Environmental sustainability is currently regarded as a critical issue to be addressed in architectural practice. Whilst the issue of sustainability pertains to a wide field of areas ranging from the technical to socio-political, the prevalent approach – evidenced by the numerous energy assessment tools available – appears to define sustainability as a measurable entity, defined narrowly within the parameters of a building’s sustainable technologies. Whilst the understanding and development of these technologies is important in a move towards a sustainable built environment, it seems to overlook the inherent problem which exists today: the social inertia towards environmental sustainability. Furthermore, it may be argued that over-emphasis on a building’s sustainable technologies has the potential to cultivate a mentality that technology will ‘take care of it’, resulting in a loss of responsibility over our own actions.
5.6.09
building ecologies yui + flynn
4.6.09
Reality and the Perceived Future in Architectural Decision Making
Here are my 6 A3 sheets which acted as support material for my submitted essay.
Abstract
This report seeks to investigate the role of reality and the perception of the 'perfect future' (utopia) in Architectural problem solving and decision making. It will evaluate a historical example (Le Corbusier's Ville Radieuse) in this light, which will be measured against the housing tenement blocks that are considered to be the result of Corbusier's proposals.
Finally, it will investigate the recently completed K2 Apartments by DesignInc in order to establish the role of the perceived future and reality in the modern context of architectural decision making. From this it is hoped that some basic lessons can be learnt about the decision making process in an Architectural context.
3.6.09
Is Creativity required in the making of sustainable architecture
What we are suggesting here is that the answer to the topic is open-ended. Everyone is working within his/her own reality. And each individual is creative as long as they are facing the reality because reality imposes external constraints, which then stimulates the creativity.
And to be creative, one has to be prepared, to take in knowledge in their field as much as they can, in order to maximise the probability of creativity.
