The Balance Between Architecture and Nature (Slideshow)
It is fascinating to think about the “between-state” of nature and built form. Each can support, erode, filter or even sculpt the other. Both architecture and nature seem to continuously creep into each other’s territories, as if to propel the notion that they are really inseparable — as you will see in the following slideshow.
It is my hope that these simple “captured moments” will spark an idea for you regarding architecture’s interplay with nature. As architects, we always should be aware of our green environment…for so many reasons. It is important that we build with our environment and not against it. Here are nine simple reasons why:
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- Architectural Weathering — displaying nature and built form’s delicate balance.
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- Improving Building Systems — a vertical display of nature texturizing our environments.
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- We Reflect Nature — The sky looks as if it is coming from the building’s interior.
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- Nature’s Growth— Nature most always finds a way to make an appearance.
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- Nature’s Perspective — This water droplet reflects buildings on its surface.
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- Feeding Our Experiences — Light “striking” an interior space.
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- Local Natural Systems — A nest “built” within a building’s fixture.
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- Capturing Nature’s Beauty — An old brick wall reveals nature, as if to filter it through.
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- Socio-political Factors — an abandoned city taken over by lush nature.
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Hi Maria, I have followed your blog for some time and have re posted many of your excellent items, on my own http://blog.konstrukshon.com site, always I hope with a credit to your site and the usual link, and this article is most unusual, yet effective, I like both the topic and the way you have presented it as a slide slow. I am not an Architect, but an Architectural Technologist, so my interest is mostly making the design work, in accordance with what ever law is applicable, building code. But at my later time in life, the 40 years as a technologist in so many Architects offices has rubbed of on me and this sort of presentation is more than of interest. am I turning into an Architect, no, just a more balanced Technologist.