Veg.itecture - The Green Buildings Of The Future
By Nick March 30, 2008
The idea of a greener world is starting to get in the minds of many people because it’s inevitable not to see that we are danger due to global warming. Green has begun to draw the attention of architects who will have to build greener buildings and structures. One of the best concepts is called Vegetated Architecture or Veg.itecture.
This results from the fusion between landscape and urbanism, and it consists of aesthetically placing vegetation on buildings. Most of the buildings that will be built are called bioclimatic skyscrapers and they were envisioned by Ken Yeang, designer and fond of veg.itecture.
Is not easy to construct these kind of structures because the designer has to take into consideration season changes, temperature and rainfalls, the lighting which will be provided by the alignment to the solar path and ecological materials.
Ken Yeang already designed some extraordinary concepts involving bioclimatic skyscrapers and other very interesting projects which you can see in the gallery below.
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[...] Vegitecture is essentially the use of organic materials as an element of construction. It has mainly manifested itself over here as sedum walls, but the idea goes further – looking at how rainwater can be harvested and air purified using natural means. [...]
[...] Vegitecture is essentially the use of organic materials as an element of construction. It has mainly manifested itself over here as sedum walls, but the idea goes further – looking at how rainwater can be harvested and air purified using natural means. Yeang, who has been lecturing on the concept for years, has even suggested the concept of a “vertical farm” where tenants grow their own fruit and vegetables on the walls and roofs…. [...]