The edible forest of Alcalá de Henares
The main objective of the project is to increase the biodiversity of a peri-urban area, re-naturalizing it through the creation of an urban edible forest.
Developing climate change adaptation; improving risk management and resilience
Urban Public Space Refurbishment, Szeged City
- Mitigate heat-island effect thanks to the use of NbS
- Priorities pedestrian approach along the very busy street of Kölcsey and at the Reök Palace Square
Szeged is a mid-size historic city in the south of Hungary, the temperature is usually higher than in other similar-sized cities in the country. The goal of this project was to reduce the effects of the urban heat island in a very busy street with a lot of cars and shops. The idea was to increase the green area, plant trees, creating a more pleasant space for the pedestrians. The...
Saida School - Ecological and Participatory Approach in a School Refurbishment
- Develop a school refurbishment in an ecological and participatory approach
- Contribute to the sustainable development of the well-being of children and educational community
Implementation of an ecological building (low-energy building) favorable for biodiversity, partial impervious pavement release, green spaces and vegetable gardens creation. This project is also notable for children and educational community consultation in its conception, making them as full stakeholders. The design reinforces the ecological networks at the...
Urban Natural Park, Based on Natural, Historical and Cultural Heritage Promotion and Eco-Citizenship
- Creation of an urban natural park as a metropolitan governance tool
- Encourage sustainable territorial development based on natural, historical and cultural heritage promotion, and eco-citizenship
- Deliver sustainable solutions at a large scale to maximize benefits for society and the environment
The action encourages sustainable territorial development based on natural, historical and cultural heritage promotion and eco-citizenship. The governance is based on a charter included in the Local Urbanism Plan...
Blue Beach Case Study of Valenton (Val de Marne, France), Fertile Soil Construction by Using Recycled Materials
Soil construction with wastes.
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Urban Challenges:
1. Climate issues: Climate adaptation
2. Urban water management and quality: Urban water management and quality
4. Urban space and Biodiversity: Urban space management
5. Urban Regeneration and Soil: Soil management
7. Public health and well-being: Quality of life, Health
8. Environmental justice and social cohesion: Social cohesion
11. Green economy: Circular economy, Direct economic value of NbS...
Green Roof of Aimé Césaire School Complex
In 2013, an experimental and educational project, conceived as a garden home for a school, was built at the heart of the green district known as ‘Duke’s Meadow’ on the Île de Nantes. The building’s roof was covered by 2,700 square meters of natural dunes.
The objective is to create a green roof, relying heavily on a phytosociological approach to plant colonization and high biodiversity, but also a site that is easy to manage.
The originality of its green roof results from a co-construction between architects and landscape designer. Its qualities are undeniable, and this...
Bézannes Joint Development Zone (Reed Bed Park), Storm-water Management Solution
- Rainwater management of a 172ha area in response to a waterproofing construction
This NbS is a construction ex nihilo of a landscaped park as alternative stormwater management solution to a traditionnal civil engineering management (tubes). It takes place in a 172ha area in the city of Bézannes (Reims Métropole). This project has been implemented in response to the waterproofing of this area (strong urbanisation level).
The project is caracterized by an artificial river leading to a permanent lagoon and a reed bed. Then a wetland manage the water...
Libellule Zone - ZHART Project - Wetland Habitats in Output Water Treatment Plants
The goal of the project is to develop and industrialise planted discharge areas at the
exit of treatment plants to convert them into a genuine artificial wetland guaranteeing the treatment of micropollutants and ecological diversity.
Other environmetal friendly solutions: Phytoremediation
Flood Retention Basins of Lura River, Como Province
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River bank renaturation and stabilization through live staking and vegetated dikes
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Riparian afforestation
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Phytodepuration basins
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Zero-energy flood retention system (no pumping needed)
The project consists of the implementation of two rolling basins connected by an open air ditch and a pond filled with ground water. The basins will be temporarely flooded by Lura river during intense rainy periods through natural inlet from the river bed,...
Green Façade Pilot Project, INPS, Genova
A vertical greening system installed on the facade of an office building built early in the last century and renovated in the 1980’s, owned by INPS (National Institute of Social Insurance) and located in the city center of the Genova neighborhood of Sestri Ponente.
INPS Green Facade is a pilot project coordinated by the University of Genoa (DAD) which aims to quantify the positive effects of the green envelopes in densely built urban environment. Monitoring activities are focused on the evaluation of the environmental benefits, both economic and social, in particular in densely...