the building already existed as my design studio proposal, a visitor centre and retreat in the peak district shaped around access to nature for people usually excluded from it. boundless green asked a different question of the same scheme. not how it is designed, but what happens across the decade after it opens.
the strategy runs in four stages, from a low carbon baseline at year 0 to full ecological integration by year 10, when the trees planted at the outset have grown enough to replace the stilted structure built to stand in for them. outcomes are measured with the teeb tool against the riba sustainable outcomes framework. the slideshow follows each stage through axonometric, elevation and pedestrian views.
the timeline is grounded in practice. in my career i work on real greening schemes, including the eu funded cool neighbourhoods project, where designs i contributed to are now under construction in the netherlands.
