Projects

Our projects weave innovation into the fabric of cities, industries, and ecosystems. From the visionary Salesforce Park to the community-driven UCo, and the pioneering Orchid City, we transform bold ideas into sustainable realities.

Dive into our journey of transformative projects since 1999, below.

Highlights

Pizza 4p's Pizza

Pizza 4P’s Sustainability Strategy

What steps does a dedicated company take when it strives to deepen its sustainability efforts in the industry? This question came to life when Pizza 4P's, known for their commitment to sustai…

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Orchid City

Orchid City is the world's first future-proof and regenerative real estate development framework, using proven practices to build resilient communities, anywhere in the world at any size. Orc…

Heineken

Heineken: 100% Circular

Sustainability, health, and happiness are increasingly demanded by consumers, particularly by the younger generations, and Heineken is at the forefront of several exciting and societal-wide transi…

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IKEA Foundation's Agricultural Livelihoods Strategy

The IKEA Foundation's Agricultural Livelihoods Team works on new strategies to utilize the foundation's grants to boost the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in central Africa and India…

Serenity Farms

Serenity Farms

Serenity Farms is the world's largest and fully self-sufficient greenhouse facility, providing profitable food production and sustaining communities in some of our harshest environments. Even…

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Revolution of the IKEA Paper Supply-Chain

For Inter-IKEA, we boosted the sustainability of the world's entire paper supply chain, using IKEA's catalog and one innovative big data tool. The tool includes data dashboards for purch…

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Utrecht Community (UCo)

The Utrecht Community (UCo) is the national center for sustainable entrepreneurship in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Located in the heart of the city, UCo fosters a community of over 180 pioneering su…

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Schiphol Catalyst Office Concept

This catalytic and multi-tenant office design has a core ambition - to create a fully integrated and self-sufficient business precinct, helping create a healthy, inspirational, and productive work…

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Salesforce Park Transit Center - San Francisco

Salesforce Park and Transit Center in San Francisco is a one-of-a-kind transport and recreation complex located in one of America's most exciting cities. The jewel of this crown is Salesforce…

Recent Projects

Edelstenenbuurt - masterplan design

1970s neighborhood turned climate-ready, built with 1,425 people who live there.

Apr 2026

Edelstenenbuurt, Middelburg

Edelstenenbuurt is a 1970s social-housing neighborhood in Middelburg transformed from 76% hardscape to a climate-adaptive green neighborhood, 3°C cooler and flood-resilient, co-created with reside…

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lehmbau house

A Bioregional Material: From Resilient Forests to Regenerative Landscapes and Fire Resistant Homes

Dec 2025

Lehmbau

Lehmbau is a collaborative project between Except Integrated Sustainability and Autopoiesis LLC, exploring clay and fiber construction as a regenerative, climate-smart, and fire-resistant building…

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Pizza 4p's Pizza

Crafting Sustainable F&B in Southeast Asia

Oct 2024

Pizza 4P’s Sustainability Strategy

What steps does a dedicated company take when it strives to deepen its sustainability efforts in the industry? This question came to life when Pizza 4P's, known for their commitment to sustai…

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Hexagonaal

Innovative sustainable living and working

Aug 2024

Hexagonal Homes

The Hexagonal Living project introduces an innovative housing concept designed for small communities that prioritize self-sufficiency, environmental harmony, and integrated living. The hexagonal s…

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Building the first sustainability community in Japan

Jul 2024

Regenerative Community Tokyo (RCT)

Regenerative Community Tokyo (RCT) is Japan's first sustainable knowledge institute, situated in Tokyo's new "SAAI" Wonder Working Community. Its mission is to tackle complex u…

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Almere Pampus

Density Strategies for Integrated Sustainable Urbanization

Jul 2024

Almere Pampus Scenarios

The city of Almere in the Netherlands is faced with vast expansion plans. We supported the municipality with research-by-design, using the Orchid City framework, testing different urban densities,…

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Project Archive

Projects · 1999 to 2026

Twenty-seven years of work across thirty countries.

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    Timeline · 1999 to 2026

    149 projects across 30 countries · 91 published case studies Browse the full project archive →

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    Real-time footprint from travel and events

    Feb 2012

    Yale Carbon Calculator

    Except collaborated with Yale University to develop a customized online carbon calculator for the Yale Community Carbon Fund. The calculator allows anyone to estimate their c…
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    Feb 2012

    Yale Carbon Calculator

    Except collaborated with Yale University to develop a customized online carbon calcula…

    Web 3.0 Visual Information Management & Collaboration

    Nov 2010

    The Dandelion Project

    Dandelion is a next generation (web 3.0) software application that binds scientific, social and economic data from all over the world in an immersive visual environment. It's…

    Nov 2010

    The Dandelion Project

    Dandelion is a next generation (web 3.0) software application that binds scientific, s…
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