The Horse 2020/21

A vital part of life on earth is the continuous hydrologic cycle; Water cycles from the atmosphere to and through the earth and back  the atmosphere.

Once water has entered the soil, it will spread out in all directions. The water either gets stored for reusing by plants for example or it drains downward. 
Because of soil water air and nutriens can get in the ground which is very imiportant.

The Werdhölzli Zürich Wastewater treatment plant is instructed to clean the waste water in my hometown.
There are 87 workers involved to serve over 471'275 people with cleaned water. 
Due to its design up to 500'000 cubic metres can be cleansed each day.

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During this project we learned a lot about the importance of building materials. They have a big impact on the buildings but also on the environment. By using building materials like rammed earth we can safe masses of energy for other things.
We also realised how difficult it is to make environmentally friendly adjustments, as there are many individual variables in a building project.
Even though we didn't expect the complexity of this project, we managed to put together an informative project. 

By Dario & Justin

-Analyse the response of our expert

-Read the documents he's sent us and evaluate what we can use for our project.

What is the most eco-friendly building material?

We decided to answer this question in our project. During the last months we used selfmade graphics, calculations and science-based data for a result. 
If you are interested we would be happy if you visit our post on Wordpress by the folloying link.

Possible interview partners:

Heredium (company that wantet to build green facades on the Löwenstrasse in Zürich)

Herr Leuenberger (expert)

Stadtgärtnerei Zürich (Has information and knowledge about green facades)

(in progress)

by Dario & Justin

(I) Names of research team: Dario Di Fazio & Justin Valiyaveettil

(II) Your Question (What?)
-Wider question (with link to your post): What are the differences between the best and the worst combination of building materials and facades?
-Refined question: (1) How are the building materials brought and disposed? (2) What impact to our environment do different surface textures have?

(III) Your Answer: Project description, methods/techniques, etc. (How?)
-Interviews with experts and/or companies who've built in cities.
-Research in the internet
-Visiting some buildings we compare
-Get some informations from friends who work in this field

(IV) Diverse, e.g. material needed, expert proposals, difficulties
-equipment for taking pictures and to record the interview

by Dario & Justin

When we close our eyes we see a city with a lot of grey surfaces. The materials are brought to our country by ship and airplane, which causes great damage to our enviroment. In summer the city gets hot and the air thickens. We imagine most buildings to be cost efficient and paired up in dense structures to save space. 

But we can also think of a perfect scenario with buildings with green space on the surface to let the city breathe. Eco-friendly materiels like wood and natural stone are used for constructs and everything is well distributed.

We can already imagine how in our project we are going to compare these two scenarios and methods with each other. By visiting places which represent both versions of city fassades we are also going to see how much of our imagination matches reality.

Dario & Justin