The
Philosophy of Sustainable Design Chapter 1
“Sustainable
design is often used as an umbrella term to describe a set of strategies,
components and technologies that lower environmental impact while in many cases
improving comfort and overall quality.”
The
Philosophy of Sustainable Design Chapter 2
The
Evolution of Sustainable Design
The
Origins of Sustainable Design
-Sustainable
Design might be a reaction to the current problem of effect on the environment,
but it has its roots in cause and effect from the very beginning.
-The
four stages:
The
Biological Beginning of Sustainable Design
The
Indigenous Vernacular Beginning of Sustainable Design
The
Industrial Beginning of Sustainable Design
The
Modern Beginning of Sustainable Design
The
Biological Beginning of Sustainable Design
-At the
very root of our being, we desire comfort and protection from the environment.
-We are
like all species who seek our own good until the system self regulates. We need to find a better more efficient way
to live before the system self regulates.
The
Indigenous Vernacular Beginning of Sustainable Design
-The
architecture of the world shows sustainable design
-Nomadic
structures that were movable, reusable, yet protected against the elements.
-Regionalism
is seen by using local materials to construct with.
-Current
solar income uses any energy source that is currently available and renewable.
-Nature
has solutions for comfort
-Ancestors
had no way of knowing there larger impact on the environment
The
Industrial Beginning of Sustainable Design
-We
were not content with the fact that our control is limited , and we worked to
make moves toward top comfort at any cost.
-New
technologies and the lack thereof has shaped our architecture
-Solutions
are usually, more like band-aids instead of true solutions looked at from the
root. Ex. A region was receiving too
much pollution so they built a giant smoke stack that would distribute the
pollution over a wider area to lessen the pollution in one area. This is crazy!
-“Sustainable
design is a conscious reaction to the consequences of unsustainable practices.”
-People
started to care about sustainable design because they finally realized the link
between industrial forces and human health.
The
Modern Sustainable Design Movement
The
Environmental Backdrop
-“In
the early nineties an unprecedented list of Nobel laureates signed a
declaration of warning to humanity that told us that we had only a few decades
to change the course we were currently on.”
-“Despite
the historical nature of the document, signed by the most respected list of
scientists from around the world, it was almost entirely ignored by the media.”
-“We
are continually encouraged to consume more, as if our current habits were not
enough.”
The
Seventies- The Green Design Toddler
-“1.
Architects and engineers revived passive, climate responsive, bioregional
strategies, which still form a foundation for sustainable design.”
-“2.
Architects and engineers adopted appropriate technologies into architecture.’
-“3. A
public perception formed regarding what energy conservation design looked like
and how it functioned.”
-“4.
Many of the leaders in sustainable design experienced their sustainability
initiations.”
The
Eighties- The Neglected Green Design Child
-“By
the end of the eighties, little had been accomplished across the country in
terms of environmental impact and buildings used more energy than ever. However, key people and ideas came together
and would, in just a few years, make significant change.”
The
Nineties- The Screaming Green Pre-teen
-“Almost
as powerful as the creation of the US Green Building Council itself were the
improvements that were happening to the built examples of sustainable design.”
-“At
the beginning of the decade, Sustainable design was a fringe movement. By the turn of the century, ‘Green’ became
cool.”
The
2000 Decade- The Temperamental Teen
-“This
decade will likely be known as the decade that green became mainstream, as
people from all walks of life and from all backgrounds began to adopt the
principles of sustainable design.”
-LEED
was starting to pick up use
-“In
this decade, many are now going green because they see economic rather than
moral reasons to do so.”
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