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#53: Vanessa Champion - Biophilic Design for Climate Action

Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design

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Building Natural Materials

I think something that's really interesting with building natural materials is actually... maybe there's two slices of argument. We tend to think about architecture as being very permanent. Usually buildings last about 60 years and then they get demolished and rebuilt or whatever, at the very least retrofitted and changed and modified. Sort of vernacular architecture takes that time scale much shorter than cities. And if we combine it with a bit of stone, you know, hey, you can sort of like, and then you did mind remodeling, you know? I don't know, it's just an interesting thought. It is, it's a wonderful idea really because then, youknow, we all get bored

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