for developer’s construction projects. The kelp could be harvested to produce biofuels and bioplastics to catalyse new clean-tech industries on the Coast. What if all buildings were constructed from Timber or alternative concrete? These are just a few ideas from a host of opportunities for the new city’s future development to actively drawdown CO2 from the biosphere and create a resilient community. Maroochydore, Queensland Mark Jamieson Sunshine Coast Council Pene Mitchell Jim Gall Chris Klar ABC Sunshine Coast See more

04.01.2022 OPEN LETTER SUNSHINE COAST MAYOR & COUNCILLORS Architects on the Sunshine Coast are acutely aware that most of the buildings being constructed in our region are still not addressing our sub-tropical climate and there are few buildings which will adapt to climate change and be resilient to future impacts. Architects for Resilient Communities' (ARC SC) members encourage Council to budget in the 2021/22 FY for completion of Action 2.1 of the ELS, to Develop and implement Sunshi...ne Coast subtropical sustainable design guidelines, tools and standards. Read the full letter below. ABC Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Council SCCA: Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance Inc. ArchitectureAU Architects Declare AU Architects for Resilient Communities See more

01.01.2022 Good architecture depends on architects, clients and communities who respectively listen to each other.