#650: Basecamp Lyngby

Via LinkedIn I came across this development.

Basecamp Lyngby is described as a housing and multi-use development.

It is located in Denmark.

It's an interesting example of how housing could be designed to incorporate nature, and provide opportunities for residents or users to have access to nature in their daily life.

Image source: https://kragh-berglund.com/public-space/skovbrynet-basecamp/

It's described as a place where design, convenience, and sustainability coexist harmoniously and boasts about its positives:

• Intergenerational Living: This unique complex brings together students, doctoral candidates, and seniors, fostering a vibrant and diverse community.
• Waste Minimisation and Reuse: The building extensively uses recycled materials, particularly in its facade. These materials not only promote sustainability but can also be reused repeatedly, embodying the principles of a circular economy.
• Recycled Air Systems: The heating and ventilation system utilizes recycled air, significantly reducing energy consumption and waste. This system captures and reuses 90% of the energy from extracted air to heat fresh air, enhancing energy efficiency.
• Rainwater Harvesting: The complex includes rainwater storage facilities that collect and store rainwater for various uses, such as natural irrigation, thereby reducing the burden on the sewage system and conserving water.

There is plenty more that could be done to ensure that modern buildings are more creative, and pay closer attention to nature.

#240: Passport to Natural History

Have you ever looked inside your passport (assuming you have a British one...)?

Thankfully for the next few years at least mine is burgundy and mentions the European Union. 

The passport contains a number of pages with designs which include features of the United Kingdom. My old passport was a special design.

This was introduced in 2010. (PDF download)

The design theme was called ‘Scenic United Kingdom’ and includes images of well-known landscape scenes, including the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula, Ben Nevis and the Giant’s Causeway. 

There are also weather symbols on the pages, familiar from the weather forecast on the BBC.

In 2015, this was changed to a design which included British engineers and inventors who had given the world something important. They are listed in the document here. This is the one I have at the moment.

The more recent passport design is outlined here.

This Dezeen page also outlines some of the security features of the new passport, which appear under UV light.

It shows some of the designs of other country's passports, many of which also include landscapes. I love the Norwegian passport design.