INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
According to Giacomo Garziano , founder of GG-loop , Mitosis aims to support the daily uses and the tasks of the inhabitants to promote direct and indirect contact with nature . “ We aim to generate a healthy , emotional , and productive habitat for rest , work , and living at 360 ° with nature ,” says Garziano .
Mitosis is the follow-up of a multi-awarded pilot project completed by GG-loop in 2019 : Freebooter , a pair of prefabricated CLT ( Cross Laminated Timber ) apartments in Amsterdam , wrapped in a parametric timber louvered facade . The building was created using biophilic principles , connecting architecture with nature to improve the life quality of the people who use the building . GG-loop ’ s ambition to bring these qualities to multiple scales has resulted in Mitosis .
The name Mitosis refers to the biological process of a single cell dividing itself into two identical daughter cells . It represents the
modularity and the long-term adaptation of the system and serves as a metaphor for a flexible co-living organism where each residential unit coexists in symbiosis with all the others and its environment .
The " Biophilia Hypothesis " by Edward O . Wilson reveals why humans have an intrinsic need to connect with nature and other living systems . Mitosis adopts the 14 principles of biophilic design and articulates the relationships between nature , human biology , and the design of the built environment . It builds an ecosystem where dwellers experience a unique way of living and fulfil their innate desire to reconnect with nature . Exposed to green shared areas , tiny forests , and gardens that cascade up and down the entire building , dwellers can benefit from the direct and indirect connection with nature . Health and well-being are fostered through careful material choices , flexible layouts , organic interiors , and large outdoor spaces .
The need for healthy homes has hardly ever been more apparent than during the current global condition .
Exposed to green shared areas , tiny forests , and gardens that cascade up and down the entire building , dwellers can benefit from the direct and indirect connection with nature .
The building was created using biophilic principles , connecting architecture with nature to improve the life quality of the people who use the building . Bringing nature and urban living closer together .
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