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DESIGNING LIVING SYSTEMS for water conservation and reuse

DESIGNING LIVING SYSTEMS for water conservation and reuse. HOW DO WE RECONNECT OUR CITIES WITH NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS?. in·te·grate To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify. CARMEL RIVER REROUTE. PLANT PROPAGATION. OVERARCHING DESIGN GOALS.

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DESIGNING LIVING SYSTEMS for water conservation and reuse

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  1. DESIGNING LIVING SYSTEMS for water conservation and reuse

  2. HOW DO WE RECONNECT OUR CITIES WITH NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS?

  3. in·te·grate To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify

  4. CARMEL RIVER REROUTE PLANT PROPAGATION

  5. OVERARCHING DESIGN GOALS ENHANCE FUNCTIONALITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND INCREASE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SITE. CALL ATTENTION TO NATURAL PROCESSES AND SEASONAL CHANGES. CREATE ANIMAL/INSECT HABITAT AND INCREASE URBAN BIODIVERSITY. MINIMIZE RUNOFF AND TREAT STORMWATER ON-SITE REDUCE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT CREATE STRIKING VISUAL AMENITIES. ENERGY CONSERVATION ENCOURAGE BIODIVERSITY WATER CONSERVATION CONNECTIVITY WASTE MANAGEMENT HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL BEING

  6. LIVING SYSTEMS DESIGN: NATURAL ANALOGUES

  7. LIVING SYSTEMS DESIGN: ENERGY

  8. LIVING SYSTEMS DESIGN: WATER Rain garden. Constructed wetland. • COASTAL WETLAND • CONSTRUCTED WETLAND Bioretention planters.

  9. LIVING SYSTEMS DESIGN: WATER • Natural Systems • -Examples • Creeks • Pools • Seeps • Springs • Estuaries • Wetlands • Natural Analogues • -Attributes Applied • Topography • Morphology • Permeability • Plant Structure & Form • Capacity • Scale • Constructed Systems • -Applications • Bioswales • Raingardens • Constructed Vernal Pools • Constructed Wetlands • Living Pools

  10. ALTA SEA, PORT OF LOS ANGELES

  11. ALTA SEA, PORT OF LOS ANGELES

  12. Location: Dietikon, Switzerland Architect: Peter Vetsch AG Year: 1993 Size: 43,056 sq.ft. Slope: 35% NINE HOUSES, DIETIKON PRECEDENT

  13. Low input applications & low cost Self-vegetating, “volunteer”plants Habitat creation, microtopography Stormwaterretention, vernal pools LOW INPUT ROOFS EUROPEAN PRECEDENT [LOW INPUT ROOFS]

  14. PHEIFFER RIDGE HOUSE, BIG SUR

  15. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

  16. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

  17. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

  18. VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTER

  19. VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTER

  20. VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTER

  21. SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER

  22. Palomar Hospital

  23. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, LOS ANGELES

  24. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, LOS ANGELES

  25. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, LOS ANGELES

  26. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, LOS ANGELES

  27. COUNCIL DISTRICT 9, LOS ANGELES

  28. CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  29. CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  30. CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  31. LIVING WALLS AS PUBLIC ART

  32. LIVING WALL PRECEDENTS

  33. DREW SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO

  34. LIVING WALL COMPONENTS

  35. CURRENT PROJECTS SUNSET BLVD, LOS ANGELES

  36. CURRENT PROJECTS SUNSET BLVD, LOS ANGELES

  37. CURRENT PROJECTS FRIEDMAN’S HOME IMPROVEMENT

  38. CURRENT PROJECTS FRIEDMAN’S HOME IMPROVEMENT

  39. Towards Sustainable Design

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