• SERVICES
    • Code + Zoning Consulting
    • Ecological + Regenerative Design
    • Bioconstruction Workshops
    • N.Y.C. Lofts
  • WORK
    • Earth Church
    • Clay Studio
    • Fired Up
    • vending EDUCATION
    • chainlink GREEN
    • Asheville Residence
    • Tribeca Apartment
    • Historic District Townhouse
    • Bread Love
    • Corner Town House
    • Chelsea Apartment
  • PLAY
    • Biota Reverie
    • deFORM reFORM Copper Pavilion
    • Releasea
    • Alter/Altar
    • fence POCKET
    • Terra Corpus
    • Terra Corpus | Kentucky Rooted
    • Pollen Nation
    • Listening Hive
    • Lantern Quest
    • Mantis Garden
    • Social Settee
    • Lotus
    • Experimental Aluminum
    • The Machine vs. The Garden
    • Pronating Landscapes
  • ABOUT
    • What is Regenerative Design?
    • What is Bioconstruction?
    • About
    • CV
  • Contact

Skye Ruozzi

Architect weaving ecology, craft, and code into regenerative spaces.

  • SERVICES
    • Code + Zoning Consulting
    • Ecological + Regenerative Design
    • Bioconstruction Workshops
    • N.Y.C. Lofts
  • WORK
    • Earth Church
    • Clay Studio
    • Fired Up
    • vending EDUCATION
    • chainlink GREEN
    • Asheville Residence
    • Tribeca Apartment
    • Historic District Townhouse
    • Bread Love
    • Corner Town House
    • Chelsea Apartment
  • PLAY
    • Biota Reverie
    • deFORM reFORM Copper Pavilion
    • Releasea
    • Alter/Altar
    • fence POCKET
    • Terra Corpus
    • Terra Corpus | Kentucky Rooted
    • Pollen Nation
    • Listening Hive
    • Lantern Quest
    • Mantis Garden
    • Social Settee
    • Lotus
    • Experimental Aluminum
    • The Machine vs. The Garden
    • Pronating Landscapes
  • ABOUT
    • What is Regenerative Design?
    • What is Bioconstruction?
    • About
    • CV
  • Contact

© https://www.haworthtompkins.com/studio/regenerative-design/ht-toolkit

Regenerative design is a process of thinking in “deep time”. Regenerative means reasoning in seasons, cycles, and generations.

It is a direct response to histories of extracting material and labor. Regenerative design moves beyond being "less bad" to actively repairing and replenishing our social and ecological fabric.

It is not a checklist, but a mindset: to create buildings and spaces that leave the world more healthy, whole, and resilient than we found it.

I work as a connector—weaving this ethos into the practical realities of regulatory code, craft, and community.


The 25 Guidelines of Bioconstruction

Based on Las 25 pautas de la bioconstrucción developed by the Instituto Español de Baubiologie IEB:

INDOOR CLIMATE
CLIMA INTERIOR

  • Reduce pollutants and irritants and provide sufficient fresh air
    Reducir sustancias contaminantes e irritantes y aportar suficiente aire fresco

  • Reduce the presence of toxic fungi, yeasts, and bacteria, as well as dust and other allergens
    Reducir la presencia de hongos tóxicos, levaduras y bacterias, así como polvo y otros alérgenos

  • Use materials with neutral or pleasant odors
    Utilizar materiales con olor neutro o agradable

  • Minimize electromagnetic fields and high-frequency waves
    Minimizar campos electromagnéticos y ondas de alta frecuencia

  • Prioritize radiant heat for heating
    Priorizar el calor radiante para calefacción

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN Y EQUIPAMIENTO 

  • Use natural, non-toxic materials with the lowest possible radioactivity.
    Utilizar materiales naturales, no tóxicos y con la menor radiactividad posible

  • Ensure a balanced ratio between thermal insulation and heat accumulation, as well as between surface and indoor air temperatures.
    Garantizar una proporción equilibrada entre aislamiento térmico y acumulación de calor, así como  entre temperatura superficial y del aire interior

  • Use hygroscopic materials.
    Usar materiales higroscópicos

  • Minimize moisture content in new construction.
    Minimizar el contenido de humedad de obra nueva

  • Optimize the conditioning and acoustic insulation of spaces (including infrasound).
    Optimizar el acondicionamiento y aislamiento acústico de los espacios (incluidos los infrasonidos)

INTERIOR AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
DISEÑO INTERIOR Y ARQUITECTÓNICO

  • Observe harmonious proportions and shapes
    Observar proporciones y formas armoniosas

  • Stimulate sensory perceptions: sight, hearing, smell, and touch
    Estimular percepciones sensoriales: vista, oído, olfato y tacto

  • Favor lighting conditions and spectrums close to natural light and use flicker-free lamps
    Favorecer unas condiciones de iluminación y espectro cercanos a la luz natural y usar lámparas sin parpadeos

  • Consider knowledge of physiology and ergonomics
    Considerar conocimientos de fisiología y ergonomía

  • Promote local and regional building and artisan culture
    Promocionar la cultura edificatoria y artesana local y regional

ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, AND WATER
MEDIO AMBIENTE, ENERGÍA Y AGUA

  • Minimize the energy consumption and use renewable source
    Minimizar el consumo de energía y usar fuentes renovables

  • When building or renovating, avoid negative impacts on the environment
    Al construir o reformar, evitar impactos negativos en el medio ambiente

  • Conserve natural resources and protect flora and the fauna
    Conservar los recursos naturales y proteger la flora y la fauna

  • Favor local construction systems, elect materials and life cycles with the best balance ecological possible
    Favorecer sistemas de construcción locales, elegir materiales y ciclos de vida con el mejor balance ecológico posible

  • Ensure the best possible potable water quality
    Asegurar la calidad más óptima posible del agua potable

ECOSOCIAL HABITAT
HÁBITAT ECOSOCIAL

  • Design infrastructure with a balanced mix of uses: short distances to workplaces, public transportation, schools, shops, etc.
    Diseñar infraestructuras con una combinación de usos equilibrada: distancias cortas a centros de trabajo, transporte público, escuelas, comercios, etc.

  • Favor a way of living that meets human needs and protects the environment.
    Favorecer una forma de habitar que satisfaga las necesidades humanas y proteja el medioambiente

  • Provide sufficient green space to rural and urban residential areas.
    Proveer de suficiente espacio verde a áreas residenciales rurales y urbanas

  • Strengthen local self-sufficiency and the participation of local service networks and providers.
    Fortalecer la autosuficiencia local y la participación de redes y proveedores de servicios locales

  • Select construction sites that are not contaminated by harmful waste, radiation sources, pollution, and noise.
    Seleccionar emplazamientos para la construcción que no estén contaminados por residuos nocivos, fuentesde radiación, polución y ruido

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