Ecologies Design

Maibritt Pedersen Zari is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture and Interior Architecture in the School of Architecture at Victoria University, New Zealand.Peter Connolly is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture in the School of Architecture at Victoria University, New Zealand.Mark Southcombe is the Associate Dean of Postgraduate Research and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture at Victoria University, New Zealand.

• 1. Introduction: Towards an ecologies design practiceSection 1: Biological Ecologies Design and Regeneration2. Introduction: a shifting paradigm in ecologically focused design3. Engaging with life: the developmental practice of regenerative development and design4. Designing for living environments using regenerative development: a case study of The Paddock5. The paradox of metrics: setting goals for regenerative design and development6. Ecological design as the biointegration of a set of ‘infrastructures’: the ‘quatrobrid’ constructed ecosystem7. Creating and restoring urban ecologies: case studies in China8. Towards wildlife-supportive green space design in metropolitan areas: lessons from an experimental study9. The new design with nature10. Biomimicry: an opportunity for buildings to relate to place11. The emergence of biophilic design and planning: re-envisioning cities and city lifeSection 2: Documenting Social Ecologies 12. Introduction: How to Document Urban / Landscape Assemblages13. City boids: diagramming molecular urbanism14. Why would we spend time drawing people doing their washing in a Chinese village?15. Object-led interview: documenting geographical ideas 16. Mapping informal settlements: a process for action17. Ethnographic drawings and the benefits of using a sketchbook for fieldwork18. A landscape architectural anthropology of green: Bahrain19. Valparaiso Publico: graphic inventory of urban spaces in a Chilean city20. Being with Hellersdorf: performative counter-mapping as a reflexive practice between architecture and anthropology21. The happy city. An actor-network-theory manifesto22. The aesthetics of documenting urban and landscape assemblagesSection 3: Ecologies Design Practices23. Introduction: on the need for and potentials of ecological design practice24. Indigenous ecological design25. Ngāi Tūhoe’s Te Kura Whare: our living building26. Design in relationship with an ecological entity: case study design with Te Awa Te Puna 27. On the Rise: case study of a hybrid coastal adaptation strategy28. There are no sustainable buildings without sustainable people29. Labour ecology and architecture30. Integrating design teaching and practices31. Stranded assets32. (Hybrid) architecture in and over timeConclusion33. A call to ecologies design action

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