Tag: amphibious architecture
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Living with water instead of fighting it: 5 lessons from amphibious architecture and rethinking our relationship with nature

What if instead of building ever-higher walls to keep water out, we designed our homes and cities to rise gracefully with it? This week on What is The Future for Cities? podcast we explored exactly that question through two episodes. Episode 427R delivered a lively research debate on the 2016 paper “Thriving with Water: Developments…
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428I_Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project and Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture

Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “We can find ways to live with water instead of against it.” Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it? Interview with Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant…
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427R_Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious architecture in North America

Check out the episode: You can find the transcript through this link. Are you interested in amphibious architecture as a potential solutions for floods? Our debate today works with the article titled Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious architecture in North America from 2016, by Elizabeth English, Natasha Klink, and Scott Turner, presented at FLOODrisk…
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427R_transcript_Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious architecture in North America

Check out the episode: You can find the shownotes through this link. Are you interested in amphibious architecture as a potential solutions for floods? Our debate today works with the article titled Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious architecture in North America from 2016, by Elizabeth English, Natasha Klink, and Scott Turner, presented at FLOODrisk…
