Integration of Vegetation With Architecture Forms

Background

The basis of research work on the vegetation integrated with architecture was to delineate the sources of modern ideas concerning green architecture. Planting greenery on the building surfaces is dictated by, inter alia, the need to improve the quality of the urban environment, concern for biodiversity, the need to combat climate change, etc. Therefore, the next stage in the research was to carry out analysis of functions such as biotic, climatic, hydrological, soil, phytoremediation, social, health and cultural functions of greenery that form the foundations for the contemporary resilient ideas. Afterward, widespread recognition of the problem concerning services provided by the environment in light of the concept of green infrastructure which incorporates buildings integrated with vegetation has become a major aspect of the research (Costanza, et al. 1997, McMahon 2000).

The next phase of the work was the recognition and analysis of the biodiversity in architectural forms and the potential for their application. Polish realizations and possibilities are presented in the context of green architectural forms in connection with particular climatic conditions, especially those to be found in Warsaw. The studies conducted have become the basis for KODnZEB’s research in the field of green composition, which provides an integral part of the case study and the design process.