Design for Urban Biodiversity Guide

DESIGN GUIDE

Aotearoa Design for Urban Biodiversity Guide

Helps architects, planners, policy-makers, and communities make decisions that enhance urban biodiversity and improve outcomes for people and nature.

The Hundertwasser Wairau Māori Arts Centre in Whangārei, featuring an intensive green roof with native planting integrated into the building architecture.

The Aotearoa Design for Urban Biodiversity Guide helps architects, planners, policy-makers, and communities make decisions that enhance urban biodiversity, strengthen ecological networks, and improve outcomes for people and nature. It combines Aotearoa-centric perspectives on human-nature relationships, ecological concepts, and a design process treating buildings as habitat, not just the spaces around them, with practical strategies and case studies.


AOTEAROA DESIGN FOR URBAN BIODIVERSITY

DESIGN FRAMEWORK

ECOLOGICAL DESIGN CONCEPTS

DESIGN STRATEGIES