Better living starts with better decisions
Architecture has the power to transform the way we experience a place. But in complex real-estate and hospitality developments, its full potential depends on the quality of the decisions that surround it. Before a masterplan is drawn or a building takes shape, there are fundamental questions to resolve: What is the opportunity? Who is the place for? Which is the site – landscape and context? What experience sho
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Date: 08 Oct 2024
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The Hills Lifestyle Estate Harare, Zimbabwe_ Exclusive & Healthy living
WestProp Holdings, Zimbabwe’s leading real estate developer, has launched an innovative residential golf estate project that enhances the country’s luxury real estate sector.The Hills – Lifestyle Estate – master planned by Slow Life Architects, will be Harare’s premier destination for luxury, sports, socializing, exclusive shopping, dining, and heightened security. The Hills Lifestyle Estate m
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Date: 11 Mar 2024
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Regenerative Tourism Under ESG Guidelines: Transforming the Future of Hospitality
Regenerative Tourism Under ESG Guidelines: Transforming the Future of Hospitality Currently the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) approach has emerged as a comprehensive framework to guide sustainable development across various industries, and tourism is no exception. Why should we address tourism and hotel projects from this perspective? The answer lies in the ability to plan based on current and future cl
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Date: 02 Jun 2023
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Tags: ARCHITECTURE, COMMITMENT, future, people, SUSTENAIBILITY, wellness
Wellness Communities & Real Estate Initiative_Global Wellness Institute
The Wellness Communities & Real Estate Initiative’s goals are to guide, communicate and inspire wellness in the built environment—in new developments, in re-thinking existing developments, and by assisting smaller global wellness innovators—to create wellness real estate that is transformative. In our Inspirational & Innovative Wellness Real Estate Project Profiles, we want to share, illustrate, and give
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Date: 09 May 2023
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Slow Life Architects + Pich Architects Alliance 2023
Slow Life Architects & Pich-Aguilera Architects is proud to announce the launching of an architect’s professional alliance that merges all our proven expertise in conceptualization, design and sustainability under a common professional platform. We are a group of experts in sustainable development trained to generate value proposals oriented to tourist destinations, resorts, hotels, residential communities and le
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Healthy Interior Design
Which is the key factor for our health? The 80% of the impacts comes from outside of the sanitary system and are related with the environment, the genetic heritage, the socio-economic factors and the lifestyle. We spend 90% of our time inside buildings, and according to recent measurements the interior is from 2-9 times more contaminated that the outside. That should encourage us to rethink the way we design the inte
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Age-friendly design
The demographic world curve shows that 1 in 4 persons will be +65 in 2040, with a 30% of the population in Europe. Age-friendly design demands to undertake multiple approaches from early conception, as the property options (Ownership; Rental; Co-housing + Co-care / Cooperatives…), the urban design (open public spaces; transport & infrastructures; sanitary and social services; neighbourhood participation strategie
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Date: 14 Sep 2022
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Wellness Communities
Wellness communities understood in a holistic approach should consider the optimization to Health & Wellness of its buildings and outdoor open spaces, encourage a positive way of life of its residents and visitors, include management and social policies to improve the sense of behaviour, promote community experiences, events and healthy practices, always in an inclusive sustainable approach, to accomplish a full
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Date: 28 May 2021
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Tags: better living, people, slowdesign, sustainability, wellness
Rural Communities engage with eco-design
Reconnect with nature with protected natural areas, with the agricultural countryside and its unique landscapes. Integrate yourself as a part of the community life, connect with its people, its heritage and culture. Get involved in projects, enjoy exchanging common experiences, travel in a slow mode (train; bicycle; walking…). Preserve the environment and with yourself. Make a positive impact to light up the new way
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