NEST is an ecological façade system which would be made through sustainable ceramic/clay 3d printing techniques. Façade panels are tailored to create specific environment that will allow the passive or low maintenance growth of the plants or places to nest for desirable species of insects, birds and bats, while maintaining the high performance of the building and healthier micro-climate. We offer a solution that either upgrades existing buildings or is incorporated into new build.
The material isolation of the Balearic Islands made its inhabitants develop their own material culture out of the island’s limited resources. This enclosed landscape gave shape to sustainable techniques that deeply align with our current search for circularity and can thus be brought into the future. Together with the Balearic Institute of Housing, we are developing a 10 social housing units scheme that updates sandstone and timber construction while taking advantage of its sustainable nature.
A disused brownfield site, centrally located in the historic city of Karlovac, is envisioned as an urban-natural place of new productivity. The site is
transformed into a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood that functions as a self-sustainable system producing energy, food, knowledge – and new levels of urbanity for the surrounding areas. The existing, forest-like environment found on parts of the site is preserved and enhanced so the neighborhood also doubles as a calming, green oasis in the city.
