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news February 2005 |
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APEVC Elections |
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There are tense and difficult relationships in the Catalan Association of Green Spaces Professionals ―APEVC―, with more that 400 associates.
From the two existing teams ―no doubt both are excellent― the youngest, with an average age of 30, won against the other, already in its 40s.
The well-prepared and fresh generation brings in energy and good perspectives. The veterans have to recharge the batteries in order not to be pushed away by this environmental tsunami.
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bio-architecture |
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Until recently I was convinced that our sector would not progress. That
a park was too economical and that the percentages of the Ministry of
Environment were ridiculous for the architects' safes. Currently, when
designing an ecological cover, one has to think of its corresponding
water-proof layer, draining pipes and construction; when making a park,
it has to have aquifer reserves, absorbent permeable soils, tertiary
lagoons, redirection channels... which turn it into a much more expensive,
sophisticated, biological masterpiece. If to all this we add a world
tendency, the environmental imposition of permeability, low-water consume,
erosion control and absorption of the CO2
from the cities, we can conclude that bio-architecture is the main concern
of all architecture schools in the world.
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Outline of an ecological and sustainable city
See the Atlantis site
http://www.atlantiscorp.com.au
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the meanwhile the APEVC elections took place in the High School of Agriculture,
in the new campus in Castelldefels ―where, hard to understand as
it is, buildings are interesting but gardens are a shame―. 80%
of the new APEVC board are agricultural technicians, I hope that they
have not taken the green gardens in the School as an example for their
thesis.
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Olympic Stadium in Rome with MACROTHERMAL LAWN |
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On 14th February, Carles García (from Malgrat City Council), with 5 years of experience in macrothermal lawn, Jordi Torrijos (St. Cugat City Council), Helena Mostazo (Engineer
in Batlle i Roig Architects), Manolo Martínez Marhuenda (Engineer in Alicante City Council) and myself were visiting the Bindi nursery and the works in macrothermal lawn in South Italy.
The olympic
stadium in Rome is covered with the macrothermal lawn variety Bermuda Tiffway.
With its radicular, runner and rhizome system, this variety stays in a
perfect competition state from spring until autumn. In September it is
resown with Lolium and some coloring is added to give it a brighter color.
According to the stadium director, in hot summer zones, this system results
much better that the traditional North-European one. The Camp Nou in Barcelona
imports technology and coaches from the north as if it all was the same. |
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Olympic Stadium in Rome.
February 2005 |
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Alex Puig
Vivers Ter
February 2005
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