– Urban Elevator in Echavacoiz _ AH Asociados
– Urban Elevator and Pedestrian Bridge in Hernani _ VAUMM
– Barrakka Lift _ Architecture Project
Energy-conscious and Sustainable Public Spaces
Energy-conscious and Sustainable Public Spaces _ Julian Lindley
– Soft House _ Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Ltd.
– Bayer-Eco Commercial Building _ Loeb Capote Arquitetura e Urbanismo
– Arizona State University Health Services Building _ Lake | Flato Architects
– The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Headquarters _ EHDD
– ECCO Hotel and Conference Center _ Dissing + Weitling Architecture
– Beijing No.4 High School Fangshan Campus _ Open Architecture
– Factory on the Earth _ Ryuichi Ashizawa Architect & Associates
– Le Clos des Fées Village _ Mutabilis Paysage + CoBe Architecture
EXPO 2015 : The Green Laboratory
EXPO 2015: The Green Laboratory _ Marco Atzori
– Tree of Life _ Marco Balich + Studio Giò Forma
– Italy Pavilion _ Nemesi & Partners
– Austria _ team.breathe.austria
– Brazil _ Studio Arthur Casas + Atelier Marko Brajovic
– UK _ Wolfgang Buttress
– Korea _ Archiban
– France _ X-TU Architects
– China _ Tsinghua University + Studio Link-Arc
– Russia _ Speech Tchoban & Kuznetsov
– Bahrain _ Studio Anne Holtrop
– UAE _ Foster + Partners
– Germany _ Schmidhuber
– The Wings _ Studio Libeskind
– Vanke Pavilion _ Studio Libeskind
– Copagri Pavilion _ EMBT
– Save the Children Village _ Argot ou La Maison Mobile
– Slow Food Pavilion _ Herzog & de Meuron
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C3 no.373 (2015 #9/12)
Energy-conscious and Sustainable Public Spaces
Energy-conscious and Sustainable Public Spaces _ Julian Lindley
Sustainability and Architecture have been discussed for many years. However, due to the nature of time to conceive, implement and use it is only now that we can critically evaluate architects’ response to environmental questions through actual buildings. This article links two key, if differing, aspects of sustainability, energy management and public/private spaces. Hindsight is always useful and we are slowly, as a collective, understanding not the importance of sustainability, we acknowledged that many years ago, but what good practice actually is. These examples from across the globe are fine examples but also generate more questions about what we are trying to achieve. Each takes a differing approach to materials, energy and water taking responsibility beyond just the structure to material sourcing, site clearances, construction, use and afterlife, these are now all part of the sustainable equation. This, as demonstrated by the examples, creates a broader ‘whole life’ understanding of our responsibilities. Noteworthy is the understanding of the local environment either urban or rural in energy plans. What works for one site will not for another. It is essential that we take stock of approaches and ideas, reflecting on what has been achieved in these examples and what else we can do. What makes a good space is far more open to interpretation and the examples form a polemic for discussion. The value is possibly not in the buildings but the ambitions which the architects want from their work. Many put human qualities such as health and learning at the forefront of specifications resulting in structures and spaces on a human scale inviting slowness from a human quality into function. One lesson to be learnt is that good results, sustainable buildings and spaces, come from the initial understanding of the needs of all stakeholders and the time spent understanding these. Mix with this that unclassifiable quality called creativity and you have the examples presented in this article. It is essential for architects, planners and designers to see the work of others and form their own debates, questions and aspirations from this article, and we thank and applaud the architects who contributed, in a small way additions to these discussions.
C3 no.373 (2015 #9/12)
Energy-conscious and Sustainable Public Spaces
Energy-conscious and Sustainable Public Spaces _ Julian Lindley
Sustainability and Architecture have been discussed for many years. However, due to the nature of time to conceive, implement and use it is only now that we can critically evaluate architects’ response to environmental questions through actual buildings. This article links two key, if differing, aspects of sustainability, energy management and public/private spaces. Hindsight is always useful and we are slowly, as a collective, understanding not the importance of sustainability, we acknowledged that many years ago, but what good practice actually is. These examples from across the globe are fine examples but also generate more questions about what we are trying to achieve. Each takes a differing approach to materials, energy and water taking responsibility beyond just the structure to material sourcing, site clearances, construction, use and afterlife, these are now all part of the sustainable equation. This, as demonstrated by the examples, creates a broader ‘whole life’ understanding of our responsibilities. Noteworthy is the understanding of the local environment either urban or rural in energy plans. What works for one site will not for another. It is essential that we take stock of approaches and ideas, reflecting on what has been achieved in these examples and what else we can do. What makes a good space is far more open to interpretation and the examples form a polemic for discussion. The value is possibly not in the buildings but the ambitions which the architects want from their work. Many put human qualities such as health and learning at the forefront of specifications resulting in structures and spaces on a human scale inviting slowness from a human quality into function. One lesson to be learnt is that good results, sustainable buildings and spaces, come from the initial understanding of the needs of all stakeholders and the time spent understanding these. Mix with this that unclassifiable quality called creativity and you have the examples presented in this article. It is essential for architects, planners and designers to see the work of others and form their own debates, questions and aspirations from this article, and we thank and applaud the architects who contributed, in a small way additions to these discussions.