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Keegan, John D. "Experiencing Sustainable Architecture." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36015.
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The prevailing approach to sustainable design focuses on low environmental impact objectives rather than the enhancement of the connection between people and the natural environment. According to Edward O. Wilson, biophilic design attempts to place an emphasis on the human to nature relationship in the built environment under the ideology that we have an innate affinity for the natural world because of our evolutionary development. In order to properly apply biophilic design, it is necessary to study and understand what it is about specific elements in nature that creates a sense of pleasure and well being. Nature is rich with sensual features, and the expression of these biophilic traits in architectural design is really what â sustainable designâ is all about.
The purpose of this thesis is to explore Wilsonâ s theories of biophilic design through the development of an office skyscraper. The driving force behind the project is the design of the sensory oases, which are vertical extensions of the ground plane that contain features intended to stimulate the senses.Master of Architecture
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Haug, Angela. "Management and Sustainable Architecture." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, NV, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13646.
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Sustainable architecture is about meeting the environmental, cultural, social and economical needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to fulfill their own needs. This is quite a complex and challenging task because the architect must consider the impact of these needs through the whole life cycle of the building. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate what the management can do to support and create an environment were the architects can inspire and excel in the complex and challanging task of implementing sustainable solutions in architectural projects. Further to map prohibiting factors that architects working with sustainable architecture meet and describe the whole building chain and what factors are important to support development of sustainable architecture. This thesis investigates in theories of environmental management, knowledge management, change management, psychological and economical aspects of environmental problems. The theories draws among some principal guidelines that the management should aspire to define a new business logic that is rooted in a wider view of human values and ethics, concerning time, quality, cost reduction, distribution and critical staffing issues. Encourage employees to respond emotionally to an issue is a natural and powerful motivation for action. They see, then feel and then change behavior. Encourage employees to spend time in the nature to experience that we are interconnected with the nature and that we are dependent on it. This perspective leads to sustainable behavior that is not based on self-sacrifice or self-denial, but out of a sense of love and common identity. The architectural organizations interviewed describes quite similar aspects but highlights the importance of letting environmental issues be equally important and incorporated with other significant issues, learning by doing and letting the process be flexible, take its time and give room for communication in order to develop naturally. When working with complex sustainable solutions it is important to avoid pre-accepted solutions by understanding the whole picture and thinking on your own. They experience how valuable it is to use successful environmental architecture as inspiration and how counterproductive “bad” environmental architecture is to sustainable development. The management must focus on removing prohibiting factors to relieve and protect the architects from these strains so that they can preserve and use their energy on sustainable development instead. Initiating projects with a broad approach, establishing a broad and qualified network and cooperating and communicate across the whole building chain in the initial stages of the project, supports better and holistic solutions and decrease the costs and time frame of the project. Overall one of the most important factors is to encouraging a feeling of community in the organization. It is central because it provides a work environment where the employees inspire, share knowledge and support each other to strive for good results. Such a work environment equips the organization to be better at facing rapidly changing and complex demands.
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Pedersen, Finn Tingleff, and p@iredalepedersenhook com. "Remotely Sustainable." RMIT University. Architecture & Design, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090506.140845.
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Remotely Sustainable focuses on a specific line of work that could be called 'remote Indigenous architecture'. I define this as architecture for Aboriginal clients who are the traditional owners of their homelands, where these projects are built. This context is critical because the issues I discuss may be relevant to other Indigenous communities in Australia. However, the customs, culture, bureaucracy and conditions mean I must caution anyone in applying any of these ideas to another community without deep consideration of and good consultation with that community. The context also extends to the broader framework of federal and state governance. As architects and citizens it seems there is little we can do to impact on these systems, but if the government and agencies do not make appropriate decisions, there is little chance of improving the outcomes for Aboriginal people. Working in this field as an architect is extremely hard. There are almost insurmountable problems that arise from ineffective government agencies, difficulties in communicating with clients, extreme distances to travel, physical discomfort to be endured and very little in the way of fees to perform these tasks. The difficulties begin at the consultancy stage and continue throughout the project until occupation by the clients. There is great difficulty in ensuring that the builders and tradespeople do their jobs properly and ensuring they return to sites to fix defective work is problematic. The budgets allocated to Indigenous housing projects are often well below that required to produce buildings that satisfy the clients' needs and expectations. Finally, there is little appreciation of the work that architects do in these communities, possibly because in some cases architects do their job badly. This Master of Architecture Project uses case study buildings by iredale pedersen hook architects to reveal some of the difficulties faced when delivering these projects, in order to encourage the development of better solutions in the future.
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Walker, Jason Brian. "Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Development." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32409.
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of sustainable development in Landscape Architecture. From reviewing the literature, a position is developed. The position is that Sustainable Development is an important issue for landscape architects and that there are reasons landscape architects have had limited success in sustainable development. The method of the thesis is derived from assessing a problem of sustainable development and landscape architecture and developing a solution to this problem. The solution is a procedure, not a tool, that landscape architects can use to learn about Sustainable Development and how it applies to landscape architecture. This thesis culminates in the development and application of a Sustainable Development Framework for Landscape Architects. The Framework is a procedure for landscape architects to become informed about sustainable development and how it applies to landscape architecture. For this thesis, the application was applied to the build out of an existing community, Top of the World. The implications of applying this framework are then discussed.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Sterner, Carl S. "A Sustainable Pattern Language: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Design." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1212172753.
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Neergaard, Nathan. "Architecture in context." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/neergaard/NeergaardN0507.pdf.
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Al-Thahab, Ali Aumran Lattif. "Towards sustainable architecture and urban form." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621928.
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Traditional architectural and urban artefacts are showed over the centuries as a powerful imprint of human actions and practices and are being developed on the basis of concrete socio-cultural factors and environmental rationalities. Spatial and morphological patterns of traditional environments have exceedingly evolved to fulfill and accomplish the social and cultural needs of the populace in their dialectical interplay with the surrounding environment. This relationship conceptualises the man-made environment, as the repository of meaning, in users‟ reciprocal relation with the surrounding environment. In the context of history, the human tends to dwell when experiencing the built environment as meaningful. Traditional contexts are highlighted as physical and spatial interpretations of human activities, skills, thoughts and resources creating identifiable and meaningful realms related to space/place, time and society. The study uncovers the process of the formation of the house and mahalla in order to shed light on how the built environment responds to inhabitants‟ socio-cultural determinants and everyday lives. It unfolds how changes in the nature of Iraqi society and its priorities affect the architecture of home and mahalla by reference to the impact of modernity with all its alien socio-cultural principles. This thesis focuses on the architecture of home and mahalla within the traditional core of Kadhimiya city and similar Iraqi socio-cultural contexts. At the macro analytical level, the research investigates the spatial and physical formation of the mahalla as a whole through detecting the socio-spatial aspects of its realms, and how its spontaneous form has responded to the socio-cultural aspects of the community in an integral pattern. At the micro level, the research will go deeper in the perception of the basic aspects of the individual and the family. It investigates how the traditional house reflects and satisfies the personal values of the individual, and achieves his socio-cultural beliefs and everyday life on the basis of inherent norms and conventions. In this vein, public, semi-public/private and private domains are investigated to highlight the mutual interplay between these spheres as key factors in understanding the architecture of the house and mahalla. The research discusses indigenous aspects and principles contained or embedded in the structure of the traditional environment, such as privacy, social solidarity and stability, neighbourliness and so on. It reveals insight into the male-female relationship in the social life of the traditional context, and how the position of women and their idle qualities impact the structure of the house and the hierarchical sequence and organisation of spaces. Identity, tradition, sustainability and everyday life are the main fields discussed with a specific end goal to outline and uncover the role of social factors, cultural beliefs and daily practices in the creation of this particular form. Building on these values, the research adopts an interpretive historical method in revealing the characters of the traditional environment referring to residents‟ habits, customs, rituals and traditions. Several approaches to the built and home environment are discussed for paving or detecting reliable one in the methodological inquiry within which many tools and methods have been utilised and used i.e. archival records, interviews, historical narratives, personal observation and photographic surveys. Data generated consists of photos, maps, interviewees‟ comments, analytical diagrams and historical and travellers‟ descriptions. Research findings indicate many of the inherent and underlying principles upon which the architecture of Iraqi traditional house depends. Within this context, the study has tried to unfold how the formation of the traditional house and the mahalla responded to the socio-cultural aspects of the community and the daily life of its members. Findings, concerning the design principles of the traditional mahalla, were realised as indigenous norms and standards embedded in the structure of society, which can be useful for architects, designers and planners to reconcile traditional and contemporary urban forms through the application of former rules and conventions in City‟s conservation or redevelopment plans. The study reveals that the traditional environment had less socio-cultural contradictions, active day-to-day practices and clear, identifiable and meaningful identity compared with contemporary built environments. Research findings, thus, lead to a set of relevant recommendations addressed to many of the community categories, architects, planners, stakeholders and those interested in this field. They aim to promote the impressive role of socio-cultural factors and strengthen users‟ competence in their physical and spatial settings for home. Moreover, research recommendations discuss how social factors, cultural values, beliefs, practices and rituals can be re-employed in our approach to achieving a more sustainable living environment. Recommendations relating to identity and tradition aim to draw attention and shed light on the significance of traditional built environments in the development of special identity, which played a big role in the sustainability of these contexts for centuries.
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Furukawa, Masaki. "Sustainable community : seeking sustainable potentials in an urban community in Kobe, Japan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66374.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77).
Sustainability was once inherent in many communities of the pre-modern society; however, it has been lost under the progress of the modern society through humankind's rationalized and short-term visions in pursuing more comfort and convenience in their life. Consequently, humankind is gradually heading toward destruction of not only their own systems, but also whole systems on the earth. In the context of the modern society, how can sustainability in communities be regained to promise the future of humankind, the earth, and the universe. The intent of this thesis is to investigate the possible forms and systems of urban communities, whose compact forms and efficient social and physical systems have more potentials to sustainability than those of suburban types' do, while urban communities have been major consumers of energy and resources and major producers of various kinds of pollution and wastes. In order to explore this, the thesis seeks sustainable potentials in an urban inner-city community in Kobe, Japan and develops a sustainable community with proposals of systems and community design in the scale of urban design, a block, streets, and architecture. The site is located in Takatori-Higashi district in the city of Kobe where was totally devastated by the major earthquake in January, 1995 and where is needed to be restructured and reconstructed soon. As the outcome of th is exploration, this sustainable community will establish some possible answers to the question of how the communities for next generations should be and address possible issues of sustainable communities to be further explored and discussed.
by Masaki Furukawa.
M.Arch.
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Littman, Jacob Alexander. "Regenerative architecture a pathway beyond sustainability /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/303/.
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Hudson, Daniel Alexander. "Regeneration architecture." Thesis, Montana State University, 2010. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2010/hudson/HudsonD0510.pdf.
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In a world of excess, people rarely stop to realize their impact on their environments. Our built environment is especially feeling the effect of our irresponsibility, and the solution is only a matter of re-wiring our perceptions of energy usage. Many technologies make it possible to have the impossible, but nobody stops to question whether or not these advances are beneficial. A presumably sustainable system turned out to be one of the most energy wasteful ones in existence. In the complex process of getting food from the field to your house, the best solution is to simplify. Nature will do most of the work; we need to learn to work with it. Current building practices can benefit greatly from this concept, to rethink the existing process by simply cutting out the unneeded steps and using the free energy available to us every day. Our values need to change. Because the corporation controls so much of our daily lives, they are the ones that will bring about the change in consciousness we desperately need. By re-designing Sysco headquarters to do everything that the company claims to do (and currently doesn't), and interact with the public in a new and radical way, not only can we make changes to how we think about the built environment, but we can also start to show that a change in awareness is entirely possible. If we can change the values of those that make the biggest differences in our world, then we've effectively changed an entire populations' way of thinking.
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Chang, Henry 1967. "Sustainable urban design in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8346.
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Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
What constitutes sustainable architecture? Clearly, this is a question very much in vogue nowadays, and contemporary responses have been framed for the most part by topics such as new building technologies, energy conservation, climatically and environmentally responsive design, recyclable materials, and so on. Though sustainable architecture must certainly be about many, if not all of these things, my thesis proposes a much more familiar architectural response. Namely, I argue that the design of spaces that facilitate and promote communities is not only a necessary condition for a sustainable architecture, it is the necessary pre-condition. How does an architecture facilitate and promote communities? I have chosen the problem of housing as the vehicle to answer this question, because I believe one's living arrangement ought to be a critical opportunity for community life. To take advantage of this opportunity, I have tried to provide for variety and flexibility in public spaces, because these contribute directly to the viability and longevity of any community. I have tried to think of ways that architecture can actually give people something to do, activities that can be shared, perhaps even by cross-sections of society that do not typically have much to do with one another, because such successful collaboration is essential for the vitality of any community. And I have tried to strike a realistic balance between the day-to-day demands of contemporary lifestyles and the long term goals for a globally sustainable environment, because communities can best be expected to thrive when the needs of both the present and future generations are met.
by Henry Chang.
M.Arch.
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Bonham, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph MacLeod). "Progressive consumption : strategic sustainable excess." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39302.
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Trends in the marketplace show that urban dwellers are increasingly supporting locally produced foods. This thesis argues for an architecture that responds to our cultures consumptive behaviors. Addressing the effects of consumption in the contemporary urban environment and ultimately developing an architecture that facilitates the consumption levels we have become accustomed to with sustainable business and community based systems. The building is a new market model, built around the idea of delivering fresh produce and local food directly to consumers; the primary means for which this is done is thought the production oriented, on site agriculture. This direct-to-consumer model of food production is facilitated by hydroponics coupled with grow rooms and the benefit of a controlled environment. With the production and transportation of agriculture being highly energy intensive, produce flavor and consistency benefit greatly from a hyper-localized agricultural system.
(cont.) Unlike consumer products which require complex supply chains and distribution networks for rapid market response and vast pooling of knowledge and resources. Agriculture has the advantage of having the ability to be produced in nearly any locale and at almost any scale, from window box to industrial mega-farm. As the model years of tomatoes don't change, the only evolution in the facility or the product would be to increase efficiencies. The most viable move toward progressive modes of consumption is this new hyper-local market model.
by Daniel J. Bonham.
M.Arch.
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Alsayigh, Nejwan. "The Sustainable & Adaptive Stadiums." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298430.
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To say that modern day stadium and arena construction is a controversial topic is an understatement of the magnitude it has. Every couple of years, a host-city somewhere in the world gets the burden of building new expensive and spectacular stadiums, infrastructure and all the logistics that comes with hosting a major sporting venue such as the olympics or FIFA world cup. But after the games, these stadiums most often stands as an expensive tourist attraction that requires maintenance and is not used to the intended full potential. Occupying valuable space and resources. My project is a conceptual research that aims to find an alternative story-line for this problem and suggest a new method of how stadiums could be designed, built, transformed and used.
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Nero, Klara. "Sustainable Way of Urban Life." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-133164.
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Adhikari, Rabindra. "The pursuit of sustainability : architecture and component based design." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1370875.
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Architectural sustainability is ambiguous. The contemporary understanding of sustainability is often debated on the basis of environmental and humanitarian focus. This focus often brings ambiguity when the concept of sustainability is promoted as an end product and not as a perpetual process. For ecologically harmonious and sustainable human survival, sustainable methods and processes are believed to encourage reworking the course of human development.The Component-based design approach is a promising and appropriate method for achieving sustainability. The method involves systems thinking and illustrates characteristics like flexibility, resilience, adaptability and generative system. The focus of design should be in making relationships among these various components and processes, rather than emphasis on end product. This creative project illustrates these conceptual processes using computational logic to create a project for graphics and multimedia presentation.Department of Architecture
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Martin, Colin. "Towards a Hydroponic Architecture." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1554119967725464.
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Clarke, John Lester. "Sustainable buildings : sustainable behaviour? : to what extent do sustainable buildings encourage sustainable behaviour through their design, construction, operation and use?" Thesis, Kingston University, 2013. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/27728/.
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The environmental impact of human behaviour on the design, construction and operation of buildings is often overlooked, frequently resulting in sub optimal performance over the lifecycle of the building (credibility gap and value-action gap). An over-reliance on technological and market solutions (false positivity) throughout the design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings means changing user behaviour is not currently envisaged by all but the most sustainability-minded built environment professionals. This study aims to develop an understanding of the dynamic and complex systems by which responsible environmental, social and economic action (sustainable behaviour) emerges from the relationship between people and the built environment. The primary research question asks to what extent sustainable buildings encourage sustainable behaviour, with broader research objectives covering the need for sustainable buildings and their social, environmental and economic benefits; a clear definition of sustainable behaviour and sustainable buildings; identifying opportunities for behavioural change from current best practice and how behavioural change theory can be applied to the built environment to encourage and optimise sustainable behaviour. Literature review reveals existing theory and practice in the fields of sustainability, architecture, behavioural psychology and pedagogy applied generally to the design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings. Five exemplar sustainable buildings with pedagogical functions are also investigated. The primary empirical research methodology uses grounded theory, ethnography and phenomenology through interview and survey data analysis, highlighting common best practices and innovative approaches, as well as revealing barriers to achieving sustainable built environments that encourage sustainable behaviour. The research reveals that there are numerous opportunities for behavioural interventions at critical stages throughout the lifecycle of buildings where ‘value-action’ gaps between our intentions to be more sustainable and our often sub-optimal actions or behaviours are identified. Strategies includes education, information provision, training, experiential learning, feedback, participation and regulation. The research contributes original knowledge by relating the way building mechanisms for change can be understood through the lens of behavioural psychology and the synthesis of the three disciplines of sustainability, architecture and pedagogy.
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Olsen, Joslyn R. "Funding Sustainable and Humanitarian Architectural Projects." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/619.
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The purpose of this project is to identify sources of funding for sustainable building projects and create a catalog of the findings. This study targeted the nonprofit, humanitarian, and private organization sectors with the goal to encourage subsequent projects that may positively impact the quality of life for people in need. It has been predicted that in the next 25 years 75% of America's built environment will be either new or renovated. The downside is that new buildings cause substantial ecological damage due to the extraction of materials and account for as much as 40% of all greenhouse gases. As a result, trends in the industry of design show growth in the green-building market. How do organizations without financial means maintain environmental responsibility as they build to meet needs? Besides identifying financing sources for above-mentioned types of organizations, this thesis also offers a model for the grant-finding process geared toward first-time searchers/applicants. Applicable sources of funding from this catalog will be recommended to the Teton Valley Community School (TVCS), winner of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge, in Victor, Idaho, and the case study for this project. At the time of this study, between September, 2009 and February, 2010, the Teton Valley Community School was in the process of seeking out grant opportunities for their innovative, sustainable classroom project. At this writing, the total figure to be raised has not yet been determined, though it is expected to be in the $5-10 million range. The TVCS master plan is to eventually build five additional classrooms with design objectives to create flexible spatial configurations, reduce the school's ecological footprint, and build a strong connection to the outdoors in response to the mountain climate where they are located.
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McGinley, Tim. "A community architecture framework for designing sustainable communities." Thesis, University of Reading, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602704.
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The Localism Act 2011 in England, provides a legislative mechanism to support participation in the planning process. Additionally, public participation geographic information systems (PPGIS) provide one approach to support public participation in planning. However, their ad hoc and context specific development approaches have resulted in tools that do not easily adapt to the needs of different communities and their diverse stakeholders. Therefore the aim of this research is to design a framework for the systematic development of an information system (IS) that can adapt to the perspective of the stakeholder and the planning context. Through the literature of: participatory design (PD); computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); human computer interaction (HCI); and enterprise architecture (EA), the limitations of previous PPGIS development approaches are identified. Based on this, EA is identified as an appropriate approach. EA frameworks (EAFs) support the development of IS features, but they require a link to organisational processes, goals and a vision. This means that EAFs in their current form have no grounding in loosely coupled organisations such as communities that have no formal processes, goals and vision . Therefore this research proposes a theoretical contribution of an adapted EAF called a 'community architecture' framework (CAF) for the systematic development of tools for a community context. Here, design science (DS) provides a research paradigm in developing the CAF as a designed artefact. To test the framework a community architecture development methodology (CADM) is proposed as a practical contribution to develop a system to support community stakeholders to participate in planning sustainable communities. The developed tool is tested on community stakeholders in Essex, UK. It is found that by using a systematic approach, it is possible to develop a PPGIS that can apply to different contexts and stakeholders. However, the limited examples presented here mean that further testing is required.
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Merkley, John. "A sustainable design primer for students of architecture." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1327785.
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A Primer for Students of Architecture in Sustainable Design, to be used as a part of design studios at the second or third year level. The Primer is written to students as individuals it can be used independent of any particular course assignments or requirements. the Primer is organized in three parts and around the five S.H.I.R.T. Principles, that introduce the student to a method of incorporating the new environmental constraints involved in the more sustainable design approaches.Department of Architecture
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Gomez, Leonardo. "Reconsidering Vernacular Japanese Architecture for Sustainable Ecological Design." Kyoto University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/147721.
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Kyoto University (京都大学)0048
新制・課程博士
博士(人間・環境学)
甲第10963号
人博第250号
15||205(吉田南総合図書館)
新制||人||62(附属図書館)
UT51-2004-G810
京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科文化・地域環境学専攻
(主査)教授 村形 明子, 助教授 ハヤシ ブライアン マサル, 助教授 ロバート ファウザー
学位規則第4条第1項該当
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Badshah, Akhtar. "Sustainable and equitable urban environments in Asia." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12560.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, February 1993.Includes bibliographical references (p.371-389).
This study identifies some of the factors and conditions that can encourage the development of sustainable and equitable urban environments. It argues that cities will continue to grow and that it is not productive to view that growth as a crisis or a tragedy; instead it must be seen as a challenge for the future. The urban policies that have evolved over the last several decades have combined the role of government agencies, private-sector investment, and community involvement. Projects undertaken in developing countries are often supported by international development agencies seeking to promote cooperative ventures through pilot or demonstration projects. This study, however, suggests that it is time to move on and to incorporate the lessons learned from these demonstrations into full -scale local and national urban-management strategies. Developing criteria for sustainable and equitable housing and urban services is the next goal. Among them, this study argues, is the need to reduce inequity in the way housing and urban services are planned and developed. To do this two interrelated approaches are suggested: one is to increase choices that the community is given and create conditions that promote community decision-making; the other is to optimize the role played by governments agencies, private-sector organizations, community groups, non-government agencies, and other local groups. Several projects in Asia and South Asia were evaluated to determine the process by which new housing programs are planned and developed, the kinds of decisions taken, and the roles played by the various participating groups. The role of non government organizations and community organizations in settlement upgrading programs; the advantages and risks of private sector involvement; and the potential role of community groups, non-government organizations, private developers, government agencies, and housing finance institutions in new housing projects, were also evaluated. The study concludes by showing that housing and urban-services programs have a better chance of becoming sustainable and equitable if they are developed through consensus rather than confrontation, and when private-sector involvement is encouraged and promoted under conditions that are clearly understood and instituted. The study also concludes that community accountability and decisionmaking must be increased, local-management promoted, and program components in which the community has a larger implementing role introduced. Similarly, the role of small-scale building contractors must be enhanced; and the needs of the broadened client groups understood and reflected in planning and design. Finally site design for urban developments has to be integrated into the larger community and respect the needs of its immediate surroundings. Many of the suggestions and proposals offered here are not broad strategies, but suggestions for feasible ways of improving society's chances of solving its urban development problems. They are not blueprints, but simply ideas for generating new approaches that will deal more adequately with the immediate and increasingly severe housing shortage, and recommend actions for preventing difficulties that may otherwise arise in the future. Finally, the recommendations in this study are strategic, not project-oriented; in their implementation the locus of responsibility rests with the cities themselves.
by Akhtar Abdullah Badshah.
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Quintino, Guilherme. "Vernacular architecture in south-western Portugal : a contribution towards sustainable architecture and conservation." Thesis, Open University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247046.
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Tharp, Sean Patrick. "Architecture's ecological footprint." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/tharp/TharpS0507.pdf.
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Tsang, Kin-sun. "Sustainable construction in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2004. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37933334.
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Miller, Alicia J. "A comparison of residential green building programs." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2010/A_Miller_040510.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Washington State University, May 2010.Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2010). "School of Earth and Environmental Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-57).
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Gibberd, Jeremy. "Integrating sustainable development into briefing and design processes of buildings in developing countries an assessment tool /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06142004-144252.
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Plummer, Kristin. "Sustainable Healing: Rethinking Cancer Center Design." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522341437826741.
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Rashed, Haitham Farouk. "Sustainable urban development in historic Cairo." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2013. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14591/.
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Heritage is a constituent of the cultural tradition, and an important component of societal and community welfare. This comprehensive vision merges both tangible and intangible dimensions; architectural and historical values. As a result of globalisation, local communities of heritage sites have started to realise the significance of their influencing voices in shaping their lives and futures. Several rehabilitation and development initiatives have been selected for this study to review lessons learned from a variety of methodologies adopted for different historical districts of distinctive urban, political, and socio-economic contexts. Historic Cairo is home to the largest concentration of Islamic monuments in the world and was designated a world heritage site in 1979. Despite historic Cairo's international and national significance, it is highly vulnerable to negligence and deterioration as a consequence of modernisation and rapid changes in urban and cultural lifestyles. Historic Cairo has attracted numerous rehabilitation, preservation and restoration studies, proposals, and projects through governmental, national, and international efforts. These rehabilitation schemes however have lacked the sustainable urban development delivery in this heritage context. Moreover, most of the schemes neglected yet another significant dimension for sustainable urban development considered key to many successful schemes; community participation and involvement in the planning process. The study aims to fill the research gap identified to achieve sustainable urban development in historic Cairo. Thus, a thorough, evidence-based, and theoretically informed methodology has been proposed for developing a tailored intervention that attempts to tackle some of the most critical problems in historic Cairo. The present study adopts a mixed-method strategy with an in-depth case study to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the research problem. This mixed methodology has had the benefit of combining data collection techniques, interviews and questionnaire in order to explore more fully the context of the case study. The combination of methods has provided a basis for exploring how community participation plays a vital role in the success (or failure) of the delivery of a development intervention in historic Cairo. Results from questionnaires and interviews have provided a robust vision of how the bottom-up and top-down views complement each other to provide a foundation for the researcher to build the proposed intervention on. The analysed results are to provide recommendations to decision makers on how best to encourage and incorporate stakeholders' views in future interventions implemented within their rich historic context. Drawing from the survey results along with lessons learnt from other development initiatives in heritage sites, and complementing this with space syntax analysis techniques, a set of tailored design guidelines is generated for sustainable development in historic Cairo. The proposed design guidelines comprise recommendations that have dealt with the five main urban zones of historic Cairo based on the most critically required design principles for sustainable development; diversity and choice, distinctiveness/sense of place, users' needs, self sufficiency/participation, and pollution reduction. The proposed strategy has aimed to consider the development of the physical urban context of historic Cairo whilst enhancing the social, economic, and environmental aspects within the local community to guarantee the sustainable delivery and outcomes of the intervention.
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Son, Sunhwa 1980. "Sustainable urban forms for Chinese typical new towns." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45962.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2008.Vita.
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The phenomena of exploding world urban population and sharply decreasing global arable lands are illustrated in contemporary China in a dramatically amplified form. Construction of many new towns in rural areas has been accelerated due to vigorous economic growth and immigration of people to urban areas. Many such new towns deal with their sustainability as a fundamental goal. However, these new towns are not demonstrating whether their urban forms are effectively responding to the principles of sustainability, going beyond plausible visual images. This study, through the application of sustainability principles to the examination of plans in new towns, proposes alternative urban forms for typical Chinese towns constructed in the countryside. Reviewing practices relevant to sustainability, the study draws out the consensus urban models and principles for sustainable development. The paper also investigates how new town plans differ from both historic capital cities and the work units of the Maoist period, classifying them into four types based on featured visual elements. Last, this thesis proposes linear networking compact cities as a model for typical micro-scale towns. Constructing linear urban blocks along an integrated efficient infrastructure, the maximum natural landscape is preserved intact. This study attempts to inspire further studies and attention to desirable sustainable urban forms for Chinese new towns.
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Clevenstine, Carly. "Integrating the Ohio| Through Sustainable Urban Design." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10844297.
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Humankind’s relationship with water began before our inception. Our very existence and evolution depended on it, as all life on our blue planet does. However, over time and perhaps more notably since the dawn of the industrial revolution, this relationship has shifted—changed. Riverfronts became dominated by railroads and industry severing access to the water in our urban environments. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the neighborhood of Manchester experienced further separation when the neighborhood was divided in two by a raised, walled highway and the industrial riverfront was renamed Chateau. Both neighborhoods have suffered from blight and vacancy subsequently. Using historic and GIS maps, sustainable design standards as well as scientific evidence of the effects of water on our health, well-being, creativity and happiness; this thesis seeks to examine why this connection to the Ohio River is vital to both residents and the city of Pittsburgh. And finally how we can redesign the industrial waterfront to reconnect both Chateau and Manchester with the river and serve as a model for sustainable redevelopment of these important cultural places.
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Stevenson, Fionn. "Materiality: people, place and sustainable resource use in architecture." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491668.
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Scott, Jacobus Olivier. "A living tower: Using architecture for sustainable future growth." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24371.
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This thesis demonstrates how architectural design can be used to help alleviate the current environmental crisis, using a radical sustainable approach that integrates high density living and farming activities within the context of suburban planning. In South Africa, population growth and urbanisation have led to low-rise low-density buildings invading . bio diversity nodes, valuable arable land, and natural reserves on the periphery of cities. Not only are the infrastructural costs of servicing these low-density suburbs very high, but the pollution caused by daily commuting to and from the workplace has lasting environmental consequences. Continuing deforestation is needed to create new arable land; at the same time, ploughing and shipping within the agricultural sector make a significant contribution to global pollution, while up to 70% of potable water is lost through evaporation during irrigation. The architectural approach on which this thesis is based, integrates the usually separate components of living and farming, into a single closed high-rise entity, called the Living Tower. Taking a cue from ecosystem dynamics, a Living Tower model was developed to mimics the natural process whereby the waste of one entity becomes the food of another, creating an efficient cyclical flow of resources. In this way, renewable resources comprise the heart of the life-giving and life-sustaining Tower. Analysis of earlier designs based on similar principles is used to identify key elements of the Living Tower. These include amongst other integrated stacked greenhouses, evaporative coolers, an anaerobic digester, a central atrium design and a living machine (eco restorer). Living Tower models of differing heights are compared and evaluated in terms of their sustainability and efficiency. A thirty storey Living Tower is shown to provide the optimal solution to the core environmental issues considered, including the renewal of natural resources and the reclaiming of arable land. The corresponding diagrams, calculations and graphs illustrate the potential impact on both nature and society of a thirty storey Living Tower. This innovative design solution focuses on shaping the landscape with contextual reference in order for the Tower to 'grow' out of the hills and include a variety of mixed used programs in the form of living, working and playing to enhance social interaction. Through the design solutions the Living Tower successfully combines higher living densities and an ecologically friendly lifestyle in a structure that is economically viable, aesthetically pleasing, and therefore using architecture for sustainable future growth.
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SHAH, SUMEGHA. "SUSTAINABLE ELDERLY HOUSING." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148304082.
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Donovan, Brian. "Sustainable Residential Development in the Southwest." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/316708.
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Sustainable Built Environments Senior CapstoneThe goal of this study is to address the issues of sustainable residential housing in the United States, more specifically Tucson and the arid climate of the southwest. Until recent years the lack of awareness for sustainable practices has not damaged society, but currently, mankind’s impacts on the planet are unprecedented. As we progress into the future, acknowledgment of this problem needs to be addressed with innovation and solutions to secure a guaranteed healthy future for humanity, the species that humanity coexists with, and planet Earth. This study examines the principles of development that best produce sustainability and addresses building form and material use, solar orientation and shading, and land-use efficiency and governmental policy. These aspects of development are examined in detail by contrasting a typical University of Arizona rental development and a development that was constructed with sustainable consciousness for Tucson’s local population. Sustainable residential development is an issue that must begin on large scale with government policy and lawmakers, and end with individual home residencies and educated personal environmental decisions. The study found that, while there are many different aspects of sustainable development that are influenced by countless variables, a sense of cooperation among all phases of construction is the most effective way to guarantee a smooth transition into a more sustainable future.
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Johnson, Bethany N. 1983. "Respect and Reuse: Sustainable Preservation in Portland, Oregon." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9874.
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xvi, 109 p. : ill., maps. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.The 'culture of sustainability' is rapidly developing across the United States and the globe. Prompted by economic and environmental crisis, the need to understand and implement sustainable practices has become the paramount objective of the building industry. Utilization of historic preservation as a response to sustainable development is an important aspect of the building profession not yet fully understood, though its roots are found in the "new life for old buildings" movement of the 1970s. This lack of understanding is, in part, due to limited research addressing the conservation and sustainability of the existing building stock within the United States. This thesis will provide case study research on successful sustainable preservation strategies that have been filtered through the National Register of Historic Places and the LEED Green Building Rating System, helping to define the opportunities for beneficial interchange.
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Taylor, Paki (Paki A. ). 1974. "Applications of sustainable technology to retrofits in urban areas." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70341.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-205).
Energy Losses from old buildings comprise a significant percentage of the total residential energy consumption in the United States. Retrofitting buildings for conservation can greatly decrease the present energy demand and help prevent an eventual depletion of the world's natural resources. This investigation analyzes energy efficient measures applicable to retrofits in residential buildings in New England. The project estimates the likely performance of the latest sustainable technology and rates them according to cost-effectiveness for an average homeowner. Various retrofit measures and applications of sustainable technology are assessed according to relative importance and net savings. Improvements include a building envelope upgrade, an installation of a ground source heat pump and renewable energy systems. The analysis determines the energy savings relative to two base case models: a Cambridge Code and 1920s standard. The retrofit measures are analyzed at present and future energy rates.
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Ospelt, Christoph 1970. "A framework for sustainable buildings : an application to China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69411.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156).
A framework has been established to discuss the different topics of Sustainability in the context of buildings. The framework includes the dimensions of time and space and the dimensions of ecology, society, and economy. Buildings are shown to have a substantial share on the total environmental and human health impact of an economy. In an energy efficient building, the impact embodied in the building construction can be dominant over the impacts from building operation. Life cycle assessment is a tool that provides the means for establishing quantitative indicators of sustainability. The different existing impact assessment methods used to aggregate hundreds of different pollutant releases and resource consumption into a few useful indicators are analyzed. Ways of integrating these indicators into the design process are shown and existing design tools and building assessment methods are discussed. A case study on Chinese buildings shows the potential for energy conservation measures as the primary means of directing the Chinese building stock towards a more sustainable path. Developed countries will have to lower their impact on global ecosystems substantially in order to allow countries like China to approach our standard of living. Taking into account the slow turn-over rate of buildings, new buildings have to be at least four times more environmentally effective on a lifetime basis. The necessary data on building materials needs to be made available.
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Phillips, Jason Patrick 1973. "The convergence of sustainable technologies and architectural design expression." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69447.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-119).
In recent years an unprecedented ecological awareness has taken hold, not only within the discipline of architecture, but throughout our society as well. No longer are we, as a culture, accepting of the long established traditions of buildings holding dominion over nature at all cost and without consequence. Today there is concern with bringing mankind and all things manmade into a benign harmony with our natural environment. Architects can no longer be content with simply satisfying basic requirements of health, safety and welfare in their buildings. More esoteric investigations into the poetics of space, theoretical experimentation, or symbolic reference also are not enough. A new layer of expertise and understanding is now required of our discipline. The pursuits of design expression must now work in tandem with the advancement of sustainable technologies to achieve an architecture that responds in a positive and sensitive way to the environment in which it resides. Sustainable issues have become a significant participatory, yet not dominate, element within architectural design. It is the position of this thesis that there is a recent- and widespread--convergence of sustainable technologies and design expression that is occurring and affecting the entire discipline of architecture. The logical synthesis of technology and design is fundamentally altering not only what is built, but also how it is built. The physical implications of this convergence on contemporary architecture are that it is creating a new formal vocabulary never seen before. In many cases, a new typology is emerging. This thesis is primarily focused on identifying the physical architectural evidence associated with this convergence. The physical manifestation of the synthesis of sustainable technologies and design expression can be seen in a wide range of projects throughout the discipline and is bound by no aesthetic or formal category. These concerns have seemingly transcended all formal categorization, and are affecting architecture regardless of function, style, or theoretical position. Whereas once sustainability was relegated to its own category, today it has become apart of all categories. It is important to identify this phenomenon; understand how it is affecting the discipline of architecture; and to realize where the industry is going as a result.
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Liu, Yu School of the Built Environment UNSW. "A holistic approach to developing generic vs. regionally specific frameworks for sustainable building tools." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of the Built Environment, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/22919.
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Sustainable building (SB) tools have been recognized and explored in different regions as among the most effective means to encourage, regulate and assist SB development. A large variety of SB tools have been developed and applied in the marketplace, while a number of new tools emerge each year. While the early-developed SB tools provide general references and resources, it is still not easy either to select from existing tools, to develop new tools, or to customize existing tools for any specific region. On the one hand, the quickly expanding number of tools is developed with different styles, contents, functions, underlying assumptions as well as limitations relating to the specific conditions in their origin regions. Without a comprehensive framework to classify the tools, it is difficult to select the right ones out for any specific task in hand. On the other hand, the conditions and requirements for developing SB tools in a specific region are multi-faceted and complex. Without a proper understanding of them from a holistic point of view, it is difficult to say which tools or which type of tools are indeed needed and appropriate in a region. Recognizing the demand for developing and applying specific SB tools in different regions and the confusion surrounding existing tools, this research establishes two comprehensive conceptual frameworks to classify SB tools and SB issues. The framework for SB tools includes four related categories that focus on building stakeholders, building activities, buildings, and building performances. The framework for SB issues constitutes two combined hierarchy structures each for the performance (P) factors and the decision-making (D) factors respectively. These two frameworks not only serve as guides toward identifying the types of tools (existing or not) that are needed and suitable in a specific region, but also facilitate the selection and customization of existing tools for specific regions. Guided by the two generic frameworks established in the research, China specific conditions and requirements for SB tools are investigated. China specific SB issues are first identified from three preliminary SB tools in the country and classified according to the generic frameworks for SB issues. A questionnaire survey targeting local architects is then conducted in four selected cities. Answers in the replied questionnaires are analysed with the SPSS software and the Content Analysis method. Local architects??? perception about the relative importance of SB issues and their preferences and expectation about the characters, orientations, functions and styles of SB tools are identified and compared with that in existing SB tools. Accordingly, similarities and contradictions between existing tools and local architects??? perceptions, preferences, and expectations regarding China specific SB tools are summarized and discussed. Synthesizing the above research and investigation about the generic and regionally specific aspects of SB tools, this thesis finally proposes a holistic approach to developing generic vs. regionally specific frameworks for SB tools. First, a more balanced approach for developing SB tools in both the broad and narrow senses is proposed and discussed; second, a suite approach for developing SB tools in both the functional and spatial dimensions is proposed and discussed. Conceptual frameworks are established in the discussions; examples are provided to illustrate the concepts; and recommendations are made for further development of the generic vs. regionally specific frameworks for SB tools in China.
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Pagani, Freda R. "Adaptive buildings through evolutionary design, towards more sustainable buildings. project design process as a complex adaptive system." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ38952.pdf.
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Šijaković, Milan. "Recycling industrial architecture : the redefinition of the recycling principles in the context of sustainable architectural design." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/318165.
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The aim of this thesis is the elucidation of the concept of architectural recycling as an environmentally sustainable alternative to demolition and preservation. More precisely, the research aim relates to the redefinition of recycling design principles in the context of the sustainable architectural design. The process of architectural recycling was placed in the context of a sustainable architectural design, as the global concept of sustainable development is imposed as a general context for all building related questions in the last few decades. Industrial architecture is the most appropriate type of architecture for the research on architectural recycling due to its physical characteristics, i.e. large flexible spaces with great adaptability potential.
The focus of this research is on the exploration and redefinition of the recycling design principles. More precisely, the focus is on the creation of the so-called 'recycling model', consisting of three redefined recycling design principles, which stem from the analogy between the domains of biology and architecture. The analogy was conducted in a systematic manner, applying the set of criteria which refer to structure, material, form and spatial organisation, i.e. their relationship between both existing building and new intervention.
The general research hypothesis refers to the advantages of the architectural recycling over demolition and preservation, seen as the most frequently applied methods of dealing with the existing building stock. This assumption is based on the view that processes of demolition and replacement simply contribute to the endless circle of production, consumption and waste, given that the building sector constitutes one of the biggest waste streams produced in Europe, and is unquestionably the biggest polluter. On the other hand, preservation persists in maintaining status quo and prevents the building to adapt to changing condition through alterations and change of use. A systematic review of the concepts of preservation, restoration, destruction and sustainable design, is presented based on the sources by John Ruskin, William Morris, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Rem Koolhaas, respectively. The analysis enabled the elucidation of the concept of architectural recycling as preservation through change: in the context of a sustainable architectural design.
The second hypothesis refers to the adequacy of biological analogies for the definition of the recycling design principles. lt is assumed that the biological concept of symbiosis is the most adequate one for the definition of the possible relationships between the original industrial building and the new intervention. From the concept of symbiosis stem three redefined design principles of recycling, namely: commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism.
The final research hypothesis refers to the relationship between the physical characteristic of an underused industrial building and the most environmentally sustainable design principle for its recycling. lt is assumed that in order for the recycling intervention to produce least environmental damage, the original building should be exploited to a high degree. Hence, it is assumed that the election of the most environmentally sustainable recycling design principle depends on the current condition of the existing industrial building. The value of the 'recycling model' (consisting of three redefined recycling design principles) is seen in its multidisciplinary character and its systematic approach to the topic of recycling architecture, i.e. the principles embedded in this model relate to the aspects of structure, material, form and spatial organization. The 'recycling model' provides a fresh understanding of how an extensive range of physical characteristics of an existing building can be considered in a systematic way in order to provide the guidance for choosing the most environmentally sustainable recycling design principle.El objetivo de esta tesis es la explicación del concepto de reciclaje arquitectónico como una alternativa ambientalmente sostenible a la demolición o para la preservación. En concreto, la investigación se refiere a la redefinición del diseño del reciclaje en el marco del diseño arquitectónico sostenible. La idea general del desarrollo sostenible se impone a todas las preguntas relacionadas con la construcción durante las últimas décadas. Teniendo en cuenta que sólo un pequeño porcentaje de los edificios existentes esta realizado de obra nueva, es evidente que no es suficiente desarrollar estrategias y conceptos de diseño sostenible sólo para los proyectos nuevos, sino también para los preexistentes. La arquitectura industrial con grandes espacios flexibles y con un gran potencial de adaptación, es la tipología más adecuada para la investigación del reciclaje arquitectónico. El estudio se enfoca en la exploración y redefinición del diseño del reciclaje, concretamente, en la creación de un modelo de reciclaje. Este se compone de tres principios redefinidos del diseño, que surgen de la comparación entre los campos de la biología y la arquitectura. La analogía se llevó a cabo de manera sistemática, aplicando el conjunto de criterios que se refieren a la estructura, los materiales, la forma y la organización espacial, es decir, su relación entre el edificio existente y la nueva intervención. La hipótesis general de la investigación se refiere a las ventajas del reciclaje arquitectónico sobre demolición o preservación, desde la perspectiva de los métodos más aplicados en las intervenciones de edificios existentes. Ésta se basa en la idea, que los procesos de demolición y sustitución simplemente contribuyen al interminable circulo de la producción, el consumo y los residuos. El sector de la construcción constituye uno de los mayores flujos de residuos producidos en Europa y es sin duda el mayor contaminador. Por otro lado, la preservación impone mantener el 'status quo' e impide el edificio adaptarse a las nuevas condiciones. La revisión sistemática de los conceptos de conservación, restauración, destrucción y el diseño sostenible, está basada en las fuentes de John Ruskin, William Morris, Eugéne Viollet-le-Duc y Rem Koolhaas, respectivamente. El análisis permite aclarar el concepto de reciclaje arquitectónico como la 'conservación a través del cambio', siempre en un contexto del diseño arquitectónico sostenible. La segunda hipótesis consiste en comprobar las analogías biológicas para la definición de los conceptos del diseño del reciclaje. Se supone que el concepto biológico de 'simbiosis' es el más adecuado para la definición del nuevo diseño del reciclaje, es decir, la concreción de las relaciones entre el edificio industrial existente y la nueva intervención. Desde el concepto de simbiosis derivan tres principios de diseño de reciclaje: comensalismo, mutualismo y parasitismo. La última hipótesis se refiere a la relación entre las características físicas de un edificio industrial y el concepto de diseño ambientalmente sostenible para su reciclaje. Cuando el edificio tiene un alto uso intensivo, la intervención de reciclaje tiene un menor impacto ambiental. La elección del principio de diseño más sostenible ambientalmente depende de las condiciones, estructural y material, del edificio industrial existente. El valor de este 'modelo de reciclaje' se ve en su carácter multidisciplinar y su enfoque sistemático al tema del reciclaje de la arquitectura. Los principios incorporados en este modelo se refieren a los aspectos de la estructura, material, forma y organización espacial. El 'modelo de reciclaje' proporciona una nueva comprensión de cómo una amplia gama de características físicas de un edificio preexistente se puede considerar de manera sistemática. La finalidad consiste en orientar la elección del mejor concepto de diseño de reciclaje ambientalmente sostenible.
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Farmer, Bonnie. "Sustainable architecture for the urban elderly, a holistic design strategy." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ47667.pdf.
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Senbel, Maged. "Working at home and sustainable living : architecture and planning implications." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23205.
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The goal of this thesis is to determine the correlation between the practice of working at home and the theoretical needs of sustainable living. The author presents a brief synopsis of the present theories of sustainability which he then uses as an evaluative backdrop for the study. Urban transport, architectural design and quality of life issues are addressed. The author conducted an extensive literature review, several case studies and a survey. Conclusions drawn from these studies were used to attempt to envision sustainable home working communities.It was found that sustainability was directly related to whether the home worker telecommutes or operates a home-based business. Home-based business owners continue to be heavily reliant on automobile transportation, while telecommuters make fewer overall trips and travel shorter distances than conventional commuters. Although neither work type demands significant changes to the infrastructure of the typical residence, home-based businesses require more space and more attention to design. Telecommuting has potential adverse side effects of personal isolation and physical strain. To ensure the sustainability of working at home, the practice must be adopted as an integral part of a larger transformation on the scale of the local community.
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De, Flamingh Francois. "The role of textiles in sustainable South African residential architecture." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1321.
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Thesis (MTech (Design))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011Sustainable architecture prescribes the conscious consideration and active contemplation of ways of meeting the housing needs of humans while attempting simultaneously to prevent our consumption patterns from exceeding the resources at our disposal. Sustainability in the built environment is infinitely complex as the very nature of modern architecture is based upon the extraction and exploitation of finite natural resources to feed a linear system ultimately ending in the depletion of those resources and the destruction of the ecosystem from which they are excavated. When considering built environments, the most visible and measurable components of any sustainable design is its ecological and economic sustainability. Social sustainability, on the other hand is of an unquantifiable nature, making it a most contentious topic in design and development discourse. This thesis uses a systems approach to sustainable architecture as a lens to focus on the practical applications of structural concepts made possible by the integration of textiles in the built environment and examines possibilities of adapting and incorporating vernacular and low-tech textile-based construction methods into contemporary sustainable architecture. More specifically, it explores the possibilities of using architextiles, or textiles in the building industry, as a vehicle for advancing sustainable development within the emerging economy of South Africa with its unambiguous diversity in all three bottom lines of sustainability; environment (ecology, resources, geography, built environment), society (community, culture, politics) and economy (employment, wealth, finance, industry, infrastructure, consumer behaviour).
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Kinkaid, Eden. "The architecture of ecology: Systems design for sustainable agricultural landscapes." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1366983104.
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Schultz, Elizabeth A. "Design EcoDistricts: Integrating Sustainable Design in Urban Environments." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1337715788.
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Outram, Christine. "FriendFreight Copenhagen : sustainable goods delivery through a community-based bicycle service." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49545.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Each day, in any given urban area, hundreds of thousands of small goods are distributed from their points-of-sale to their final destinations. The 'travel demand that is generated from this activity has a significant impact on congestion, pollution and the maintenance of infrastructure in cities. As such, and as the number of items distributed through urban areas continues to rise, city governments are showing increasing interest in strategies that can reduce these negative effects. Most of these strategies treat inner-city goods transportation as optimization issues, whereby an existing delivery system is made to operate more efficiently and effectively - oftentimes through utilizing advances in distributed digital technologies. What is proposed in this thesis, however, is an alternative approach -- a new type of service called FriendFreight, that exploits the untapped freight capacity of personal mobility vehicles, and the real-time location information of people and goods, to enable citizens to deliver items for others while moving through the city themselves. The success of such a service relies not only on the ability to transport goods in an optimal manner but also on an understanding of how and why people might deliver goods for each other. Thus, trust and reciprocity play an important role in the service design. In this thesis, the feasibility of FriendFreight is explored within the specific context of Copenhagen where I propose that the 175,000 bicycles that move through the city each day can be harnessed to deliver small items that people need regularly.
(cont.) The mechanisms for building trust and reciprocity are determined through examining the theories of gift and market exchange. Special attention is also paid to our current sociological condition - what Manuel Castells calls the Network Society - whereby a rapid rise in digital electronic technologies has powered a transformation in social and operational exchange networks. Lastly, in collaboration with a colleague, Francesco Calabrese of the Senseable City Lab at MIT, a Matlab computer model has been developed as a framework for understanding a best-case scenario of the FriendFreight service and its potential effect on the efficient delivery of items given a particular scenario. This work shows that digital information can be harnessed in a bottom-up way to address urban issues in cities. Additionally it uncovers how and why exchange occurs between people, which results in a single framework for the FreindFreight service that maximizes reciprocity, trust and continued growth. Finally, it is found that a significant reduction in travel demand is achievable through using FriendFreight for certain types of goods in the context of Copenhagen.
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Hootman, Heather. "Lessons in sustainable design : case study of a school in Chicago." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67141.
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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, September 1994."June 1, 1994."
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This thesis develops an approach to environmentally sustainable design through the hypothetical redesign of the South Loop School in Chicago. Sustainable architecture seeks to reinforce ecological relationships to the greatest extent possible, be they among humans or between humans and other species. Increasingly, pressure mounts in our society to design with such ecological sensitivity. This is especially true in regard to buildings for children- a population vulnerable to environmental problems and significantly influenced by surroundings. The design of an elementary school facility in particular also has the potential to both act sustainably and, on some level, teach sustainability. If, in addition to implementing materials that are nontoxic in ways that conserve energy, the built environment can simultaneously heighten an appreciation of the forces of nature, then it might truly be called sustainable. Thus, this thesis pushes sustainable design beyond its marginalized role of technical implementation by linking it to architectural theory about the relationship between architecture and nature. Sustainable design in this thesis attempts to translate environmentally conscious strategies into active and expressed design elements while fostering an appreciation of natural elements through architectural form.
by Heather Hootman.
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Kotzen, Benz. "Sustainable landscape planting in the Negev Desert." Thesis, University of Greenwich, 2007. http://gala.gre.ac.uk/6512/.
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The research concerns the potential for using the native plants of the Negev Desert in southern Israel in the Negev, which will help to promote more sustainable landscape development in the region. The study combines the data collection in the field of 163 plant species located in the Negev desert and the literature review of these species. The plants’ key physical, visual and aesthetic characteristics as well as their natural growing conditions are analysed. The analysis leads to an evaluation of the Negev plants in terms of suitability for particular uses in the Negev landscape. The conclusion reached is that the main reason for the non-use of the native plants is that they are still considered a part of the hostile desert environment. They have not as yet been ‘culturalised’. The advantages/disadvantages of using the native plant species is considered for each plant using a natural/quasi-experimental method, where each of the 163 species located by the author is analysed in terms of its physical and aesthetic characteristic and potential use. Furthermore, the individual species are matched with an exotic species and evaluated according to their potential landscape and ecological effects, water use and their potentials for environmental use in natural areas, the middle landscape and garden locations. The analysis and evaluation of the native Negev species confirms that 95%-96% of the native Negev plants have the potential for environmental use in natural areas and the middle landscape and 69% have the potential for garden use. A scientific study of the shade characteristics of 6 native Negev trees confirms that these trees provide an equal, if not better shade, compared to two control species and thus their potential for use in creating shade and altering micro-climate has been proven. The research also proposes a series of micro-landscape solutions, which will help to promote plant establishment and growth in the Negev as well as other desert environments. These proposals are seen as part of the agenda for establishing more sustainable landscape development in the Negev.