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A major theme in environmentally sustainable architecture is the incorporation of plants into design. This requires some unusual logistics, but confers such research-established advantages as mitigating urban heat islands, carbon sequestration, and psychological benefits for people using the buildings.
In the small but burgeoning sub-genre of speculative fiction called Solarpunk, incorporation of plants into urban life and buildings (along with rivers and streams, solar and other sorts of sustainable power, and sustainably-sourced materials) is also a prominent element.
My own forthcoming novel, What's Bred in the Bone (to be released May 22, 2019) probably doesn't count as Solarpunk per se, because it's not set in our Solar system. But its setting, a habitat space station designed to be self-sustaining, and powered by light from the local system's day-star, is almost a character in its own right. I've drawn heavily on recent developments in architecture, intensive gardening, and related areas.
VIDEO: Many thanks to The B1M on YouTube for this excellent video survey of tree- and plant-enhanced architecture. My subscribers may notice I posted this a day earlier than normal for an Image of Interest; I have a special series running next week for Library Week that starts on Sunday, so I rearranged the posting dates just a bit. (Oh, and . . . sorry for the pun in the post's title. I couldn't resist.)
A major theme in environmentally sustainable architecture is the incorporation of plants into design. This requires some unusual logistics, but confers such research-established advantages as mitigating urban heat islands, carbon sequestration, and psychological benefits for people using the buildings.
In the small but burgeoning sub-genre of speculative fiction called Solarpunk, incorporation of plants into urban life and buildings (along with rivers and streams, solar and other sorts of sustainable power, and sustainably-sourced materials) is also a prominent element.
My own forthcoming novel, What's Bred in the Bone (to be released May 22, 2019) probably doesn't count as Solarpunk per se, because it's not set in our Solar system. But its setting, a habitat space station designed to be self-sustaining, and powered by light from the local system's day-star, is almost a character in its own right. I've drawn heavily on recent developments in architecture, intensive gardening, and related areas.
VIDEO: Many thanks to The B1M on YouTube for this excellent video survey of tree- and plant-enhanced architecture. My subscribers may notice I posted this a day earlier than normal for an Image of Interest; I have a special series running next week for Library Week that starts on Sunday, so I rearranged the posting dates just a bit. (Oh, and . . . sorry for the pun in the post's title. I couldn't resist.)
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