Sustainable Architecture: Meeting the Needs of this Generation while Preserving the Needs of Future Generations

I plan to change America through sustainable architecture, because it helps maintain our environment clean and healthy. Through sustainable architecture you can take advantage of a site through its climate and it surrounding resources. By using solar power you use natural resources cleanly and help against greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the use of fossil fuels. Using solar power could also reduce cost by about 50%. Burning fossil fuels harms the environment because it releases Carbon dioxide which pollutes the air and could cause lung cancer. By changing the orientation of a building and its windows you could also save energy. The orientation of a structure should be from East to West, because you will gain more heat in the winter and

The book's selection of outstanding, best quality work provides several examples for homeowners with a discerning sense of style and environmental responsibility. The spectrum of featured projects has a range between energy efficient restoration and the construction of intelligent extensions to the planning and building of new low-energy or passive homes. The book introduces not only the current building forms and materials but also case studies examining the best division of space, architectural planning, and the use of innovative technologies to control and improve heating and air conditioning. Therefore, Building Better provides a striking overview of the topic of sustainable building, and insightful information on details from technical data to blueprints. In the book, both homeowners and architects have their motivations, ideas, desires, and real experiences. Against this background, Building Better is both an inspirational and a practical guide for everyone who thinks that the sustainability not as limiting, but rather as a creative opportunity. As such, it is an essential reference for everyone who wants to build a

In modern times, there has become a greater desire from those in the construction industry to work together to create more environmentally sustainable buildings. Clients have an incentive to request more environmentally sustainable buildings to satisfy potential regulations, to cut down on energy costs, and potentially to gain favourable publicity/media. Designers are ever-more encouraged to propose innovative buildings which optimise materials and techniques to ensure greater environmental sustainability in an effort to win contracts. In a planet where resources are diminishing at an exponential rate, and civilization is accepting the detrimental impact contemporary living is having on the

My hobby is loved to travel and I enjoy travelling to another country and places on different cities and learn their architecture, culture and urbanism as a whole. Nowadays, sustainable architecture its one of the most factors we need to think and care about for user at the future because I believe that someday that Sustainable Architecture will become a vital role and become the most important thing and have potential to improve user's quality of life at the future. So, nowadays architecture was one of the important roles to upgrade and provided a vital role to a community daily life at the future. I choose UK one of the places that I want further my study in Architecture because I hope that can adapt with community around the world to make me more matured and sensitive about the local culture. I also choose to further my study in Architecture especially in UK because I believe that strong communities between another races are created from good neighborhoods. From there we can communicate each other, exchange views and learns together because I believe we can more matured enough in study, working and improved our views in architecture if we learn and gets a feedback from other people, community and

The fact that high-rise buildings are massive energy consumers is a key factor that has influenced the current development of tall building constructions. Their scale and purpose have turned them into dominant components in urban architecture. Architects and engineers have opted to go green as a solution to the dangers of energy consumption posed by high-rise buildings to the environment. As much as tall buildings have played a key role in combating population growth and the lack of space, they have been noted to use massive energy in the way of construction hence causing the overflow of wastes and environmental pollution. Furthermore, they deprive residents of light and natural weather. With sustainability being the main aim, architects and engineers have therefore revolutionized the conventional design to come up with high performance high-rise buildings. The current high performance design comes with benefits such as indoor environmental quality, resource conservation, design flexibility and energy efficiency among several others. However, the design process of a sustainable high-rise building is quite complex. It calls for the designer to have an understanding of the performance of the building in terms of different variables and design factors presented under conflicting conditions as well. As such various professionals such as behavioral scientists, social scientists, engineers, planners and architects among other groups, end up participating in the design process.

The idea of twinning the exterior of a building to the interior sustainable qualities is ingenious and responds well to threat created from climate change. The movement in the attention paid to envelopes is fascinating as it has responded to a trend in external aesthetics and together they unite. A particularly attractive feature regarding this is the function of being automated or manually controlled, and by this, architects immediately think of different ways in which day lighting, ventilation and heating can be integrated into a sustainable design. With such a vast scale of development in this sector of architectural design, it is at a large disadvantage that the prices of the materials required are at such a high cost, therefore hindering access to the general public. In order to improve accessibility, it may be viable to look at making materials much more available at much more affordable rate. Giving the user the option to change the way in which they live is an innovative idea which encourages the growth of much more modern technology. It encourages much more appreciation for the space in which one lives. This therefore persuades much more sustainable living.

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social responsibility defines architectural social sustainability as “Architecture [that] enhances social sustainability by providing built opportunities for balance and connectivity. Socially sustainable architecture fosters balance between the individual and the collective and between the present and the future; and connections between individuals within the building and between occupants and the surrounding community”.

“Houses are machines for living in,” as Le Corbusier once said. One could say that a building is one of the largest and most used machine in existence today. So why is it that this particular type of machine is so inefficient? A new precedent for design inspiration is needed to mitigate the impact that buildings have on the environment. A machine can be defined as a device that uses energy to perform an activity. Nature, which uses solar energy, can therefore be said to be the most sustainable machine. So why not use this as a model to base building design and construction off of? Biomimicry, or the study of nature’s models which are then imitated or used for inspiration, is a process to solve design problems.

The purpose of selecting this program is to deepen my studies in sustainability in-detailed. Nowadays, sustainability is a topic which research is still maturing, and designs are relatively new. The intent of this study emphasises in ruralisation of current urban cities by creating an environment that would allow the residents to benefit from its geographical and urban function stressing the creation of one system. Cities in the US and around the world have developed significantly that much of the land has transformed into Metro areas. In addition to 3 million people or greater living in these cities, people have exhausted their options and had no alternative but to rely on high-rise architecture. Many architects and landscape architects, focus their careers trying to create sustainable cities but are still limited by the maximum space they can utilise. Others emphasise the incorporation of biophilic mediums to solve the problem, then again, these are very restricted to the site. As land in some countries are finite and are reaching their maximum capacities, this will potentially become a problem that must be solved.

Although various factors are barriers, this situation calls for a better ways of approaching the building activities that are environmentally sustainable. Building policies plays critical role in reducing environmental impacts although little research has been done as far as this sector is concerned. These policies should focus on codes for environmental sustainability of building designs that establishes better planning practices, designing as well as constructing buildings with environmental concerns of the impacts of the build structures (Davies, 2004).

What is sustainable design? For the past, the art of creating a building was much more simple due to the fact that there were not as many requirement on size, efficiency, and economy. There was not a care in the world on what effects these buildings would have on the future civilization. But in the world today, the construction industry has become much more concerned with what the future holds. According to Daniel Vallero and Chris Brasier, sustainable design or “Green Design” is “Green design encompasses numerous ways to improve processes and products to make them more efficient from an environmental standpoint.” (Vallero, Brasier) In other words when designing a building

In reaction to our current global environmental crisis, the idea of eliminating negative environmental impacts attracts environmental policy makers and markets to sustainable or green design. As a result, a variety of industries have adopted sustainable design, including consumer goods, fashion, landscape design and architecture to meld striking design and function. However, the realm of architecture exhibits a unique challenge to sustainability. Construction projects generally utilize large amounts of material, produce waste and oftentimes involve vetting the preservation of buildings that have historical significance against the desire for modern designs. To help alleviate this issue, the introduction of the LEED, or Leadership in Energy

Nowadays, sustainability has been taken more into consideration for contemporary designs as it means people need to leave enough resources for future generation while they are consuming for their own needs which requires people to keep a balanced relationship with natural environment when they have their own plannings(van de Kerk and Manuel as cited in Bender, H., Judith, K. & Beilin, R, 2012). That is, some designs are well considered and constructed in order to achieve sustainability in many ways, such as reducing energy consumption, having less impact to the environment and starting to repay to nature. This essay will use the examples of an eco-friendly architecture, H-E-B at Muller and the city planning of Melbourne to illustrate how urban designs can contribute to sustainability.

Architecture is the art of planning and designing of a space or a building so as to suite a certain function or a technical use. To do this one requires creativity and experience in the manipulation of materials and coordinating these materials using technology to build the several parts of a building. The architect has to consider the scheduling and cost estimation before building. The behavior of the building during different climatic changes must also be considered. It should be able to withstand strong winds or very high temperatures. Throughout the years new designs for building have been invented and new materials have been discovered. Before man could build a house he lived in caves. Through the advancement of technology as he evolved, building became more appealing and better built. There is no doubt that technology helps in advancing architecture. Architectural designs have also come a long way, in that they get better by the years. However, in the 21st century, various building and design software are created to help architectures and engineers in drawing and balancing of materials.

According to Stauskis (184), there has been a raging debate as to whether green architecture has actually achieved its original goal or not. To answer this question, it is important to understand how green architecture works. It is the responsibility of the architects to meet the needs of their clients in a way that does not threaten the environment. Green architecture involves designing and developing structures that do not pose threats to the environment. As we struggle to achieve the current needs today, we have the responsibility to protect the interests of the future generation. Chambers (13) says that the emergence of high rise building was an example of a huge breakthrough in the field of architect. It facilitated rapid development of cities around the world as human beings started putting into use the vertical space. However, green architecture goes beyond this. It involves how technology can be used to develop structures that are environmentally friendly. This starts by defining the materials that are safe to the current and future generation when designing structures. The materials must then be extracted from their natural sources in a way that they will have the least possible negative impact on the environment. For instance, if it is harvesting of trees, it must be done in a sustainable manner so that it does not pose any