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Leave us a short comment or information.OPEN HOUSE design guide for architects will be widelly spread among ACE and national and international architects associations at the end of the project.
SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN
Architecture must utilise holistic, integrative methods from the smallest scale up through
that of city and regional planning, never forgetting that buildings, landscapes, the natural
environment and infrastructures are all essential elements in the continuous creation of a
sustainable future. A careful and considerate design of forms, geometry and spatial
strategies, married with the appropriate materials, equipment and functional distribution
can reduce the use of resources, greenhouse gas emissions and overall environmental
impact by 50% to 80%.
Sustainable by Design: Strategy
• Sustainable by Design begins with the earliest stages of a project and requires
commitments between all the stakeholders: clients, designers, engineers, authorities,
contractors, owners, users and the community.
• Sustainable by Design incorporates all aspects of construction AND future use
based on full Life Cycle Analysis and Management.
• Sustainable by Design optimises efficiency through design. Renewable energies,
high performance and environmentally benign technologies are integrated to the greatest
practical extent in the project conception.
• Sustainable by Design recognises that all architecture and planning projects are
part of a complex interactive system, linked to their wider natural surroundings, and reflect
the heritage, culture, and social values of the daily life of the community.
• Sustainable by Design seeks healthy materials for healthy buildings, ecologically
and socially respectful land-use, and an aesthetic sensitivity that inspires, affirms and
ennobles.
• Sustainable by Design aims to significantly reduce carbon imprints, hazardous
materials and technologies and all other adverse human effects of the built environment on
the natural environment.
• Sustainable by Design endeavours to improve the quality of life, promote equity
both locally and globally, advance economic well-being and provide opportunities for
community engagement and empowerment.
• Sustainable by Design recognises the local and planetary interdependence of all
people. It acknowledges that urban populations depend on an integrated, interdependent,
and sustainable rural-urban system for their life support systems (clean water and air, food,
shelter, work, education, health, cultural opportunity, and the like).
• Sustainable by Design endorses UNESCO’s statement that cultural diversity, as a
source of exchange, innovation and creativity, is as necessary for humankind as
biodiversity is for nature.
Source:
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS, Copenhagen Declaration, 7 DECEMBER 2009
