The Everyday Birdhouse - Posters

HUMANS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CO-EXIST WITH NATURE. Birds have demonstrated to be resilient because they have not only recovered from losing habitats, but they have withstood the difficult conditions that cities and urban centers pose for them.

We see them and hear them during our everyday activities, on our way to work or school, from our homes and backyards, and when we visit the great outdoors.

I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO THE POST OFFICE, TO VISIT MY AUNT...

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Cities have replaces bird habitats, and many bird species have disappeared, although some species have adapted.

They have found a way to thrive with the structures that we have built for ourselves without taking them into consideration.

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Blue Jay

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American Robin

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Cedar Waxwing

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Estern Bluebird

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Carolina & Black-Cap Chickadee

Cavity

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Northern Flicker

Cavity

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White-breasted Nuthatch

Cavity

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Eastern Speech-Owl

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Tufted Titmouse

Cavity

Foliage gleaner

Downy Woodpecker

Cavity

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Pileated Woodpecker

Cavity

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Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Carolina Wren

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Gray Catbird

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American Goldfinch

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Northern Mockingbird

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Song Sparrow

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Killdeer

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As the dominant species, we believe that we must only fulfill our needs and we are selfish when it comes to nature. We have destroyed habitats and keep doing so; we build and think of our necessities and don’t think that we need other species to survive and to keep the world functioning. These species have needs as well, but we ignore this fact.

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Because they have adapted to our cities, we take for granted that they are around; we believe it has been an easy task, and ignore them every day.

I NEED TO DO HOMEWORK, TAKE THE TRASH OUT, WALK THE DOGS...

3D structural grid.

the everyday birdhouse is the future of our cities.

Bird nesting at high elevation. No human access.

Housing pod

Mixed use building

Bird nesting at med-high elevation. Birding activities

Housing pod Bird nesting at high elevation. No human access.

Mixed use building and rainwater harvesting below

Housing pod

Mixed use building

now we are ABLE TO INTERACT WITH NATURE

PRT Station

The modular 3D grid is the future of the cities because it integrates modules with the city, its topography, residents and every day activities.

Relationship of proposed retail with street Rainwater harvesting below building tower

Arts and crafts center for recycled plastic

Bird nesting at medium elevation. Human recreation activities

Relationship of proposed retail and proposed green space

The everyday birdhouse starts off as a grid composed of cubes, which are constituted by steel-framing systems, which provide rigidity and support to the grid itself and the buildings within the grid.

Relationship of proposed boathouse with river

Relationship of proposed green space with PRT

the 3d grids are being built throughout the city

Relationship of proposed green space with river

Relationship of proposed green space with exisiting native vegetation near river

Bird nesting at low elevation. Human recreation activities

Retail stores for local artisans.

Every member of the comminuty is an artisan!

Preservation of existing native vegetation

Bird nesting at low elevation. Birding activities.

Preservation of existing native vegetation

Fishing activities for relationship with river Boathouse to encourage river activities

THIS 3D MODULAR GRID IS FANTASTIC

The buildings within the 3d grids are called pods, and these can house any type of land use such as residential, commercial, retail, institutional and civic.

LOOK AT THOSE BIRDS!

LOOK AT THOSE HUMANS !

the 3d grids allow an interaction between human activities and bird habitat

The 3d grid not only supports the pods, but also provides connections between the existing part of town and the pods themselves.

The 3d grids adapt to the topography of the town as the area changes. For example, where there are buildings with student housing, the grid connects student housing pods with these existing building.

Where the hospital is located, the grid deforms to bring people to the ground floor, and where the river is located, the grid extends and touches the water to provide a place where birds and human can come in contact with it.

HUMANS NEED BIRDS AS MUCH AS BIRDS NEED HUMANS, so let’s teach our children this.

It is established that the everyday birdhouse is necessary for the future of the cities, and for that reason children are now learning how to develop everyday activities that can benefit the birds and humans at the same time.

Birds bring little bits of wilderness to the cities.

VISUAL RELATIONS VISUAL RELATIONS BIRD SCREEN PROTECTION

Due to the risks windows and artificial lights inside buildings pose to birds, bird-protection screens have been adapted on the facades of buildings which allow the visual of residents to the outsides, an at the same time protect the birds from crashing against the windows by deflecting the lights coming from inside the buildings and the reflection of the sky on them.

BIRD SCREEN PROTECTION

let’s design how to live with them

Let’s start acting upon this and start creating and accepting habitats for birds. Technically, humans need birds because they keep systems in balance by dispersing seeds, pollinating plants, and recycling nutrients back into the earth. we can work it out with the birds

VISUAL RELATIONS Spiritually, humans need birds for inspiration and creativity, and to teach us that there are miraculous beings that can fly and see the world from a different perspective than we do.

In every city, birds even make part of the sense of place. Many regions in America have a certain bird as the official bird.

VISUAL RELATIONS The pods are designed as building with different angles to provide visuals to every part of the green spaces where birds nest and forage, so that humans can be aware of the everyday presences of birds.

3d grid goes through the inside of building pods

The everyday birdhouse offers a 3d grid with pods that have different land uses. These land uses are directly related to the green spaces where birds can nest at different elevations .

VISUAL RELATIONS

VISUAL RELATIONS from every angle inside building pods

VISUAL RELATIONS

BIRDS have been, will be and are part of our daily lives. We need to learn and teach how to live in harmony with them, without destroying their habitat little by little like we have been doing.

VISUAL RELATIONS

the grid supports itself and the pods

Birds connect humans with the natural world, and through them we see the prediction of things such as seasons and weather changes.

“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”

- nelson mandela