RESILENT
A resiliency technologies company for a more livable and sustainable future.
Rethinking how architecture and design interacts with nature to yield sustainable and climate-resilient infrastructures.
Discovering “the specific tools—combinations of soil fungi, plant species composition, plant traits—that promote recovery by increasing the functionality and resilience of any ecosystem, which if brought to landscape architecture will help design more functional and resilient landscapes.” 6
Architects have a role to play as mediators in multi-scalar, multidisciplinary ecological discussions.
So while disasters—fires, floods—may appear limited in time, space, and in the factors involved, they really must be seen as only the most tangible moments of processes that occur across much broader scales. Landscape architecture may be among the best-equipped disciplines for engaging with such processes.
With an ecological solution, the benefits are amplified. With an engineering approach, the benefits are usually narrow and the benefits are oftentimes short- lived—they’re best on the day the project is completed, and then they progressively deteriorate while the cost of maintenance increases. An ecological solution is weakest on the day of installation as a practice, and it improves over time while the cost of maintenance decreases.
Earth
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Water
Atmospheric water generators (AWGs) produce potable water from surrounding air. This provides the potential to expand water availability during shortages, contamination events, and other issues that can interrupt drinking water services. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, and public water infrastructure failures, such as pipe corrosion resulting in contamination issues, have increased the interest in AWG technology as both emergency and long-term supply solutions.
Sun
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Wind
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2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Image by Brandon Hayes.
5. Ibid.
6. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-ruins-of-a-Han-Dynasty-202-BCE-220-CE-Chinese-watchtower-made-of-rammed-earth-at_fig9_283475588
7. Zenkonyu x Tamping Earth by Tadashi Saito + atelier NAVE. Image by Toshihiro Misaki.
8. Vigna Maggiore by Orma Architettura.
9. House Gulm by Aicher Ziviltechniker.
10. “Sun, Sticks and Mud: 1000 Years of Earth Building in the Desert Southwest“ by Bart Kaltenbach.
12. FogQuest: Sustainable Water Solutions.
Case study on Fog Nets.
Review of sustainable methods for atmospheric water harvesting.
13. Image by Kieron Heldson.
14. Grass-roofed home by Peter Hall.
15. Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project.
16. “Changing Perspectives • Crecscent Dunes.” Image by Jamey Stillings.
17. “The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar.” Image by Jamey Stillings.
18. Wind Turbine Wall by Joe Doucet.
19. “Windswept.” Image of boat sail by Drew Doggett
20. The Beehive by Ant Studio