In order to reach carbon neutrality, GHG emissions from all sectors of society need to be
strongly reduced. This especially applies to the construction sector. For those emissions that …

Faced with the environmental challenges posed by climate change, architects are creating
nature-based solutions for urban areas, such as transforming living trees into artificial …

" This book considers three questions about understanding the past. How can we rethink
human histories by including animals and plants? How can we overcome nationally …

Soil and water bioengineering techniques are now increasingly adopted worldwide for
controlling riverbank erosion but have not yet been implemented in the Caribbean Islands …

Living architecture, changing in structure with annual growth, requires precise, regular
characterisation. However, its geometric irregularity and topological complexity make …

Plant root growth can be altered by introducing obstacles in the path of growth. This principle
is used in design to produce planar grid structures composed of interweaving roots. The …

We examine the question of material agency as raised in material engagement theory
(MET). Insofar as MET tends to highlight the causal roles played by extra-bodily material …

Living root bridges (LRBs) are functional load-bearing structures grown from Ficus elastica
by rural Khasi and Jaintia communities in Meghalaya (India). Formed without contemporary …

Key message Mechanical models of inosculations benefit from moderate geometric detail
and characterisation of the structurally optimised area of interwoven tension-resistant fibres …

The research's main objective is to explore and encourage modes of architectural practice
that can foster multispecies co-living to reduce biodiversity loss and increase the quality of …