ALAP ( Alternative Landscape Architectural Practice) is a series of experiments entangled in urban nature, searching for ways to cohabitate with the other-than-humans by creating spaces of biodiversity. We love exploring terms such as weed, vacant lot, unproductivity, lazy, queer...
The Medical Mushroom Garden is a different type of garden and is the first of its kind where young unemployed people are educated on how to grow medical mushrooms in domestic and controlled conditions, using the circular economy model. There will be training on the cultivation of Reishi, Shiitake, Lion's Beard, Maitake, Bukovka. The model is an incubator for mushrooms and it is applicable and replicable - the production can be very easily replicated and implemented in rural areas.
We have developed a project of an active sculpture, which, by improving the aesthetic quality of the space, also serves as a place to rest while implementing several pro-ecological activities. Sculpture placed in urban green areas will be a place where residents can relax, plants bloom, and in winter, when people don't use the benches, it will be a shelter for hedgehogs. The sculpture will be made of "green" concrete, which fights smog by breaking down dangerous nitrogen compounds from the air.
POMOPLA^2 is an innovative biocomposite that enhances tomato by-products of agri-food companies for both flexible and rigid packaging. Following the goals of Green Deal and the principles of circular economy, the concept was to replace fossil-based plastics (e.g., PP, PE, PET) currently used to pack fresh tomatoes with POMOPLA^2, a more sustainable solution coming from renewable and biodegradable feedstocks.
CITY/NATURE – an exploration of human-nature relations in the cities.
The project included a collaboration with a group of local, green activists "OSŻ” and responds to their needs.
The main part was the International Poster Contest with the aim to promote having closer relations with nature and to search for the best visual language on that topic. It received over 1,000 submissions from over 50 countries and ended up with the post-contest exhibition presenting works for the public view.
Nowadays, 80% of street space is occupied by cars, leaving only 20% available for pedestrians. Causing safety and mental health issues for citizens.
The issue is accentuated at the gates of educational centers, where many people are crowded in very narrow sidewalks at the entrance and exit of students.
Therefore, the +BEING structure's purpose is to widen the sidewalk, taking up the parking spaces near the school gates.Creating safe and livable public spaces through distinctive urban furniture
Unbuilt highlights the overlooked or forgotten beauties of place, encouraging communities to see a hopeful sustainable future for their local built heritage.
Unbuilt aims to develop a curated online database of architecture theses categorised by location in order to harness the artistic power of unseen projects facilitating an inclusive dialogue on locality, connecting people to place.
Europe's waterways were used in the past for the transport of goods.
Today most of the small channels are no longer used by people except in short stretches in a few periods of the year.
The goal is to create open spaces that are always accessible to the public where people can satisfy their daily needs while staying in touch with nature.
This helps people to know the importance and beauty of the waterways, as well as not abandoning them.
Nature takes-nature gives.In December 2020. Sisak-Moslavina County was hit by earthquake.People lost their homes and they are in need of fast solution. Parallel, the world is in the middle of lockdown caused by Covid 19.This concept represents modular social housing that can be used in any urgent situation.Modules can later be added or removed, depending on family members increase/decrease. Besides that, garden modules can be added- they connect users with the nature and calms them after trauma.
Dyeluxe provides 100% natural pigments from regionally sourced food by-products as a chemical detox for the textile dye industry. This sustainable project enriches the biodiversity of natural colorants, while reducing the circularity gap within the food and fashion industry simultaneously. The mapping of such localized colors, promotes the revival of traditional dyeing techniques with a modern twist and creates new opportunities for cities and creative industries for sustainable development.
