As I write this I am literally almost as far from Europe as one can be, but with a simple laptop and internet connection I can contribute to this important project and marvel at how digitally interconnected the world has become. We need to apply this same expectation of interconnectedness - this web of highly responsive relationships and feedback loops - to how we build our cities and how we expect our buildings to function over time. While the realm of the digital and the online can often be anywhere or everywhere, the realm of the physically built must become more site specific, more knowledgeable of local ecologies, climates, and peoples, and leverage this knowledge effectively for a new kind of design. Harnessing big data, and digital data collection and tools can help in this regard, and Regenerative Design in Digital Practice demonstrates how to do this. It is my expectation that Regenerative Design in Digital Practice will enable practitioners and students to become fluent in the practice of regenerative design. My sincere hope is that these concepts and techniques described in Regenerative Design in Digital Practice will be put into action as soon as possible in buildings and cities across Europe and indeed globally.
Dr Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand Author of Regenerative Urban Design and Ecosystem Biomimicry
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