Draft presentation on bird friendly architecture for urban areas

1. BIRD FRIENDLY ARCHITECTURE IN URBAN AREAS

2. MINER’S CANARY
WHEN A CANARY 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 by imagining 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
•SHALLOW PONDS
•FRUIT AND NECTAR
•INSECTS FROM LEAF
LITTER
•SAFETY FROM PREDATORS

9. HABITAT
VARYING DEPTH.
ROCKS AND WOODS ELEMENTS
FOR HUMIDITY AND
PERCHING
REUSED RECYCLED
BUILDING
MATERIALS..BENEFICIAL
FOR BIRDS THAT PREFER
OPEN GROUND
LIVING ROOFS

10. GRASS LAND
BROWN FIELD
ROCK OUTCROP

11. PLATFOR
M
CAVITY CUP
BIRD
NEST
TYPES
PENDENT GROUND NESTING

12. ADAPTATIONS

13. ADD-ON NEST BOXES

14. ADAPTATIONS

15. ADAPTATIONS

16. ADAPTATIONS

17. ADAPTATIONS
EARTH BERMS FOR GROUND NESTING
BIRDS

18. The Liyuan Library by 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 DUE TO
COLLISION-
GLASS
, TRANSPARENT, REFLECTIV
E,
BIRDS CANNOT MAKE OUT...
PATTERNED GLASS/UV
GLASS/NETTING ETC.
SOLUTIONS

22. ARTIFICIAL
LIGHTING-
DISORIENTATION
DOWNLIGHTING,
SHADED
LIGHTING, PREVE
NTING LIGHT
LEAKS

24. Avoid fragmentation. Cluster designs. 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
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