Planting Buildings Reports
<p>Our experimental studio at the ETH explored the complex interrelationship of ecosystems, communities, and landscapes within ecoregions across Europe. Working through film, drawing, and making, our students studied existing material supply chains, questioning how they could be radically reimagined in a post-carbon future. With the plants and minerals of Europe’s ecoregions as the starting point the studio looked at regenerative practices, designing radical new housing systems which respect our planetary limits. The group also learnt how to build with bio-based materials, exploring the implications for labour and the body of a new, decarbonized built environment.</p>
Authors: Nikola Endres, Anna Hess, Elina Leuba, Annick Bächle, Maximilian Bächli, Manuel Scherrer, Senga Grossmann, Antoine Hansen, Caspar Trueb, Luca Bolfing, Pascal Hiestand, Carla Waeber, Arianna Charbon, Moritz Hahn, Andrej Harnist, Stan Bezencon, Philippe Jenny, Dominik Koch, Anton Krebs, Aurelia Perschel, Giacomo Rossi, Ella Bacchetta, Léna Grossenbacher, Elisa Nadas, Anna Caviezel, Chiara Hergenröder, Jamila Scotoni
Editors: Francesca Leibowitz, Sara Sherif, Paloma Gormley, George Massoud, Summer Islam
Contributors: Francesca Leibowitz, Sara Sherif, Rachael Milliner, Felix Hilgert, Werner Schmidt, Nicolas Balmelli, Rémi Jourdan
Graphic Designer: Villalba Studio
Part of: Material Cultures Reports