{"id":538,"date":"2008-03-13T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/easa.antville.org\/stories\/1772124\/"},"modified":"2008-03-13T21:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T20:26:00","slug":"hero-of-the-planet-bill-mc-donough-his-ideas-and-how-and-to-where-they-are-spreading-buildings-as-trees-cities-as-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easa.paradeiser.net\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"“Hero of the planet” Bill Mc Donough, his ideas and how and to where they are spreading…buildings as trees, cities as forests"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Imagine a building that makes oxygen, distills water, produces energy, changes with the seasons—and is beautiful. In effect, that building is like a tree, standing in a city that is like a forest.”


The above design and the ideas behind it come from William McDonough<\/a>, the green architect par excellence, who built the first solar-powered house in Ireland in 1977 and was entitled “Hero of the Planet” in 1999 by the Time magazine, this latest proposal for the Tower of tomorrow<\/a> was commissioned by Fortune Magazine. Read more on INHABITAT<\/a>

You can watch Bill outline his simple, revolutionary, eco ideas in his presentation: The wisdom of designing Cradle to Cradle<\/a>. These bold dreams are catching on and being realised, from clean fully C2C<\/a> recylable materials to eco cities in China<\/a>.

(This talk in its original very inspiring website TED TALKS<\/a> )

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His question:
”How do we love all of the children of all species for all time.”

His goal:
”A delightfullyt diverse, safe, healthy and just World, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, economically and elegantly enjoyed.”

Meanwhile in ireland…



After many many years of asking and hoping, EASA<\/a> is finally coming to Ireland….a long journey since the early days, nearly 6 years ago now, when Ireland recovered from being a “Lost country” and a few Paddys wandered out to participate in EASA 02 @ Samogar<\/a>, Vis, Croatia…


Other interesting eco things happening in Ireland:
Convergence 13: Transition Strategies…Post Carbon Cities, Transition Towns and Eco-Villages<\/a>

It seems that a lot of things have moved in the last 2 years since: that eco city idea is starting to take off in china<\/a>, and even more since those special days in Banja Luka, Bosnia trying to make our first eco city<\/a>.

So with all this talk and action, maybe some day Dublin city might actually get its Botanic Spine<\/a>



and the aul town might become an eco city, as Torbjorn Lahti<\/a> pointed out “changing the world is easy, we’ve done it”



Anyway, thats enough from EIG<\/a> (eco intelligent growth) here in Barcelona

oiche mhaith a chairde

Dunk

PS

7 last things:

this picture:


and these questions:
1- What is an architect in today’s society?
2- Define “innovative architect”
3- How should one practice architecture?
4- What are the architect’s responsibilities?
5- What or where is architecture’s laboratory?
6- How can architecture be taught today?

add your answers in:
Six Simple and Hard Questions About What Architects Do Today and Where Their Profession Might Go Tomorrow: And Your View Is ….<\/a>

posted by duncan
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