Uploaded bySurya Ramesh
Bird Friendly Architecture
This document discusses the importance of bird-friendly architecture and urban design. As urban areas continue to grow and habitats are fragmented, bird populations are declining. The document provides several strategies to encourage bird diversity and support bird habitats in urban areas, including creating green spaces with varied landscaping, shallow ponds, and food sources; using building materials and designs that provide nesting spaces; addressing issues like glass collisions and light pollution; and integrating habitat elements into architecture at all scales from cities to individual buildings. The goal is to thoughtfully design the built environment to support biodiversity and help bird populations thrive in urban settings.
More Related Content
Similar to Bird Friendly Architecture
Bird Friendly Architecture
- 1. BIRD FRIENDLY ARCHITECTUREIN URBAN AREAS
- 2. MINER’S CANARY WHEN ACANARY DIES, SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH THE MINE..WHEN THE BIRDS START DISAPPEARING, SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENT......
- 4. BY NATURE CITIES HAVE A GOOD SPECIES DIVERSITY FRAGMENTATION BECAUSE THEY ARE USUALLY HABITAT LOSS BIRDSSPECIE DEVELOPED NEAR PREDATORS S WETLANDS, RIVERS INVASIVE SPECIES DIVERSITY ETC. SPECIES HOMOGENEITY POLLUTION COLLISIONS DEVELOPMENT BIODIVERSITY ARCHITECT SUSTAINABILITY
- 5. ‘’Let's start byimagining a fine Persian carpet and a hunting knife. We set about cutting the carpet into thirty-six equal pieces. There's still nearly 216 square feet of recognizably carpet like stuff. But what does it amount to? Have we got thirty- six nice Persian throw rugs? No. All we're left with is three dozen ragged fragments, each one worthless and commencing to come apart."
- 7. MANICURED LANDSCAPE HABITAT COMPENSATION SEMI RUSTIC LANDSCAPE- URBAN,CAMPUS,CORPORATE, HOME GARDEN CAR PARKING AREAS
- 8. •AMPLE NESTING SPACE •COOLER •SHALLOWPONDS •FRUIT AND NECTAR •INSECTS FROM LEAF LITTER •SAFETY FROM PREDATORS
- 9. HABITAT VARYING DEPTH. ROCKS ANDWOODS ELEMENTS FOR HUMIDITY AND PERCHING REUSED RECYCLED BUILDING MATERIALS..BENEFICIAL FOR BIRDS THAT PREFER OPEN GROUND LIVING ROOFS
- 10. GRASS LAND BROWN FIELD ROCKOUTCROP
- 11. PLATFOR M CAVITY CUP BIRD NEST TYPES PENDENT GROUND NESTING
- 12.
- 13.
- 14.
- 15.
- 16.
- 17. ADAPTATIONS EARTH BERMS FORGROUND NESTING BIRDS
- 18. The Liyuan Libraryby architect Li Xiaodong encourages birds to build nests on its structure. The exterior is clad with more than 400,000 locally sourced sticks of firewood, which Li hopes will attract birds that will contribute mud and droppings to help plant-life grow.
- 19. ‘DANCING TREES, SINGING BIRDS’IN JAPAN- EFFICIENT USE OF SPACE
- 20. BIRD MORTALITY DUETO COLLISION- GLASS , TRANSPARENT, REFLECTIV E, BIRDS CANNOT MAKE OUT... PATTERNED GLASS/UV GLASS/NETTING ETC. SOLUTIONS
- 22.
- 24. Avoid fragmentation. Clusterdesigns. green network. Urban landscapes. semi rustic. Trees. Shallow water bodies. Lawns with local grass. Leaf litter. Roof gardens semi rustic Attic spaces. Part of the attic spaces accessible to birds. Holes or openings of 5cm- 10cm diameter. Compound walls as nesting spaces Balconies, verandahs and sit outs with hooks. Projecting decorative elements - window ledges, decorative bracket supports for balconies, eave boards for sunshades, smaller gaps between the sunshade top and roof overhang etc. Courtyards and atria with greenery which are accessible to birds can be thought of as part of lobby designs. Avoid the use of plain transparent and reflective glass in general. They can be used with narrow patterns, netting etc. Artificial lighting in open spaces should be just enough for use, avoid light spilling, and preferably use down lighting. Being conscious about biodiversity during designing is most important, because this can lead to context and project based design solutions encouraging bird presence.
- 25. REFERENCES Daniel James Pedley(2010) Birds and People in Towns and Cities: An Exploration of Human-Bird Relations in Urban Areas; a Thesis submitted to University of Hull Hansell, Mike (2000). Bird Nests & Construction Behaviour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Jameson F. Chacea, John J. Walshb(2004) Urban effects on native avifauna: a review John M. Marzluff, Ewing, K., 2001. Restoration of fragmented landscapes for the con- servation of birds: a general framework and specific recommendations for urbanizing landscapes. Restor. Ecol. John M. Marzluff , Reed Bowman, and Roarke Donnelly(2001) ''Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World'' Kluwer Academic Publishers K. Wang1, Z. Cao 2 and L. Xu3 Ecological compensation in urban design of coastal lowland city: lincheng new town lowland technology international Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2005 International Association of Lowland Technology Mathey, J., and D. Rink. 2010 'Urban wastelands – a chance for biodiversity in cities? Ecological aspects, social perceptions and acceptance of wilderness by residents' in Urban Biodiversity and Design edited by Norbert Muller, P. Werner, J. G. Kelcey. Wiley. Melles, S., S. Glenn, and K. Martin. 2003. 'Urban bird diversity and landscape complexity: species-environment associations along a multiscale habitat gradient'. Conservation Ecology Raphael K Didham, Ecological Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation, Australia Published online: November 2010 Rendell, Wallace B.; Robertson, Raleigh J. (1994),"Cavity Entry Orientation and Nest-site Use by Secondary Hole-nesting Birds" (PDF), Journal of Field Ornithology http://www.metrofieldguide.com/a-roof-for-the-birds-creating-habitat-on-the-portland-mausoleum-roof/ R. Fernandez-Canero and P. Gonzalez-Redondo 2010 Green Roofs as a Habitat for Birds: A Review; Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances; Volume: 9, Issue: 15 Simone Fontana, ThomasSattler, FabioBontadina, MarcoMoretti (2011)How to manage the urban green to improve bird diversity and community structure, Landscape and Urban Planning Turner, W. R., T. Nakamura, and M. Dinetti. 2004. Global urbanization and the separation of humans from nature. BioScience http://www.birdsandbuildings.org/docs/DougStotzFieldMuseum.pdf http://www.birdfriendlybuildingdesign.com http://www.krishnamb.com/composing-corporate-garden-landscapes http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/design-architecture/building-for-the-birds-and-the-bees-and-bats/7749 http://www.artinfo.com/photo-galleries/slideshow-a-library-lost-in-the-woods-of-china http://www.birdsandbuildings.org/documents/BirdFriendlyBuildingDesign.pdf http://www.behav.org/student_essay/birds/behav/finne_2010_urban_birds.pdf http://www.waterpark.org/documents/pages/birds_bats_and_buildings/690e5_007.pdf http://www.livingroofs.org http://www.waterpark.org/trust/biodiversity.html
- 26.