How can buildings improve local biodiversity?

Symbiosis research question of the week : How can individual buildings be designed to improve local biodiversity while improving building and occupant performance?

Symbiosis recognized for improving low income senior citizens living environment

Symbiosis' LEED Platinum senior citizen affordable housing project Adaptive Generations is now featured on the  Organic Architecture Guild  website as an exemplar sustainable project that integrates human and natural environments in order to improve the performance of the building and the lifestyles of the occupants.

Giancarlo Mangone to teach how to implement innovative, high performance design in Neapolis University, Cypress

Symbiosis founder and principal Giancarlo Mangone has been invited to teach several workshops at the Faculty of Construction Management of Neapolis University in Cypress in April. The workshops will focus on translating innovative performance concepts to building constructions and optimizing construction projects to comply with LEED, avoid risks, and maximize project performance.

Symbiosis tasked to improve performance of vacant Dutch office buildings

Symbiosis has been invited to join the Refill team by Deerns Mechanical Engineers to make existing, vacant office buildings in the Netherlands higher performing and more desirable in the commercial office market. Symbiosis' focus will be on developing strategies, design solutions, and performance evaluations that improve building and occupant performance, while reducing project operating costs. Specific strategies of investigation include the utilization of vegetation, hybrid microclimates, and microforests as integrated spatial infrastructure typologies and building program.