Seedkit: design concepts learned from Pacific Northwest forests
Thu, 2017/03/30 - 18:52 — nhoeller
How does the Northwest Forest evaporate such large volumes of rainwater? And how can our buildings and infrastructure mimic those strategies to reduce polluted runoff?
This 66 page report starts by exploring stormwater management in urban environments, in comaprison to natural environments. The ddesign ideras are organized under:
- forest structure
- textured flora
- evergreen needles
- pine cones
- leaves
- bark
- moss
- mycorrhizae
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