guidelines in government center design
GUIDELINES IN GOVERNMNENT CENTER DESIGN
Design has always played a fundamental role in the development and enrichment of our cities, and this role is becoming increasingly critical in our rapidly urbanising world. Good design is essential in meeting the future environmental challenges , creating places people identify with and embrace, and differentiating our cities for tourism attraction.
Well designed government buildings are an important part of cities and are intrinsic to their health and success. They accommodate and facilitate the delivery of public services and enhance the quality of the city’s urban structure and its public spaces. Government buildings contribute to the city’s efficient functioning and urban character. They can reflect the values and achievements of the community and need to be efficient, represent good value for money and demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship.
Building design is also a key part of the Government’s response to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and anticipating the need to adapt to changing climatic conditions.
Design outcomes that contribute to the sustainability of the urban environment may be facilitated by adhering to a number of relatively straightforward design principles. The Design Guidelines forGovernment Buildings are intended to address these principles and other related issues, including
climate change whole-of-life implications for buildings, adaptability and the incorporation of public art.
OBJECTIVES
The government building contributes to the protection of ecological processes and natural systems at local, regional, State and wider levels.
Energy use and management
Intent:
To minimise the building’s energy requirements for the life of its operation and to minimise any adverse environmental impacts resulting from the building’s use and management of energy.
Water use and management
Intent:
To minimise the building’s water use
Design has always played a fundamental role in the development and enrichment of our cities, and this role is becoming increasingly critical in our rapidly urbanising world. Good design is essential in meeting the future environmental challenges , creating places people identify with and embrace, and differentiating our cities for tourism attraction.
Well designed government buildings are an important part of cities and are intrinsic to their health and success. They accommodate and facilitate the delivery of public services and enhance the quality of the city’s urban structure and its public spaces. Government buildings contribute to the city’s efficient functioning and urban character. They can reflect the values and achievements of the community and need to be efficient, represent good value for money and demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship.
Building design is also a key part of the Government’s response to climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and anticipating the need to adapt to changing climatic conditions.
Design outcomes that contribute to the sustainability of the urban environment may be facilitated by adhering to a number of relatively straightforward design principles. The Design Guidelines forGovernment Buildings are intended to address these principles and other related issues, including
climate change whole-of-life implications for buildings, adaptability and the incorporation of public art.
OBJECTIVES
The government building contributes to the protection of ecological processes and natural systems at local, regional, State and wider levels.
Energy use and management
Intent:
To minimise the building’s energy requirements for the life of its operation and to minimise any adverse environmental impacts resulting from the building’s use and management of energy.
Water use and management
Intent:
To minimise the building’s water use
References: Boston City Hall, December 2010 Boston City Hall (built 1969) is the seat of the municipal government of Boston, Massachusetts.[2] Architecturally, it is an example of thebrutalist style Boston City Hall, 1981 The upper stories contain the city’s office space, used by civil servants not visited frequently by the public, such as the administrative and planning departments In 2008, the building was voted "World 's Ugliest Building" in a casual online poll by a travel agency, which was picked up by a number of news outlets and embraced as a boon to tourism by Mayor Menino.[10][11] Boston City Hall, 1981 Boston City Hall, with partial view of Faneuil Hall, 1981 [edit]Reception of the Plaza [edit]Relocation and demolition On December 12, 2006, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino proposed selling the current city hall and adjacent plaza to private developers and moving the city government to a site in South Boston.[13][14]