Sustainability is referred to as related to… energy efficient high-tech, low-tech, or vernacular strategies health, well-being, and quality of life issues an analogy to natural forms or from processes in natural systems performance over appearance appearance over performance intelligent and responsive materials, renewable, recyclable, biodegradable sensory perception resilience and circular economy not building at all […]
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Sustainability is referred to as related to…
energy efficient high-tech, low-tech, or vernacular strategies
health, well-being, and quality of life issues
an analogy to natural forms or from processes in natural systems
performance over appearance
appearance over performance
intelligent and responsive materials, renewable, recyclable, biodegradable
sensory perception
resilience and circular economy
not building at all and instead promote virtualization
ecological footprinting and consumerist lifestyles
best practice guidelines, assessment methods
All above-mentioned concepts are context-specific and inevitably contested. Enacting and translating sustainability in arch design practices can occur in different stages of the design/build process:
during the design brief phase that defines the sustainability targets: translating the concept of sustainability into design practices, recognizing the controversial issues to tackle/ those is in charge of giving directions should ask those bidding to work on giving meaning to these goals
when analyzing the ways in which design strategies are constructed between the distinct vocational design actors
when establishing supposed equivalences between projected and actual design
References
Schröder, T. (2018). Giving meaning to the concept of sustainability in architectural design practices: Setting out the analytical framework of translation. Sustainability, 10(6), 1-15. [1710]. DOI: 10.3390/su10061710
