Fundamental, 14th Venice Biennale
Rem goes to Venice_Diego Terna
− Port of Kinmen Ferry Terminal Competition_Junya Ishigami + Associates
− Catholic University of Louvain, Architecture School Competition_Aires Mateus
Energy efficient ‘n Sustainable – Critical Step towards Green Future
Sustainability, what’s it to do with us?_Julian Lindley
Energy builds the future
Energy Efficiency: Building for the Future_Fabrizio Aimar
− Aquaterra Environmental Center_Tectoniques Architects
− The Columbia Building_Skylab Architecture
− Energy Bunker_HHS Planer + Architekten AG
− Zero Energy School in Solar Panels_Mikou Design Studio
− Sparkassenhöfe Graz_Szyszkowitz-Kowalski + Partner ZT GmbH
− Trento Science Museum_Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Seven Shades of Green
Seven Shades of Green_Simone Corda
− Naturbad Riehen, Natural Swimming Pool_Herzog & de Meuron
− GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals Administrative Building_Coarchitecture
− Ecoarea Complex_Triarch Studio
− Pamela Coyne Library_Branch Studio Architects
− Green Energy Laboratory_Archea Associati
− Campus Repsol_Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos
− ASU Polytechnic Academic Buildings_Lake Flato Architects + RSP Architects
C3 no.360 (2014 #8/12)
Energy efficient and Sustainable – Critical Step towards Green Future
Sustainability, what’s it to do with us?_Julian Lindley
The majority of discussion on Climate Change is focused on chemical emissions and the dangerous increase in concentration of compounds such as carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere. This in turn is normally associated with the consumption of petro-chemicals, simply put the internal combustion engine and plastics. However, this is a simplistic approach as it ring fences the issues within the economic market sectors of transportation and manufacturing indeed by association the consumption of products which are transient and short term. This viewpoint conveniently places the responsibility of climate change elsewhere from architecture. This is a distraction as we all have a role to play and a level of introspective questioning about our own practice and lifestyles is required. Buildings, although without such an immediate and explicit impact on the environment, do form part of the debate due to their longevity. Impacts over a short term, a day or week are minimal but with a lifetime often in the hundreds of years consequences can be great. If we include social or cultural implications of buildings then the responsibility of planners and architects becomes even greater. We are creating buildings for our needs but which will be used by our Grandchildren. If we include impact over time then buildings elevate themselves to key villains to the environment along with cars. Although the word “sustainability”: has the connotation of a modern concern or fad the first question raised by Ann Thorpe and others is “What are we trying to Sustain?”
C3 no.360 (2014 #8/12)
Energy efficient and Sustainable – Critical Step towards Green Future
Sustainability, what’s it to do with us?_Julian Lindley
The majority of discussion on Climate Change is focused on chemical emissions and the dangerous increase in concentration of compounds such as carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere. This in turn is normally associated with the consumption of petro-chemicals, simply put the internal combustion engine and plastics. However, this is a simplistic approach as it ring fences the issues within the economic market sectors of transportation and manufacturing indeed by association the consumption of products which are transient and short term. This viewpoint conveniently places the responsibility of climate change elsewhere from architecture. This is a distraction as we all have a role to play and a level of introspective questioning about our own practice and lifestyles is required. Buildings, although without such an immediate and explicit impact on the environment, do form part of the debate due to their longevity. Impacts over a short term, a day or week are minimal but with a lifetime often in the hundreds of years consequences can be great. If we include social or cultural implications of buildings then the responsibility of planners and architects becomes even greater. We are creating buildings for our needs but which will be used by our Grandchildren. If we include impact over time then buildings elevate themselves to key villains to the environment along with cars. Although the word “sustainability”: has the connotation of a modern concern or fad the first question raised by Ann Thorpe and others is “What are we trying to Sustain?”
