NATURE-BASED REGENERATION. FIVE STORIES OF ARCHITECTURE THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD

What if cities and architecture once again behaved like living organisms? Nature-Based Regeneration calls for a holistic, reflective, and site-specific design practice, extending from the construction detail to the neighbourhood, “from the spoon to the city.” It revives the grounded intelligence of vernacular architecture, attentive to climate, soils, water, and materials, and weaves it together with the social and cultural fabric of place. Embracing a more than human approach, it maps people and other species within the same space, addressing climate challenges through contemporary design tools. Through five European stories - Barcelona, Copenhagen, Paris, Montpellier, and Rønde - the book proposes not static icons but living prototypes: green networks that stitch the city together, porous architectures that breathe, façades that become habitats, roof gardens, sponge courtyards, living soils, and blue and green infrastructures that make cities cooler, more livable, and regenerative. The result is a clear and transferable method based on listening and co-design, in-situ testing, appropriate materials, and shared stewardship. The volume concludes with practical frameworks, including guidelines, key questions, and project sheets, offering public agencies, designers, and communities the tools to shape concrete, beautiful, and just interventions, starting from the knowledge already embedded in each place.