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Unintended Greenery

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About the category

A significant amount of the “nature” in populated areas is the result of unplanned natural vegetation and species development outside of the scope of human design, engineering and interventions. This award category intends to raise awareness about the value of this type of nature and to spawn the development of ideas and innovation around how humans can transition toward co-design of urban areas together with nature.

Unintentional nature can contribute to healthy urban ecosystems, add beauty and biophilic quality to populated areas, contribute to climate resilience and much more. When recognised for its contribution to urban quality, the unintentional nature can be the subject of conservation efforts.

 

 

Incidents of unintended greenery at a specific site or within a defined geographical area. The category will be open to nominations from any person or legal entity. 

Nominations of previous year winners of the award (examples of unintended greenery) will not be accepted.

The category is open to nominations from any person or legal entity.

  • Contribution to healthy urban ecosystems and biodiversity
  • Biophilic quality, amenity value and public accessibility, ability to experience
  • Beauty, awe, wonder
  • Provision of other ecosystem services and complementarity to architectural and urban space value, for example, climate resilience, urban foraging, etc. (as opposed to destructive effects)
  • Resilience and replicability of the instance of unintentional nature conservation status.
  • Measures implemented to protect the instance of an unintentional nature. (resilience against human destruction through removal or “maintenance” actions)
  • Inspirational value and potential for spawning new ideas, design approaches and knowledge, or product development in society or in the field of GI and NBS (transformative potential).
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Incidences of unintended greenery which contribute to healthy urban ecosystems, add beauty and biophilic quality to populated areas, contribute to climate resilience and more.

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