FASHION, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE TO THE GREENEST! 
We’re pleased to invite you to visit The Green Collective Exposition – an interdisciplinary exposition where creativity and sustaining biodiversity merge in a unique way. Presenting the best by the most talented from The Green Fashion Competition (selected from 2 seasons), The Green Design Competition and The Green Architecture Competition.

When: From 13 July until 22 July

Where: Umsjatka Studio, Brouwersgracht 130-134, 1013 HA Amsterdam, Netherlands

HABITAT is the result of a joint effort  by VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism, DS landschapsarchitecten, Biodivercity.nl and Wim Timmermans (lecturer Larenstein).

‘Habitat’ believes that the city is part of the overall ecosystem and therefore needs to be treated like one. “The built environment is not only an environment for humans but should also provide a habitat for animals, insects and plants. At the same time we look for integrated solutions that use the new qualities to solve existing problems of strong densification and growing cities.”

The research resulted in a series of specific to increase biodiversity in the built environment, while at the same time adding architectural vernacular. ” In the process of the project, we’ve found partners who understood added value for their activities. These partners help us testing our ideas ‘on the ground’. We are working together with the owners of an abandoned industrial area on the Amsterdam waterfront, a local craftsman school and we have tested  some of the measures we are proposing in our own building already.

‘Habitat’ is an on-going process. “We’d like to organise a network of all the existing initiatives and new stakeholders to create enough power to actually change the city. Next to this ‘facts on the ground’ approach we will also continue with our research partners to develop the tools to be able to measure and steer the initiatives so they can have an optimal effect for the ecosystem.”

The Green Architecture Competition has been organized by the Dutch Architecture Institute and the ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and rewards research into intelligent spatial design that is able to increase biodiversity.