Sustainability
Table of Contents
1: Introduction
Every day people are increasingly realizing the choices they make in their everyday lives, affect the people and the environment around them. They are buying local, organic food to reduce the use of pesticides, support their local community, and reduce the fuel costs associated with producing what they eat. They are choosing to ride their bike or take the bus instead of driving a car. However, much is changing. We are seeing a push to create buildings and spaces that do not require external energy to heat, cool or power them. There are efforts to reduce the use of materials that have a high ecological cost and to increase the number of recycled/reused and recyclable/reusable materials. The built and the natural environment has been a space of constant and continuous negotiation and contestation, one that tells a specific story when referred to a developing country such as India. It’s a constantly changing place to tread into as it lures one into territories of mystical past struggles; a labyrinth of environmentalism and stories of economic expansion which carry its effects into the present environmental crisis. It’s a choreography of unrestrained motives, one that is laden with power and interests, is disputed yet unpredictable; the power and interests of various actors, i.e. society, state, national and transnational institutions. Jong-Jin Kim (1998) says in his research paper “It is not my intention to delve into this rather volatile territory to simply tell a grim tale of North/ South exploitation but to understand the ways in which this exploitation occurs. The tread that I pull out from this tale is one that ties to ‘sustainable development’” [1].
2: Sustainability in Architecture
Architecture is one of the most conspicuous forms of economic activity. It is predicted that the pattern of architectural resource intensity
1: Introduction
Every day people are increasingly realizing the choices they make in their everyday lives, affect the people and the environment around them. They are buying local, organic food to reduce the use of pesticides, support their local community, and reduce the fuel costs associated with producing what they eat. They are choosing to ride their bike or take the bus instead of driving a car. However, much is changing. We are seeing a push to create buildings and spaces that do not require external energy to heat, cool or power them. There are efforts to reduce the use of materials that have a high ecological cost and to increase the number of recycled/reused and recyclable/reusable materials. The built and the natural environment has been a space of constant and continuous negotiation and contestation, one that tells a specific story when referred to a developing country such as India. It’s a constantly changing place to tread into as it lures one into territories of mystical past struggles; a labyrinth of environmentalism and stories of economic expansion which carry its effects into the present environmental crisis. It’s a choreography of unrestrained motives, one that is laden with power and interests, is disputed yet unpredictable; the power and interests of various actors, i.e. society, state, national and transnational institutions. Jong-Jin Kim (1998) says in his research paper “It is not my intention to delve into this rather volatile territory to simply tell a grim tale of North/ South exploitation but to understand the ways in which this exploitation occurs. The tread that I pull out from this tale is one that ties to ‘sustainable development’” [1].
2: Sustainability in Architecture
Architecture is one of the most conspicuous forms of economic activity. It is predicted that the pattern of architectural resource intensity
References: [1] Jong-Jin Kim, Brenda Rigdon, “Introduction to Sustainable Design” Sustainable Architecture Module [2] Tania Katzschner, “Sustainable Architecture, Planning and Culture – Beyond the Mechanical and unambiguous” [3] Fatima Ghani, “Issues in Sustainable Architecture and Possible Solutions” International Journal of Civil & Environmental Engineering IJCEE-IJENS Vol: 12 No: 01