greenskinslab

The LANDSLIDE MITIGATION Concepts, Tools and Design Blog https://blogs.ubc.ca/landslides/ was created through a directed study by Alexander Williams and Pierre Tulk, both SALA MLA III, and Diego Lozano, Geography BSc IV, initiated and advised by Associate Professor Daniel Roehr. This blog presents basic concepts related to the study of mass movements (landslides) and their mitigation by design professionals and students (Architects, Environmental Designers, Landscape Architects). It empowers future designers to detect and highlight landslide prone areas with an easily accessible GIS-based mapping tool. An additional multisensory site immersion tool is currently being created in another phase to complement this tool and inform landslide susceptibility parameters at the site scale. 

The interaction of our bodies in space is intrinsically linked to the ways in which we design. In spatial design we tend to focus on solely the visual, often treating it as the dominant sense while ignoring the other four senses: touch, sound, smell, taste. While research has been carried out on the perception of multisensorial experiences and design in the last two decades, there is no combined resource on how to address multisensory design in landscape architecture, architecture, urban and environmental design. This is a textbook for design students, professionals, and educators to develop multisensorial literacy. This book is the first of its kind, providing introductions on each of the five senses, along with exercises that demonstrate how to observe, record, and visualize them. It explores current design school pedagogy, and how we might imagine a more mindful way of teaching. The book is a foundational resource for students, professionals, and instructors to understand and ultimately create multisensorial spaces that are inclusive for all. This book imagines a world where seeing is redefined in a way that encompasses all of the senses—not just the visual.

After many years of research the team published its globally usable LID application in the ‘Journal of Living Architecture’. Big thank you to the whole lab team Feng Wu, Jericho Bankston, Feiyu Wei and internal lab advisors Jon Laurenz and Kevin Kong.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5feb6d2cab06677bba637eba/t/60f1b7cec700e72b2f461385/1626453967759/JLIV2021Volume8_Issue1-StormwaterCalculationLID.pdf

Holistic Stormwater Management Application https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AGviy_dQiRBQQbQ&cid=E11813022BBE528C&id=E11813022BBE528C%218872

A virtual tour will follow in about 15 days….

Prof. Daniel Roehr and greenskins lab team Jon Laurenz, Jericho Bankston, Feng Wu, Isabel Kunigk and Kevin Kong have been invited to exhibit at the TIME SPACE EXISTENCE exhibition, an extensive biennial architecture and design exhibition in Venice, Italy, from May 22nd to November 21st, 2021, coinciding with the Venice Architecture Biennale. The event will be held in the historical centre of Venice at Palazzo Mora (lab exhibition location), Palazzo Bembo and the Giardini Marinaressa. In addition, everyone will have the possibility to experience the exhibition online through virtual tours and social media. A virtual exhibition walk through link will be provided to SALA as soon as it is available.

The lab is presenting their ongoing research of a globally usable Low Impact Design (LID) application to dimension LID in the concept phase of urban design projects. It also presents the content of their international LID workshops and lectures and current LID design examples being implemented in Europe through panels and a video created at multiple locations via ZOOM.