{"id":848,"date":"2021-04-29T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/?p=848"},"modified":"2021-04-29T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:28:22","slug":"green-is-the-new-black-beauty-to-be-redefined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theoneplanetlife.com\/cy\/green-is-the-new-black-beauty-to-be-redefined\/","title":{"rendered":"Green is the new black: Beauty must be redefined to help save the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

No more concrete. No more utilitarian, ugly spaces. The need to build back better, to bring nature to people, to revolutionise our relationship with nature, has been made crystal clear by the pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So urban design needs to change. Architecture needs to change. Planning needs to change. But to what?<\/p>\n

Beauty is nature-based<\/h2>\n

“I see cities of the future as urban forests,” said no less than the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> last week at a conference for the New European Bauhaus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Urban

Urban forests mean high rise buildings swathed in green, in this new city being built in southern China\u2019s mountainous Guangxi area.
Image: Stefano Boeri Architetti<\/p><\/div>\n

Any new definition of beauty in design must meet the requirements of the climate and environmental emergencies. And it will take inspiration from nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The New European Bauhaus<\/a> is about sustainable design, planning and architecture and intrinsic to the European Green New Deal that is Europe\u2019s post-pandemic economic recovery package. It has the enthusiastic backing of the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

At a two-day conference, speaker after speaker underlined the belief that the eco-renovation challenge should eventually bring greater sustainability, more inclusion, and more beauty for people, not just in Europe but all over the world.<\/p>\n

\"Bosco

Bosco Verticale – High rise accommodation in Milan, Italy, built in 2014. The most shared building on Instagram, apparently. By the same architect as the one above.<\/p><\/div>\n