Retrofitting The Auckland Bioregion
19 November
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Posted21 September 2011, by Staff, Auckland Permaculture Workshop, aucklandpermacultureworkshop.co.nz
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Tutor – Gary Marshall, Finn Mackesy and Rilke de Vos
“The question Where are we? has a deep, sustaining ring to it. It is a simple question with a deceptively complex answer”(Robert Thayer). This workshop asks participants to explore what it means to live locally in the Auckland bioregion. Through a series of discussions and design exercises, participants will investigate concepts and design strategies that seek to enrich their neighbourhoods and bioregion. The workshop includes a site visit to an on the ground example of a bioregional design and development initiative and talk with people involved.
Course content
Introduction to – Bioregionalism and Life Place theory; Bioregional and neighborhood audit and stocktake; Design strategies for retrofitting bioregions and neighbourhoods;Re-localization and Transition Culture – the Transition framework and the 12 Touchstones; Local, national and international best practice examples; Integrated Catchment Management, landscape ecology and settlement design.
Learning objectives
- Develop a deepened understanding of the Auckland bioregion
- Develop an understanding of the key principles of sustainable design and retrofitting
- Develop strategies for living locally, enriching and retrofitting the Auckland bioregion for a sustainable and resilient future
- Develop an understanding of retrofitting existing structures
- Apply the day’s learning to a practical design activity
- Identify opportunities and challenges to applying the day’s learning
Eco-retrofitting… means modifying buildings and/or urban areas to improve allover human and environmental health, and to reduce resource depletion, degradation and pollution – if not expand the ecological base. It implies an integrated and eco-logical design approach, instead of the mere addition of energy-saving equipment. It also implies a planning strategy that considers not just buildings but whole suburbs, cities and urban infrastructure” \\ Janis Birkeland
\\ LINKS+ REFERENCE MATERIAL
| Life Place, Bioregional Thought and Practice Robert L. Thayer, 1999 |
A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region’s Natural and Historic Heritage Cameron, Hayward and Murdoch, 2008 |
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built Stewart Brand, 1994 |
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http://www.aucklandpermacultureworkshop.co.nz/retrofitting_the_Auckland_bioregion.php
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Tutor – Gary Marshall, Finn Mackesy and Rilke de Vos “The question Where are we? has a deep, sustaining ring to it. It is a simple question with a deceptively complex answer”(Robert Thayer). This workshop asks participants to explore what it means to live locally in the Auckland bioregion. Through a series of discussions and design exercises, participants will investigate concepts and design strategies that seek to enrich their neighbourhoods and bioregion. The workshop includes a site visit to an on the ground example of a bioregional design and development initiative and talk with people involved. Course content Introduction to – Bioregionalism and Life Place theory; Bioregional and neighborhood audit and stocktake; Design strategies for retrofitting bioregions and neighbourhoods;Re-localization and Transition Culture – the Transition framework and the 12 Touchstones; Local, national and international best practice examples; Integrated Catchment Management, landscape ecology and settlement design. Learning objectives
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\\ LINKS+ REFERENCE MATERIAL
| Life Place, Bioregional Thought and Practice Robert L. Thayer, 1999 |
A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region’s Natural and Historic Heritage Cameron, Hayward and Murdoch, 2008 |
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built Stewart Brand, 1994 |
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