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

1. Whole Systems Design Integration

2. Integration Into Landscape

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

6. Bold Ecology

7. Community

8. Experience of Place
Jacob A. Litman (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 Relationships

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 Incorporated into The Systems Design

ÿ 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.
ÿ 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.
ÿ 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 recycled wooden panels
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 Relationships

Each relationship strengthens the

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

Jacob A. Littman (2009)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

• PERI Basiano provided a

customized 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
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 other entity.
Each 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 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 colonized 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
ÿ Each need in the system is met
with more than one solution.
ÿ 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 to meet 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 the design

15,000 plants and over 90 different species

of trees, shrubs and floral vegetation,
the equivalent of a 3-hectare forest capable
A new biodiversity of 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

Milan's Vertical
Forest consists of two
towers of 80 and 112 meters.
and medium trees,
300 small trees,
11,000 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 absolutely essential
principle, which manifests itself on
all layers of scale and is present in
every species, polyculture, structure
and system. • The social space is
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 of life of all cultures is 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
the cultural
expression that
these stories are told.
• The Vertical Forest
is an ever-evolving
landmark of the
city, whose colors
change depending
on the season and
the different natures
of the plants used.
This offers Milan's
population an ever-
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 landmarks,
recognizable even from
a distance.

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"And when it was said to them,

'Do not make mischief in the earth:' They Regenerative Value
replied, 'Indeed we are the ones who
make repairs',"
(Al-Baqarah verse 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 math and science
thinking problems, there is

distinct no single, correct,

absolute answer;

and different from there are multiple

solutions, some
perhaps more optimal than others.
Design thinking
other problem —especially
learning about
problems through
solving analyzing
context and stakeholders
approaches? —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's 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- Be cool with saying "I
hand experience to the root cause. 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 https://medium.muz.li/design-thinking-as-a-
how the innovation will influence the systems. mindset 99d7ddbb8bf

9. Work with integrity; Doing what's right, not the easiest.

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