Ken Yeang. Green Talks.

GREEN TALKS : A new series of talks by ECOWEEK, Archisearch.gr and The Design Ambassador. Welcome to the GREEN TALKS, the new series of Podcasts co-hosted by Vassilios Bartzokas creator of ARCHISEARCH.GR & the DESIGN AMBASSADOR, and architect Elias Messinas creator of ECOWEEK. In this new series the duo interviews leading Architecture and Design personalities who share their experience and how they connect Design, Sustainability and Innovation in their work. Today our guest is the award-winning inventor of the ‘bio-climatic skyscraper’, the architect who Gardian named as one of the 50 people who could save the planet, architect, writer and distinguished professor Ken Yeang. Ken Yeang is an architect and ecologist, known for his signature hyper- green architecture, a field he pioneered since 1971. His work which is based on the science of ecology, has received over 70 awards. His work that performs beyond conventional green-rating systems (such as LEED), has a distinct visually signature verdant green aesthetic, that balances the organic with the inorganic constituents in built systems as ’constructed ecosystems’. We will speak on the early signature Mesiniaga Tower, and later projects such as the Solaris and Suasana with landscape ramps, green sky-courts and many more. Ken is a graduate of the Architectural Association in London and he received his doctorate on the topic of ecological design and planning from Cambridge University. Ken is currently the Distinguished Plym Professor at Illinois University.