Planetary Health

FUTURE AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY

Recorded by Sofie Pelsmakers, images by Essi Nisonen

KEY READINGS 

• Radical Inclusivity: Architecture and Urbanism, Nawratek, K., Horton-Howe, A., Huggins, B., Oxley, M., Dpr Barcelona

• Biophilic Urbanism, Designing Resilient Communities for the Future, Tabb, J., Routledge

• Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation, Lancet Commission on planetary health, 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

PLANETARY HEALTH

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.