After reviewing the direct consequences of the health crisis and our vital need for nature, it appears fundamental to position the landscape aspect and questions related to biodiversity at the heart of real estate projects. Here Catherine Papillon, Global Head of Sustainable Development/ CSR at BNP Paribas Real Estate, explains this new real estate dynamic.
The CUBE competition (Concours Usages Bâtiment Efficace) is the largest collective initiative to reduce carbon emissions in France. Initiated five years ago by the French Institute for Building Performance (IFPEB), ...
Cities are places to live, work and move around in. And the desire by their inhabitants to do just that is only growing. According to the UN, half of the world’s population live in cities, with the number rising to around 2/3 in 2050.
The rate of erosion of biodiversity – the living fabric of our planet that we are a part of – is unprecedented. In cities, humans coexist alongside other life forms. The responsibility of the real estate value chain is therefore to limit its impact, while at the same time cultivating biodiversity and the living world.
Supported by the Afep (French Association of Private Companies), the Ambition4Climate initiative illustrates, through genuine projects, the commitment of major companies towards ecological transition and the reduction of their carbon footprint.
More than ever, the relationship between time and the urban city is becoming a resource in the face of the health crisis that we are currently experiencing. How can we rethink the organisation of cities in order to make them more resilient...
Cities across the world represent a melting pot of cultures, ideas and innovations. No one city is the same but each provides us with thoughts on how to live and interact with one another.
Michael Pawlyn is an architect who focuses on regenerative design and biomimicry. Having worked on the Eden Project, a mammoth tropical garden which takes its inspiration from nature in order to open up new relationships with humans and plants, he set up his company Exploration in 2007. Here he talks to us about the growing influence of biomimicry and why we still have so much to learn from nature.
With a great deal of hype surrounding PropTech, what does it really mean for the real estate industry?
Philippe Chiambaretta is a French architect and town planner, founder of PCA-STREAM, a think tank and architecture firm. PCA-STREAM combines theory and practice in a multidisciplinary approach to design the cities of the future. Here, he explains his urban policy based on the health of cities through various experimental projects.