a multilingual journal and integral concept

BIOTOPE CITY is a multilingual journal about the City as Nature. The journal offers a platform for experiences and experiments that show a successful integration of nature in the city. It is looking for new forms of urbanity which combine higt density with space for nature, for flora and fauna, creating an integral sustainable urban environment and a healthy living climate. BIOTOPE CITY is edited by the Foundation Biotope City.

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Recent Articles

GREEN EMOTION …. DREAM AND REALITY OF MAD. Ma Yansong and his philosophy about city and nature

In the summer issue 2010 of the magazine AWM (Architecten Web Magazine), you can read an interview with the founder of the Chinese agency MAD, Ma Yansong. The vision of his office is that nature must be integrated into architecture, as in the Chinese architecture in...

PONTE PALAZZO, THE GREEN BRIGDE OF DEN BOSCH

Den Bosch will soon have a “green” bridge. The bridge will connect the Paleiskwartier (Palace Quarter) with downtown Den Bosch that has earned it the temporary name, Ponte Palazzo. The total length of the bridge will be 250 meters with a width of 10-13 meters and...

NEAVE BROWN’S MEDINA COMPLEX, EINDHOVEN THE NETHERLANDS

Neave Brown, is best known in the Netherlands as the designer of the housing complex in Alexandra Road London, and for one of his last projects the Medina Complex which was designed in Eindhoven. During the presentation for the Esthetics Commission (Welstands...