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REGENERATIVE
ARCHITECTURE
PRINCIPLES
“Buildings have to take
care of nature”

1. Whole Systems Design Integration

2. Integration Into Landscape

Regenerative
3. Intelligent Limit
Architecture
4. Concentration
Principles
5. Intelligent Construction

6. Bold Ecology

7. Community

8. Experience of Place
Jacob A. Littman (2009)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
9. Culture

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1. Whole Systems Design Integration

A. All Systems and Entities are

Accounted and Incorporate into The
Systems Design
B. All Systems are Involve in
Communities of Mutually Supportive
Rellationships
C. Principles of Multiplicity
D. Principles of Redundancy

Jacob A. Littman (2009) University of Massachusetts Amherst

1. Whole Systems Design Integration

All Systems and Entities are Accounted and Incorporate into The Systems Design

 The design process we are viewing

the site as a whole system and
within that system we cannot begin
to pick and choose which elements
are important.
 The intention of operating within
the whole system without
segregating, alienating or
overlooking any of the members of
the whole system community of the
given site.
 Our needs are not the only needs
Jacob A. Littman (2009) University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Bosco Verticale was aimed at creating a biological habitat and increasing biodiversity. It
created an urban ecosystem linking urban life and nature.
• The project was part of the BioMilano idea.

BioMilano comprises six ideas aimed at

increasing the number of green spaces in Milan:
1. The creation of a vertical forest
2. The wood house project - sustainable housing using low-cost
materials and wooden panels recycled
3. Expo 2015 - the creation of a large space for food production in the
city
4. Metrobosco - the creation of a circle of trees surrounding
5. The conversion of roughly 60 abandoned farms
6. The rehabilitation of ex-industrial areas into green spaces.

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1. Whole Systems Design Integration

All Systems are Involve in Communities of Mutually
Supportive Rellationships

Each relationship strenghtens the whole

system. “Honeybees and Flowers–
mutually beneficial and reciprocal
relationships”

Jacob A. Littman (2009)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

• PERI Basiano provided a

customised formwork and
scaffolding concept for
building the towers. The
concept included a rail
climbing system (RCS),
PERI UP scaffold system
and SKYDECK panel slab
formwork. The concept
was helpful in building the
unique design of the
towers and in meeting the
tight construction
schedule.
• The irregular arrangement
of the balconies required
the distribution of loads
across the height of the
tower. Shoring towers
based on the PERI UP
scaffold system were used
to address the problem.

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1. Whole Systems Design Integration

Principles of Multiplicity

Each entity in the system provides support to support to

more than one one other entity.
Eacch entity serves more than one function in the system.
This is a principle that is at the core of permaculture
design and is traditionally describing one of the methods
for` 28 designing polycultures within edible forest
gardens and permaculture gardens;
Jacob A. Littman (2009)
University of Massachusetts Amherst

A three-year study,
conducted by a group
of esteemed botanists
and ethologists,
resulted in a careful
selection of trees and
plants that are today
part of the Vertical
Forest.

https://aware-theplatform.com/the-vertical-forest-by-stefano-boeri/

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Improvement of Quality
of Life and Birth of New
Life

According to a study by the

University of Minnesota,
“natural environments are
known to promote physical,
mental, and spiritual healing”
(Science Daily), but it’s not only
humans who benefit from the
Vertical Forest. A few years
after its construction, the Boeri
Studio recorded that the
project “has given birth to a
habitat colonised by numerous
animal species (including about
1,600 specimens of birds and
butterflies)” (Stefano Boeri).

https://aware-theplatform.com/the-vertical-forest-by-stefano-boeri/

1. Whole Systems Design Integration

Principles of Redundancy
 Each need in the system is met with
more than one solution.
 A natural system there is no one
solution for the healthy operation of the
system.

In a regenerative design we should

consider implementing at least 2 of
options for meeting our demand for
energy, thus solving the problem of
energy with more than one solution,
strengthening our energy system,
solidifying our energy input, making it
more reliable, efficient and beneficial.

Jacob A. Littman (2009)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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7. Community

Scale is irrelevant to the

importance of an entity group
Support for the exchange of
experience and social practice is
embodied
All mamber of the community
are participants in and influences
of the design

15,000 plants and over 90 different species

of trees, shrubs and floral vegetation, the
equivalent of a 3-hectare forest capable of
A new biodiversity absorbing 30 tons of carbon dioxide every
architecture that houses year.
trees, humans, and birds

an icon for the concept of

urban reforestation.

https://www.italia.it/en/lombardy/mil
an/bosco-verticale

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Hosting 480 large and

Milan’s Vertical Forest medium trees, 300
consists of two towers of small trees, 11,000
80 and 112 metres. perennial and covering
plants and 5,000
shrubs.
The equivalent - over
an urban surface of
1,500 m2 – of 20,000
m2 of forest and
undergrowth.

• Layers of scale are

the almost infinite
calculable scales of
organized
communities and
systems that exist
in the universe.
• Layers of scale
reveal to us the
pattern of
relationships that
occur between the
different
communities and
systems across the
horizon of scale.

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9. Culture
• Culture is an absolutely essential
principle, which manifests itself on all
layers of scale and is present in every
species, polyculture, structure and
system.
• The social of the space is place present
in the design
• The geological history is complimented
and preserved
• All present culture are constituents of
the place
• Culture permanence is accommodated
• The quality life of all culture in enhanced
by the design and intervention
• The collective conscious of culture is
harnessed

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https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/milan-vertical-forest-high-rise

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• Each place tells a

story and has a
history embedded
within it and it is
through cultural
expression that
these stories are
told.
• The Vertical Forest
is an ever-evolving
landmark of the
city, whose colours
change depending
on the season and
the different
natures of the
plants used. This
offers Milan’s
population an ev-
er-changing view of
the city.

Vertical Forest into a

new icon for Milan
And as the seasons
come and go, the
variations in color and
shape of the plant
structure generate a
large, constantly
changing landmark,
recognizable even from
a distance.

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“Dan bila dikatakan kepada mereka,

'Janganlah kalian membuat kerusakan di muka
bumi:' Mereka menjawab, 'Sesungguhnya kami
Regenerative Value
orang-orang yang mengadakan perbaikan',”
(Al-Baqarah ayat 11)

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• A process that results in a plan of action to improve

a situation.
• A skill that incorporates situational awareness and
empathy into idea generation.
• A tool that invokes analytical as well as creative
thought to solve problems that consider context,
stakeholder requirements and preferences,
logistical issues, and cost.
• A mindset in which ideas are triggered from diverse,
even discrepant, sources, and then built upon to
inform progressively better solutions to challenges.

How is design Design thinking is not

an algorithm; unlike
thinking math and science
problems, there is no
distinct and single, right, absolute
answer; there are
different from multiple solutions,
some perhaps more
optimal than others.
other problem- Design thinking—
especially learning
about problems
solving through analyzing
context and

approaches? stakeholders—is closely

aligned with social
science thinking.

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3 Modes Of
Thinking:
Divergent,
Convergent,
Lateral

https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/3-modes-of-thought-
divergent-convergent-thinking/

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Design Thinking as a Mindset

1. Look for empathy; Empathy: the ability to

understand and share the feelings of another. Design Thinking as a
2. Focus on value, not product; Refocus: the value a
solution brings into the human life. Mindset
3. Be curious; It is about paying attention to the finer with a touch of systems thinking
details, asking questions when you start assuming and
seeking to understand what you don’t know. Mette Maagensen (2017)
4. Challenge your assumptions; helps you challenge
the status quo and ask “How can this be done better?”
5. Search for the underlying problem; It is about
asking “why?” — often on repeat to map the first-hand Be cool with saying
experience to the root cause. “I don’t know, but I will find out.”
6. Be playful; Think big, dare to fail.
7. Embrace the unknown; Have faith in the process —
it will get you there.
8. Remember the big picture; Consider how these
systems in play will influence the innovation, and how https://medium.muz.li/design-thinking-as-a-mindset-
the innovation will influence the systems. 99d7ddbb8bf
9. Work with integrity; Doing what’s right, not easiest.

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