ECOHERENCE FRAMEWORK™ Designing towards regenerative outcomes
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Why it matters
Every organisation is part of a living web, from the biosphere to the local ecosystem. Our choices reach beyond the immediate project - shaping the places, relationships and the conditions in which human and beyond human life can flourish.
Aterre helps companies, communities and cities translate sustainability and impact commitments into products, services, strategies, practices and experiences that restore ecological, social and economic wellbeing.
Grounded in living-systems and stewardship principles, our work considers not only what organisations create, but also how they operate, and how this shapes their impact on the wider world that their decisions touch.
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When to work with us
You may be asking:
Are we losing out on potential contracts to competitors, because we don’t have a coherent sustainability agenda?
We are improving individual parts of the project or organisation, but is the system itself becoming more regenerative?
We are choosing circular materials but it’s still within a linear system. So what else needs to shift?
Do our strategic ambitions, internal practices and external impact reflect the commitments we make?
How can we help our staff and clients experience, understand and value a deeper relationship with the living world? And do our actions demonstrate this?
These questions and many more can arise when developing a strategic vision, rethinking a product or service, shaping a place, or deciding where to direct resources and future aims.
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Whole-systems thinking
A circular material may be innovated within an inherently linear system. An individual project may succeed while placing pressure on the ecosystem elsewhere. An organisation’s external ambition may be difficult to recognise in its everyday decisions.
These are questions of relationship, not simply performance. Where are the dependencies? Who and what bears the impact? What needs to change for an improvement in one part to support the health of the whole?
We work with organisations ready to examine those questions, in order to move from isolated interventions towards a more coherent and holistic way of designing and acting.
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How it Helps
Organisations can have strong sustainability and impact intentions without fully understanding their impact on the wider living system, or whether their choices genuinely support the regenerative outcomes they claim. This can create a gap between intention, internal practice and external impact - sometimes undermining credibility, damaging reputation and leaving them vulnerable to greenwashing.
We help you explore, develop and define a holistic approach to Regenerative Futures, to enable you to lead by example, guided by congruent Stewardship principles. Starting with our Ecoherence Check™ to ensure your intentions, practice and outcomes align, setting you up to be future-fit, adaptive and resilient - able to steward whatever change lies ahead in collaboration with our planet.
What is Regenerative Design & Regenerative Practice
It is the Future
Regenerative Practice
Encompasses design, systems and strategy, through an entirely holistic approach to not only the way we design, but our frameworks, culture and values. Regenerative practices are inherently symbiotic, restorative and beneficial to all.
Regenerative Design
Employs the design wisdom of nature and living systems alongside a design methodology with a deeper understanding and alignment to the natural world.
Our Services
Our expertise in Regenerative Futures, Regenerative Practice and Experiential Design offers numerous advantages. From a holistic approach to sustainable design, to the culture, processes and values that underpin the project and organisation, we take pride in the creation of truly regenerative and impactful projects and aligned ethical work practices that benefit both people and the planet.
Regenerative Practice
A transformational Regenerative practice framework which addresses internal systems and strategy through a holistic approach to not only the way we design but also the company processes, culture, and values that underpin it. Regenerative practices are inherently restorative and the keystone to truly regenerative design outcomes.
• Holistic internal processes, culture and structure for long-term sustainability
• Ethical service offering, commercial and branding strategies
• Guided change management
Regenerative Futures
We help companies, communities and cities explore solutions (designs, services, systems, strategies) that restore ecological, social and economic wellbeing, by designing for positive impact. Integrating natural and indigenous systems, design psychology, and ethical technology to foster mutual beyond human resilience and prosperity. Through systems and behaviour change design, alongside guides for futures based planetary stewardship.
•Regenerative Mindset Models
•Regenerative Strategy & Systems
•Regenerative Futures
Experiential Installations
Experiential multi-media installations that explore reciprocal systems via an experiential and educational lense. Employing traditional skills, living-systems wisdom and emerging technology to communicate regenerative, stewardship and kinship principles on an embodied level.
• Immersive Sensory Designs
• Biophilic Structures & Pavilions
• Living Sculptures
• Digital Interactive Installations
Bringing Holistic Transformation to Your Business
Holistic Approach
By considering the interconnectedness of all elements within a project or the organisation itself, clients can expect comprehensive solutions that address not only immediate needs but also long-term sustainability and resilience.
Symbiotic and Restorative
Regenerative Design fosters symbiotic relationships between built environments and natural ecosystems and extends beyond traditional sustainability practices, by emphasising regenerative approaches that actively replenish resources and enhance ecosystems.
Ethical and Values-driven
Regenerative Practices prioritise ethical decision-making, promotes responsible design choices, congruent processes and culture, alongside conscious resourcing and project management. Values-driven practices, projects and organisational cultures that align with broader ethical and environmental aspirations.
People we have worked with
Bounce | Fora | BBC Television Centre | Battersea Power Station| RIBA | State of Play | Wandsworth Council | The Collective | Ministry | Trifle | Native Land | Crafts Council | Conservatory Archives | David Collins Studio | Ace Hotel | Museum of Architecture
“We believe that the only way to be truly sustainable and more importantly restorative, is by weaving a regenerative thread through all aspects of our projects and practices. It is a paradigm shift that equips us with the right tools for planet conscious living.” Anouska Anquetil
Regenerative Practice Consultancy
Regenerative Practice offers a clear, practical, organisational framework for a more holistic approach to working practices, operations, structure, culture and strategy. Rooted in emotionally intelligent living-systems principles, these lead to better outcomes for people and planet. We work with your team, looking at two key areas of practice, Strategy and Systems, to help guide your organisational transformation.
Contact us to learn more about our regenerative practice consultancy services.
Regenerative Strategy
Strategy creates the foundation and road map to achieving effective and impactful action, guiding teams towards greater collaborative outcomes. So it is vital to underpin this strategy with the regenerative values and principles that foster a sustainable future.
We offer our expertise to develop strategies that are firmly rooted in a sound regenerative framework through research, analysis, and stakeholder engagement, thus identifying sustainable opportunities that champion congruence, integrity, and alignment with a regenerative future, considering environmental, social, and economic aspects.
Regenerative Systems
Strategy alone is not enough, the structure supporting your strategy is equally vital, as these two elements are intrinsically intertwined. Without organisational health there is no long term sustainable success, without planetary health, there is no human success.
Our Regenerative Systems consultancy goes beyond conventional management consultancy approaches and looks at working practices, structure and culture through a regenerative lense. We believe meaningful success lies in building congruent and aligned systems that promote sustainability and regeneration across the entire framework of your organisation.
Regenerative Design & Consultancy
Regenerative Design draws upon a broad biophilic and living-systems design framework that allows us to design in symbiosis with the planet, utilising nature’s innate design wisdom, to create abundantly healthy and restorative spaces.
These design principles can be applied from the small scale to the large, from basic materiality to fundamental design methodology and process. Bringing the benefits of regenerative design to your project, designing spaces that enable humans to live in healthy, sustainable, technologically advanced, natural environments.
We create design schemes for residential, office, commercial, hospitality, community and public realm spaces, as well as offering consultancy services to support on specific elements of your project.
If you would like to discuss your project in more detail please do contact us.
Wellbeing Design
Viewpoints & Connection to Nature
Natural & Low Toxicity Materials
Natural Textures, Form & Patination
Biomimicry, Biofabrication & Biodesign
Design Services
Circadian Lighting Design
Sustainable & Circular Sourcing
Air Quality: Toxicity & VOCs
Natural Systems & Technology
Emotional Ergonomics & Spatial Flow
Innovation, Adaptability & Experience
Regenerative Design puts people and planet at the centre of the process. Drawing inspiration from nature's brilliant design solutions, our studio can develop design approaches that optimise resource efficiency, maximise functionality, and create spaces that easily adapt to changing needs. Clients can expect environments that promote well-being, productivity, and a sense of connection to nature.
In practice, this can be via the use of nature’s geometry via biomimicry, the use of bio-fabricated or natural materials, nature based design and living systems wisdom, the creation of restorative and sustainable design schemes, circular processes that work with the natural world, or simply by bringing a connection to nature into indoor or urban spaces. It is a world envisioned in harmony with the planet that sustains us and which harnesses future technology to do so.
Living & Bio-fabricated Structures
We create bespoke living architecture at the intersection between technology and nature, employing biomimicry, circular design processes, biofabricated or sustainably resourced materials to create living and biofabricated structures that evolve and change in response to the environment, creating their own ecosystem in harsh urban environments. These can be seamlessly integrated into regenerative planting schemes and plantscapes to create spaces of contemplation and respite for urban communities.
Urban BioFurniture
Biophilic Structures & Pavilions
Living Sculptures
Experiential & Climate Responsive
What Our Clients Say
“From design, to ordering and installation, Aterre services were efficient, professional and cost-effective. The design took into account our company culture, branding and the space and lighting conditions and they executed a vibrant and very manageable solution. It’s so important to have a work environment that is comfortable and the new planting definitely brings a stylish, calming and homely effect to the office. The feedback from our team has been so positive.
I’d definitely recommend Aterre for your planting needs, not only are they helpful and knowledgeable but they are also a fully sustainable company.”
— Louise Neilson - State of Play Hospitality
Aterre Studio created the fantastic plant display at The Gingerbread City this year. They were lovely to work with and took such care in choosing the plants, caring for them and in the overall design of the display. We were thrilled with the results and would recommend them in a heartbeat!
— Melissa Woolford - Museum of Architecture
“Regenerative systems are those in which each element is interconnected. Each relies on the others to maintain and thrive for the betterment of all” NetImpact.org
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Regenerative Design goes beyond sustainability and actively contributes to restore and replenish what human activities have radically deteriorated.
CSM - MA Regenerative Design
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A ‘regenerative’ mindset is one that sees the world as built around reciprocal and co-evolutionary relationships, where humans, other living beings and ecosystems rely on one another for health, and shape (and are shaped by) their connections with one another. It recognises that addressing the interconnected social and environmental challenges we face is dependent on rebalancing and restoring these relationships.
RSA - Regenerative Futures
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Instead of perpetuating an anthropocentric mindset which leads to the depletion of our underlying life-support systems, regenerative design goes beyond sustainable and circular design principles to actively promote a multi-species approach where human and non-human species co-habit holistically.
CSM - MA Regenerative Design