Urban Biodiversity: Crafting Biocentric Public Spaces
Holcim Awards Webinar looks at integrating the social and the ecological with approaches from Turkey and the UK
Last updated: August 07, 2024 Zurich, Switzerland
A new biocentric sensibility in Turkey and the United Kingdom
The Urban Nature Project (Awards 2023 Silver for Europe) reimagines two hectares of open land at the Natural History Museum’s campus in London, United Kingdom, as a centre for research, training, and education. Learning experiences will be offered in “outdoor living galleries” – immersive exhibits created with landscapes. The new park will be a net-zero carbon project that will improve local biodiversity and contribute to urban cooling.
Stream Co-Habitat (Awards 2023 Silver for Middle East & Africa) is a regenerative project that will help Tuzla, Turkey, recover from its industrial past, emphasising the links of water to history and culture. It envisions loops of ecological, hydrological, and mobility networks that double the public space, and offer habitats to fauna. It aims to become carbon-positive in ten years.
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