Joanna Petroni

Regenerative human habitats need a ‘whole-place’ approach to design. 

I am an architect and sustainability/regenerative architecture consultant for home builders and developers. 

I help architects, developers and investors bridge the gap between where we are now & the regenerative age that is ahead of us, re-calibrating the way we build. No pressure.

My specialty is coming in at the discovery phase of your project and bugging you with questions. Architectural programming and strategy. Warm data.

Whether in sustainable communities development, cities climate adaptation or state-of-the-art residential real estate, I help visionaries like you weave together the needs and potential of Humans with the needs and potential of Place. My stealth mission is to bring ecological systems thinking into architectural design and break the silos of specialization of our industry.

#regenerative #community
#biophilic #bioclimatic #passivesolar #architecture #systemsthinking 
#naturebasedsolutions #urbangreening #greentransition #climatechangeadaptation

The Listen to your Land approach (permarchitecture.net) is a one-woman consulting firm helping industry actors bring a regenerative lens to their team and project.

Co-creator of The Carbon Almanac, a collective effort led by Seth Godin that puts the facts about carbon and climate change on the table. Co-human behind Damn Good Humans (damngoodhumans.com), the creative agency for climate communication.

I live online, but my base is the South of France where, on a glowy afternoon, I write & draw Jo's Epistolary (jopetroni.substack.com) as a way to explore the many ways in which we, as humans, react to this big thing that's happening to us.

Regenerative Design Consulting (We can do better than just "less bad" buildings)

Initial Visioning and Concept Development (my favorite part, where the magic begins)

Context-driven Design Solutions (buildings shouldn't just exist, they should belong)

Whole Place Design (who wants to play small when you can design for the entire gameboard?)

Sustainable Site Planning (we can play landscape superheroes)

Biophilic Design Integration (bringing the outdoors in is the new cool. Also, DM me about biophilia 3.0)

Systems Thinking and Ecological Consciousness (nature doesn't do linear, and neither should we)

Biodiversity Regeneration (no reason whatsoever, everything's fine)

Sustainable Materials Selection (too many options, too little time)

Training, Coaching & Workshops (the future of architecture needs a tribe of heroes)

They tell me INTJ is worth mentioning.

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