ECOlogical building enveLOPES: a game-changing design approach for regenerative urban ecosystems

Project Information

ECOLOPES

Grant agreement ID: 964414

DOI

10.3030/964414

Project closed

EC signature date 20 January 2021

Start date 1 April 2021

End date 31 March 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

€ 2 999 383,75

EU contribution

€ 2 999 383,75

Coordinated by

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

First dissemination and exploitation plan

The written (e.g. media partners, newsletters, academic and technical journals), online (social media, e-news and project website) onsite (e.g. conferences and workshops) dissemination channels will be mapped, to define their best use within ECOLOPES project. Full exploitation of the project results from both the economic and scientific perspective, with special reference to ECOLOPES key outputs, i.e. EIM Ontology and simulation environment. All potential exploitable assets and IP arising from the project will be identified and categorized according to their potential impact at commercial/academic research levels, including a detailed roadmap for addressing potential IP issues (e.g. property and IPR distribution among partners). This is the report for the first 12 months.

Final Dissemination/exploitation plan (DEP)

The written (e.g. media partners, newsletters, academic and technical journals), online (social media, e-news and project website) onsite (e.g. conferences and workshops) dissemination channels will be mapped, to define their best use within ECOLOPES project. Full exploitation of the project results from both the economic and scientific perspective, with special reference to ECOLOPES’ key outputs, i.e. EIM Ontology and simulation environment. All potential exploitable assets and IP arising from the project will be identified and categorized according to their potential impact at commercial/academic research levels, including a detailed roadmap for addressing potential IP issues (e.g. property and IPR distribution among partners).

First report on dissemination and communication activities

The report will summarize all dissemination and communication activities.

Second dissemination and exploitation plan

The written (e.g. media partners, newsletters, academic and technical journals), online (social media, e-news and project website) onsite (e.g. conferences and workshops) dissemination channels will be mapped, to define their best use within ECOLOPES project. Full exploitation of the project results from both the economic and scientific perspective, with special reference to ECOLOPES key outputs, i.e. EIM Ontology and simulation environment. All potential exploitable assets and IP arising from the project will be identified and categorized according to their potential impact at commercial/academic research levels, including a detailed roadmap for addressing potential IP issues (e.g. property and IPR distribution among partners). This is the report for the first 30 months.

Preliminary risk and quality assurance plan
Interim ECOLOPES platform architecture

Description of the Prototypes and applications and ECOLOPES frontend tools with standard open interfaces and the development process.

Report on the best design outcome for each site

The multifunctionality of the ecolope will be tested with empirical approaches, experiments and simulations. Design outcomes (WP6) will be evaluated considering all inhabitants in relation to ecosystem services provided and estimated maintenance needs, by way of Cost-Benefit approaches and in relation to the built context. Design outcomes will be analysed via ECOLOPES multicriteria approach. KPI (WP6) will be weighted and modified based on expert assessment

Second report on dissemination and communication activities

The report will summarize all dissemination and communication activities.

Prototype technical requirements report

Report about the technical requirements for the ECOLOPES system architecture, data warehousing infrastructure, the backend services, and the frontend tools.

Draft ECOLOPES platform architecture

Description of the draft prototypes and applications and ECOLOPES frontend tools with standard open interfaces. This includes tools based on the Rhino3D platform to visualize the simulated output of the ontology, and to apply it to a building, through 3D modelling and VR.

Final report on dissemination and communication activities

The report will summarize all dissemination and communication activities.

Development process for Ecolopes algorithmic tools

Outline of the development process for Ecolopes algorithmic tools and description of initial development of algorithmic tools.

Final reports

Duties include monitoring of compliance by participants with their obligations, responsibility for timely and accurate submission of all reports, financial claims, costs statements. On completion of the project, a final report to the EC will be prepared.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website and project logo

Website of ECOLOPES project and logo

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Prototypes and applications, frontend tools

Demonstrator of final prototypes and applications, and the ECOLOPES frontend tools with standard open interfaces on the Rhino3D platform.

Publications

Conference proceedings (6)

ECOLOPES: A multi-species design approach to building envelope design for regenerative urban ecosystems

Author(s): Katia Perini, Shany Barath, Maria Canepa, Michael Hensel, Anne Mimet, Francesca Mosca, Enrica Roccotiello, Tina Selami, Defne Sunguroglu Hensel, Jakub Tyc, Surayyn Uthaya Selvan, Verena Vogler, Wolfgang W Weisser
Published in: Responsive cities symposium. Design with nature., 2021, Page(s) 366-380
Publisher: Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya

Resilient Green Building Envelopes: A computational method for holistic sustainability assessments and interdisciplinary design decision-making

Author(s): Surayyn UthayaSelvan, Francesca Mosca, Katia Perini, YashaJ. Grobman, Shany Barath
Published in: eCAADe proceedings, Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) [Volume 2], Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 403-412
Publisher: eCAADe
DOI: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.2.403

Integrating Ecological Modeling into the 3D CAD System Rhinoceros

Author(s): Verena Vogler, Eleftherios Kourkopoulos, Luis Fraguada, Anne Mimet, Jens Joschinski
Published in: JoDLA – Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, Issue Issue 10-2025, 2025, Page(s) 86-100, ISSN -2511-624X
Publisher: Wichmann Verlag im VDE Verlag

Multispecies Building Envelopes: Adopting Plant Habitat Suitability Modelling for Ecological Design Decision-Making

Author(s): Surayyn UthayaSelvan, Laura Windorfer, Mariasole Calbi, SoultanaT. Saroglou, Enrica Roccotiello, Shany Barath, Yasha Grobman
Published in: CAADRIA proceedings, Proceedings of the 29th Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) [Volume 1], Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 535-544
Publisher: CAADRIA
DOI: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2024.1.535

Developing Volumetric Data Models for ML Training Datasets Using Grasshopper

Author(s): Verena Vogler, Eleftherios Kourkopoulos, Jens Joschinski, Kay Eckelt
Published in: JoDLA - Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, Issue Current Issue 10-2025, 2025, Page(s) 101-113, ISSN -2511-624X
Publisher: Wichmann Verlag im VDE Verlag

Multi-Species Building Envelopes: Developing a Multi-Criteria Design Decision-Making Methodology for Cohabitation

Author(s): Uthaya Selvan, Surayyn, T. Saroglou, Soultana, Mosca, Francesca, Tyc, Jakub, Joschinski, Jens, Calbi, Mariasole, Vogler, Verena, W. Weisser, Wolfgang, J. Grobman, Yasha and Barath, Shany
Published in: Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2023, Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 643-652, ISBN 978-988-789-180-2
Publisher: Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA),
DOI: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.643

Peer reviewed articles (13)

ECOLOPES, BEYOND GREENING. A multi-species approach for urban design

Author(s): Canepa, Maria; Mosca, Francesca; Shany, Barath; Changenet, ALEXANDRE EDOUARD ROGER; Hauck, Thomas E.; Ferdinand, Ludwig; Pianta, Marta; Roccotiello, Enrica; Surayyn Uthaya Selvan,; Verena, Vogler; Perini, Katia
Published in: Agathon, Issue 11, 2022, Page(s) 238-245, ISSN 2532-683X
Publisher: Palermo University Press
DOI: 10.19229/2464-9309/11212022

Utilizing Design Objectives and Key Performance Indicators as a Means for Multi-Species Building Envelopes

Author(s): Soultana Tanya Saroglou, Surayyn Uthaya Selvan, Laura Windorfer, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Jens Joschinski, Thomas E. Hauck, Katia Perini, Francesca Mosca, Yasha J. Grobman, Shany Barath
Published in: Buildings, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 250, ISSN 2075-5309
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/buildings14010250

Creating ecologically sound buildings by integrating ecology, architecture and computational design

Author(s): Wolfgang W. Weisser; Michael Hensel; Shany Barath; Victoria Culshaw; Yasha J. Grobman; Thomas E. Hauck; Jens Joschinski; Ferdinand Ludwig; Anne Mimet; Katia Perini; Enrica Roccotiello; Michael Schloter; Assaf Shwartz; Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel; Verena Vogler
Published in: People and Nature, Issue 5, 2023, Page(s) 4-20, ISSN 2575-8314
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10411

Improving ecosystem services of urban soils – how to manage the microbiome of Technosols?

Author(s): Alexandra Schröder, Michael Schloter, Enrica Roccotiello, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Stefanie Schulz
Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2296-665X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1460099

An Ontology-Aided Generative Computational Design Process for Ecological Building Envelopes: Development of a Conceptual Framework for the Early Design Stage

Author(s): Michael Hensel, Jakub Tyc, Albin Ahmeti, Defne Sunguroğlu Hensel
Published in: Land, Issue 14, 2025, Page(s) 840, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/land14040840

Enabling Biodiversity-Informed Architecture Through Ontology-Driven Data Integration

Author(s): Albin Ahmeti, Defne Sunguroglu Hensel, Cédric Pruski, Jakub Tyc, Michael Hensel
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 5311, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app15105311

A computational approach to assess the effects of ecological building envelopes on outdoor thermal comfort

Author(s): Francesca Mosca, Mariasole Calbi, Enrica Roccotiello, Katia Perini
Published in: Sustainable Cities and Society, Issue 120, 2025, Page(s) 106170, ISSN 2210-6707
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2025.106170

Toward multi-species building envelopes: A critical literature review of multi-criteria decision-making for design support

Author(s): Surayyn Uthaya Selvan, Soultana Tanya Saroglou, Jens Joschinski, Mariasole Calbi, Verena Vogler, Shany Barath, Yasha Jacob Grobman
Published in: Building and Environment, Issue 231, 2023, ISSN 0360-1323
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110006

Architectural Multispecies Building Design: Concepts, Challenges, and Design Process

Author(s): Yasha J. Grobman, Wolfgang Weisser, Assaf Shwartz, Ferdinand Ludwig, Roy Kozlovsky, Avigail Ferdman, Katia Perini, Thomas E. Hauck, Surayyn Uthaya Selvan, Soultana (Tanya) Saroglou, Shany Barath, Michael Schloter, Laura Windorfer
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 15, 2023, Page(s) 15480, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su152115480

A Scoping Review of Voxel-Model Applications to Enable Multi-Domain Data Integration in Architectural Design and Urban Planning

Author(s): Tyc J, Selami T, Hensel DS, Hensel M.
Published in: architecture, Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) 137-174, ISSN 2673-8945
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/architecture3020010

A novel framework to generate plant functional groups for ecological modelling

Author(s): M. Calbi, G. Boenisch, I. Boulangeat, D. Bunker, J.A. Catford, A. Changenet, V. Culshaw, A.S. Dias, T. Hauck, J. Joschinski, J. Kattge, A. Mimet, M. Pianta, P. Poschlod, W.W. Weisser, E. Roccotiello
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 166, 2024, Page(s) 112370, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112370

Designing cities for everyday nature

Author(s): Casey Visintin, Georgia E. Garrard, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Mauro Baracco, Richard J. Hobbs, Sarah A. Bekessy
Published in: Conservation Biology, Issue 39, 2025, ISSN 0888-8892
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14328

Cultural environments with more-than-human perspectives. Prototyping through research and training

Author(s): Davidová, M., Barath, S. and Dickinson, S
Published in: AGATHÓN | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 165-178, ISSN 2532-683X
Publisher: Palermo University Press
DOI: 10.19229/2464-9309/13142023

Other (2)

The ECOLOPES PLANT MODEL : a high-resolution model to simulate plant community dynamics in cities and other human-dominated and managed environments

Author(s): Jens Joschinski, Isabelle Boulangeat, Mariasole Calbi, Thomas E. Hauck, Verena Vogler, Anne Mimet
Published in: Preprint, 2024
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.23.614561

Urban Cohabscapes: exploring European Co-Habitative landScapes diversity, in the ECOLOPES framework.

Author(s): Gabriele Oneto, Katia Perini, Maria Canepa, Victoria Culshaw, Wolfgang Weisser, Anne Mimet
Published in: Preprint, 2024
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.11.622937

Book chapters (1)

ECOLOPES - Gebäudehüllen als biodiverse Lebensräume

Author(s): Ferdinand Ludwig, Michael Ulrich-Hensel, Wolfgang Weisser
Published in: Bauen von morgen, 2021
Publisher: Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR)