Open Access Published by Birkhäuser 2023

Reconstructing the Future

Cities as Carbon Sinks

Edited by: Bauhaus Earth , Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Rocío Armillas Tiseyra

About this book

Bauhaus Earth and Pontifical Academy of Sciences conference, June 2022

The built environment is a critical factor in the climate equation. Approximately 40 percent of global emissions derive from the construction, operation, and demolition of human settlements. The 21st century must be the century of re-entanglement, where quintessential functions (housing, work, culture, recreation, etc.) are reintegrated within urban spaces; where socioeconomic and ecological systems form a mutually supportive network of networks; and where past, present, and future are perceived as interwoven waves in the river of time.

Fortunately, opportunities exist to transform the built environment from a carbon source to a carbon sink through, e.g. timber construction high-rise buildings, circular bioeconomy methods, AI-assisted design, smart recycling technology, multifunctional land use, integrated regional resource management, and community-based urban development, to name just a few.

This volume compiles the papers presented by world-renowned scientists, architects, spatial planners, activists, and policy makers at the Reconstructing the Future for People and Planet conference, held at the Vatican in June 2022.

First publication of the Bauhaus Earth think tank
Ideas to transform the anthropocene
Contributions by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Ursula von der Leyen, Edgar Pieterse, Francesca Bria, Xu Tiantian, Shigeru Ban, Sheela Patel, Ana María Durán Calisto, and many others

We look forward to the re-entanglement of our cities with the ingenuity of nature’s systems, and to forging closer alliances across Built by Nature, Bauhaus Earth, and all our partners in this endeavor.

Donald Brenninkmeijer, Chair Built by Nature, Chair Laudes Foundation Investment Committee　
Leslie Johnston, CEO, Laudes Foundation
James Drinkwater, Head of Built Environment, Laudes Foundation

Author / Editor information

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Rocío Armillas Tiseyra, Bauhaus Earth, Berlin and Potsdam

Bauhaus Earth was initiated by Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and a circle of more than 20 renowned personalities from science, art, politics, and business in 2019.

Authors in alphabetical order:

Wael Al Awar

Rocío Armillas Tiseyra

Shigeru Ban

Francesca Bria

Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Ana María Durán Calisto

Andrea Gebhard

Andreja Kutnar

Elspeth MacRae

Giovanna Melandri

Klaus Mindrup

Fredric Mosley

Marc Palahí

Sheela Patel

Edgar Pieterse

Carlo Ratti

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Joachim von Braun

Ursula von der Leyen

Olena Vozniak

Venla Wallius

Geoffrey West

Xu Tiantian

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
contents Publicly Available Download PDF	4
foreword Giovanna Melandri Open Access Download PDF	8
preface Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Rocío Armillas Tiseyra Open Access Download PDF	12
1 bioeconomy: toward sustainable living and biosensitive cities Joachim von Braun Open Access Download PDF	18
2 saving the world by construction Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Open Access Download PDF	26
3 the new european bauhaus vision Ursula von der Leyen Open Access Download PDF	38
4 critical appraisal of wood as a building material Andreja Kutnar Open Access Download PDF	46
5 rural is global Xu Tiantian Open Access Download PDF	56
6 indigenous planning in amazonia Ana María Durán Calisto Open Access Download PDF	72
7 wetland: a future vernacular Wael Al Awar Open Access Download PDF	88
8 sustainable digitization and data democracy for urban transformation Francesca Bria Open Access Download PDF	102
9 how to build equity Edgar Pieterse Open Access Download PDF	116
10 life, growth, and death: from organisms and cities to societies Geoffrey West Open Access Download PDF	130
11 regulations for the future Klaus Mindrup Open Access Download PDF	142
12 50 years since the limits to growth: learning to live within limits Sandrine Dixson-Declève Open Access Download PDF	152
13 toward a circular bioeconomy Elspeth MacRae Open Access Download PDF	158
14 paradise found: from mining to gardening Andrea Gebhard Open Access Download PDF	168
15 sustainable forest management Marc Palahí, Fredric Mosley and Venla Wallius Open Access Download PDF	174
16 utopia or oblivion Carlo Ratti Open Access Download PDF	184
17 roof over our heads: examining adaptation for those living informally Sheela Patel Open Access Download PDF	192
18 emergency architecture Shigeru Ban Open Access Download PDF	200
19 built-environment education in reconstructing ukraine Olena Vozniak Open Access Download PDF	214
acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	224
conference testimonials Open Access Download PDF	226
index Open Access Download PDF	234
image credits Open Access Download PDF	240
imprint Open Access Download PDF	248

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekturschaffende, Studierende, interessierte Laien
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 6
- Coloured Illustrations: 111
Keywords: Architecture; Sustainable; Environment; Planning; Urban Design; Erde; Timber Construction; AI-Design; Mining; Recycling; Resource Management

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783035627015

Paperback

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783035626971

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