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As global urbanization accelerates toward a projected population peak of 10.2 billion by 2100, traditional horizontal city models have become increasingly unsustainable. This paper proposes the High-Performance City and the linear urban system of Strings as a necessary evolution in urban design that synthesizes the social cohesion of the village with the economic intensity of the city to create high-density, vibrant environments that significantly reduce the global ecological footprint.
The Nature of Everything
The changing relationship between nature and enclosed space has interested DMAA for many years. In the projects for the “H.O.M.E. House” and for a residential building in Bremen they interpret the subject by using the motif of nature as expanded living space.
Plantopia
We are in #PlantFever! For this guest article disguised as an interview, Evalie Wagner relates the social media phenomenon the #GardensOfInstagram to her own artistic work. In doing so, she shows that this stage-managed approach to flora is far more deeply rooted in our culture than a fleeting glimpse of our social media feeds would lead us to expect.
Weather Report
We spoke with Dr. Marc Olefs, Head of the Climate Research Department in the fields of data, methods and models at the ZAMG – Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, about the relationship between architecture, the weather and the climate and the possibilities that we have for modelling the climate of tomorrow.
Call of the Wild
In order to get an impression of the diversity of the ideas that are impacting upon today's view of the relationship between people and nature, it is worth examining the archive of visual culture. Join us on a journey through the history of this very special form of representation.
The Future of Farming
What farming will look like in the future is being decided today. Many examples suggest that, alongside the widely-known instances of industrial mass production, there are also numerous small initiatives that should encourage us to think, participate or imitate.
Urban Farming in Vienna
Up, Down and About
Cities are growing, demand for food is increasing. And the ways in which people are thinking about cultivated areas in urban settings are demonstrated by three visionary farming startups in Vienna. We have paid a visit and taken a good look over and under them as well as at their surroundings.
A Box of Mealworms
Future Food
Her vision is to enable people to design a better planet, says Katharina Unger in a voice message. Since 2015, she and her company Livin Farms Equipment have offered alternative ways of producing proteins.
Finite Resource
And independent of the question of what farming will look like in the future, there is a resource that we collectively share. As explained in a series of figures and diagrams.
Building for Plants
We sat down with Thomas Auer of Transsolar, in order to talk about his work, the life of plants and his collaboration with DMAA on a greenhouse in Shanghai, China.
Animals. Humans and their Nature
Having designed a zoo in the Chinese city of Taiyuan, DMAA was curious to delve into the deeper implications of the human relationship with nature and invited the eminent Austrian philosopher Konrad Paul Liessmann to share his insights into the topic.
Life on Mars
If you happen to wonder how the architecture of DMAA relates to the notion of life on Mars, here is where you can find out.
Long-span Timber Gridshells
We took a close look at the design development process of the three greenhouses at Taiyuan Botanical Garden, in order to find out what it means to build visually appealing homes for plants and visitors alike.