The first Millennium City Workshop (experiential learning) took place on November 23, 1998, and since then, on the first floor or higher, various themes have been explored every month. Many visions and dreams for the future were shared by numerous participants (cumulative total of over 10,000) in what was called the "Dreams and Future Discussion […]
Do you have a dream about planting your own mango tree? The statistic probability that you who are reading this live in the city is over fifty percent, and the number is increasing. This means that fewer and fewer of us have the opportunity to grow our own fruit and vegetables, but are entirely dependent […]
A greenhouse is generally considered to be a house for plants. But for Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Iguchi, a greenhouse can be a very pleasant home for people, too, and he has built several such projects to prove his point. Iguchi’s latest glass development is a utopian experiment called Millennium City. On a plot of open […]
L'annesso al Fuji Kindergarten ospita aule di inglese e un'area d'attesa per l'autobus scolastico. Un imponente albero di zelkova, dalla forma contorta, domina il sito; la struttura è caratterizzata da uno spazio esterno che costituisce metà dell'edificio, ma la sua impronta non delimita chiaramente il confine tra interno ed esterno. "Ring Around a Tree" rappresenta […]
25VERDE è un’innovativa opera architettonica situata a Torino, progettata dall'architetto Luciano Pia. Questo edificio residenziale, completato nel 2012, rappresenta un perfetto connubio tra architettura sostenibile e natura urbana, offrendo un nuovo modello di abitare integrato con l'ambiente. Concepito come un "bosco abitabile", 25VERDE ospita oltre 150 alberi e 50 specie vegetali distribuiti tra giardini pensili, […]
Synergic agriculture, developed by Hazelip, is a cultivation method that originates from adapting Natural Farming principles to the Mediterranean climate. The principles of synergic agriculture draw inspiration from the adaptation to the Mediterranean climate of Natural Farming principles (formulated by the Japanese microbiologist and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka and Mark Bonfils), permaculture by Bill Mollison and […]
