Eco-City

Embedded systems, building, block, neighbourhood, city scale

The proposal of the eco-city mimics the functioning of planetary ecosystems, with symbiotic relationship between biotic communities and the resources that support them within a hierarchy of scales. The supporting systems (incl. equipment, facilities and spaces) are created to produce food and energy, to catch and recycle rain and waste water, and to collect and [...]

The City-Scale Sustainability

Eco-City

The workshop in Hu Lu Dao provided materials and models for further research with the topic of large-scale sustainable development. The results of to-date research were applied to local conditions, with inclusion of strategically integrated systems. My group’s focus was on urban morphology and creation of the embedded-ecosystem concept. Our proposal mimics the functioning of [...]

Designing the Eco-City in China

Eco-City

In early 2009 I was invited by a French NFP organization, Les Ateliers, to participate as one of 16 international experts in a two-week long International Workshop of designing an eco-city in Hu Lu Dao, Liaoning province, Northeastern China. It was exciting to learn more about China and its culture; to meet and work shoulder to [...]