Thursday, October 27, 2016

How can nature be brought into cities in ways that reduce municipal costs while providing new economic opportunities for the local community, all while improving community health + well-being, & improving local ecosystems? Join Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone's lecture + talking panel at the international Naturescene symposium at Canada's Museum of Nature Nov. 9th


Worker Performance Microforest Atrium by Giancarlo Mangone


Innovative urban nature integration design strategies can provide diverse economic, social, and ecological benefits that reduce municipal costs while providing new economic opportunities for the local community, all while improving the health and well-being of community members, as well as the health of local ecosystems. Learn about these innovative, cost effective solutions at the international Naturescene symposium  Canada's Museum of Nature on Nov. 9th during Prof. Mangone's lecture and international expert panel discussion.

This event will also feature the public release of Prof. Mangone's 'Performative Microforest' design series - Come out and join the discussion!


Thursday, September 22, 2016

Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone lectures on how to develop EPC sustainable communities that improve the local economy, ecology, and quality of the community for Ottawa Architecture Week, Friday 6pm

Giancarlo Mangone will discuss how to develop sustainable communities that improve the local economy, ecology, and quality of the community, Ecologically Positive Communities,  as part of Ottawa Architecture Week, Friday 6pm, at 55 Metcalfe St (Manulife Place), Suite 420.




Thursday, June 16, 2016

What are the maximum economic, social, and ecological benefits that can be achieved by integrating nature into cities? Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone presents the potential benefits of existing and innovative urban natural environment integration strategies at the EAEE 2016 conference in Lisbon



Existing urban natural integration strategies tend to be ineffective at generating economic, ecological, and social benefits to local communities, compared to the potential benefits that natural environments can provide. Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone presents an investigation of the potential benefits of different types of existing urban natural environment integration strategies, such as landscapes and building integrated natural environments, as well as the potential benefits of a more innovative, integrated urban natural environment type that can have substantially greater ecological value. Learn more at his presentation on June 16th at the EAEE/ARCC 2016 conference in Lisbon, Portugal

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone proposes a more effective sustainable building design method and offers an innovative, highly effective sustainable building design solution in his recent journal paper, Constructing hybrid infrastructure

Building developments can be significantly more sustainable than those that are currently being developed. Moreover, building developments can play a significant role in developing sustainable communities, as well as resolving the negative global ecological impacts that human communities have on natural ecosystems that are endangering the ability of human communities to survive and thrive in the coming century. However, more innovative and rigorous design solutions are needed to achieve these goals.


Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone proposes a more ambitious and effective method for design teams to evaluate the ecological performance (sustainableness) of buildings, in his recently published double blind peer reviewed journal paper, Constructing hybrid infrastructure: Exploring the potential ecological, social, and economic benefits of integrating municipal infrastructure into constructed environments. His research indicates that incorporating municipal infrastructure systems into buildings and landscapes, as hybrid infrastructure, can be particularly effective ecologically, while providing a number of unique social and economic benefits as well.

Read more within the currently freely accessible journal publication (until July 8, 2016), via this weblink : http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1T3lqy5jORXbc