About the project
Living Blocks explores the ways we can build with nature to increase biodiversity in cities whilst also developing our connection to nature. Interviewing experts in ecology, conservation and art led me to conclude that increased biodiversity requires drastic changes in the way we build. Currently, cities are built with clean, smooth, regular-shaped surfaces and spaces, with little focus on natural life. Using waste fruit, veg and locally sourced aggregates, Living Blocks provides an open-source process people can use and adapt to build blocks or other shapes that provide complex, textured, bio-receptive surfaces that provide rich ecosystems in urban spaces.
