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Low carbon design approaches

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about low carbon design approaches

Project • By Fruit Orchard • Offices

Ten Square Games

Ten Square Games is one of Poland's largest mobile game developers, known for Fishing Clash and Hunting Clash. Its Wrocław headquarters in the City One building had grown across two floors, close to 1,700 m² in total. This project was the first in Poland in which the embedded carbon footprint of a newly created office interior was actually calculated. The design ran from the outset with one measurable target: the lowest possible embedded carbon. Existing materials were recovered and reused wherever they still performed, and emissions were monitored alongside the construction rather than estimated afterwards. In total, 38.8 tonnes of CO₂ emissions were avoided. Ten Square Games Ten Square Games Ten Square Games Ten Sq... More

Project • By Yemail Arquitectura • Urban Green Spaces

Huertas Help Age

The project consists of a small-scale system of productive and accessible infrastructure for community urban gardens. The intervention includes raised cultivation beds, widened and leveled circulation paths, resting benches, shaded areas, signage elements and support surfaces for gardening activities. BE STUDIO 2025 BE STUDIO 2025 BE STUDIO 2025 BE STUDIO 2025 BE STUDIO 2025 The raised beds were designed to improve ergonomic access for older adults, reducing the need to bend down during planting, maintenance and harvesting. Circulation paths were widened and stabilized to allow safer movement through the garden, while benches with appropriate seating height and arm support were incorporated as resting points along... More