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Swiss Green Roof Standards
Some weeks ago my colleagues (from the University of Applied Sciences in Geneva and the City of Lausanne, Nature and City Department) and I organized a half-day event: an exchange of experiences on the Swiss green roof standards practice with the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) in Lausanne. Continue Reading
Reinventing Paris
“Réinventer Paris”, or “Reinventing Paris”, the architectural program initiated by Anne Hildago (the Socialist mayor of the French capital) in autumn 2014 does not lack ambition. Though the diverse composition of Réinventer Paris’ contemporary urban planning teams should be the norm, in reality, it is a novelty. Continue Reading
First Biosolar Roof in Sion – part of the Acclimatisation Programme
The first Biosolar roof in Valais Switzerland is a private villa new built on the south side of Sion. The owners were completely open to a new ecological approach of greening a flat roof in combination with solar thermal panels. Continue Reading
A Green City through and through
The City of Lausanne in the 1990s started to change the way it managed the green spaces in the city. Previously parks and and other green spaces were intensively managed but slowly the city has been taking a more extensive and natural approach. Continue Reading