Health of Non-humans
FUTURE AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY
Recorded by Sofie Pelsmakers, images by Essi Nisonen and Veera Saastamoinen
KEY READINGS
Nawratek, K., Horton-Howe, A., Huggins, B., Oxley, M., Radical Inclusivity: Architecture and Urbanism, Dpr Barcelona
Tabb, J., Biophilic Urbanism, Designing Resilient Communities for the Future, Routledge
Lancet Commission on planetary health, Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation, https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/planetary-health
INSPIRATIONAL BUILT EXAMPLES
Lendager Group, UN17, Village, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
Mirjami Myllymäki, On How To Reimagine Lost Spaces Through The Concept Of A Table, Masters thesis https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/131395
HEALTH OF NON-HUMANS
Your project should never contribute to tipping points and ecological or climate breakdown. Instead, use your design to identify how you can positively impact the planet and restore some of the previous damage done. This means redirecting current human-centric design approaches towards an inclusive, biodiverse, restorative future using the principles of radical inclusivity, biophilia and topophilia. We should strive towards an approachable architecture that can be used by different living-beings in different (adaptable) ways. Following these principles steers us towards more ethical professional practices that support planetary health, instead of damaging it.