BLOOM - A REGENERATIVE MODEL FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The buildings we design make up our urban ecosystems, yet it is increasingly clear that these ecosystems need to become more compatible with the natural environment. The climate crisis is evidence that our cities are not performing sustainably on the urban scale. Natural ecosystems manage to be both delicate and resilient by balancing resource allocation optimally. We can learn from the systems that have been developed for billions of years in different plant communities and natural habitats. Natural ecosystem regeneration holds the keys to understanding how our cities can learn to adapt to change. With this set of design principles borrowed from nature, we can create sustainable cities that unite communities as co-contributors to a cohesive ecosystem.