How computer-aided organic architecture could change the city of the future

Green Roofs for Mediterranean Climates: Biocrust Roofs

The NativeScapeGR project is a scientific project developed in the University of Lisbon, Portugal, that uses native plant species and biocrusts to create green roofs with low water requirements, adapted to climates with Mediterranean characteristics.

Feira de Jardinagem mediterrânica. Dia 1 de Novembro em Estoi

publicado por Sementes de Portugal
http://sementesdeportugal.blogspot.pt

Dia 1 de Novembro, Sábado, entre as 11.00h e as 16.00h,  irá decorrer nos jardins históricos da Pousada do Palácio de Estoi, a sexta edição da feira de jardinagem mediterrânica promovida pela associação portuguesa de jardinagem mediterrânica.

Em conjunto com a Sigmetum, iremos estar presentes num dos poucos eventos que em Portugal se dedicam exclusivamente a promover o potencial ornamental da nossa flora espontânea. E que é, apesar de estarmos virados para o Atlântico, uma flora de matriz mediterrânica.

Mas se esta feira já tem todos os requisitos para merecer uma visita, o facto de se realizar numa parte dos jardins históricos da Pousada do Palácio de Estoi, que normalmente se encontra encerrada ao público, é um motivo adicional. 

A propósito e para quem não conhece, o Palácio de Estoi, onde hoje está instalada uma Pousada de Portugal, é um dos expoentes da arquitectura civil algarvia, mandado erguer em meados do séc.XIX, em estilo rococó e com elementos a fazer lembrar o Palácio de Queluz.. Classificado como de interesse público desde 1977, por si só merece a deslocação!

Beautiful Photographs of the Botanical Garden Barcelona by Sixto D. Lozano



Spanish Landscape Architecture: Barcelona Botanical Garden Posted by Sixto D. Lozano


One of Spain's crown jewels, Barcelona Botanical Garden is located on Montjuich´s mountainside between the Castle and the Olympic Stadium. Today, I'd like to bring you on a journey into a garden-mountain landscape that captures the perfect design balance between nature and the city of Barcelona.

Wet meadows to the Source | Norges-la-Ville, France | Territoires Landscape Architects

Wet meadows to the Source | Norges-la-Ville, France | Territoires Landscape Architects

For cliffs and dunes there are similar ways of protection giving access  to the beach

in Albufeira, Portugal

 

Algarve History Association October Events

MONDAY  6  october at 18h00

Municipal Library Tavira

Noras in the Algarve and Water Features in the Gardens of Andalusia

with   Isabel Blaser

In this presentation, Isabel shows that the Arabs who came to the Iberian Peninsula in the eighth century had inherited hydraulic technologies from their forebears in the deserts of the Middle East. They brought these technologies with them to Iberia and introduced here techniques for raising, storing and channelling water which were new to Iberia. In the hot and dry climate of the Iberian Peninsula, they introduced innovative and intensive irrigation which allowed them to introduce new crops into the region. Even nowadays we still see in the Algarve the many old wells with impressive gear wheels standing near rivers and streams and in close proximity to orange groves. These devices are called Noras, and this name comes from the Arabic word Noura, which designates the gear wheel for raising water. In this presentation Isabel goes on to show the link between the water features of Islamic gardens and water devices used in agriculture. This talk is open to everyone.

Designing in the Prairie Spirit: A Conversation with Darrel Morrison