A New Normal + Kennedy Nolan
A New Normal is a project pioneered by Finding Infinity that looks at the tactics we can deploy to transform Melbourne from a consumer to a producer by 2030. It shows us how Melbourne can become the world’s first self sufficient city: a city powered entirely by renewable energy; a city with an unlimited supply of water; a city that sends zero waste to landfill.
A New Normal is 15 architectural projects that implement the changes we need to transform Melbourne into a city that never runs out. With just these 15 projects we can unlock a $100 billion transformation of Melbourne.
Our project is one of these 15. It looks at Net Zero Architecture – how we can integrate net-positive energy, water neutrality and zero waste for all new buildings.
Net Zero Architecture
Melbourne is a Design City and now we can use design to solve our most pressing issues. Best of all, we don’t need to invent the solutions – we just need to deploy them.
We know how to take buildings off grid and have a net positive effect on our city - we only need to look to the past.
On site infrastructure is efficient and operationally cost-effective – it’s how we did it in the past.
Solar panels as cladding operate buildings on the power of the sun. Placement of the panels give shadow, texture and depth like verandas.
Visible infrastructure animates space in much the same way as distillery equipment, exciting in scale and materiality, the forms and shapes are intriguing, dramatic and real.
Cross laminated timber construction is relatively new, but timber feels so familiar to us. This eternally renewable resource is well suited to cellular construction and so enjoyable to be near.
Less glass, more wall, articulation, texture – people want these in buildings – glazed sheaths have alienated us and are a thing of the past.
To get involved please head to: https://www.normalise.it/