TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainable design processes
AU - Dickinson, Susannah
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper will present the work of a related undergraduate architecture design studio, 'Sustainable Skyscrapers', which took place in the fall semester of 2011 at the University of Arizona. In this studio the intent was to find ways of form-finding verses form-making; using natural and built infrastructure, systems and flows to create new design strategies, relationships and building typologies. The studio's stance was that it is not okay to maintain the status quo, but that we need to fundamentally rethink the direction we are moving in. Emphasis was placed on research as a speculative and iterative process rather than on final products. Design is becoming more holistic as we become more environmentally conscious. Projects needed to emphasize cycles, feed-back loops and inter-connectivity, akin to a more ecological model found in nature. Linkages between digital technology, biomimetics and sustainability were made as they all stem from the same aspirations in the study of systems.
AB - This paper will present the work of a related undergraduate architecture design studio, 'Sustainable Skyscrapers', which took place in the fall semester of 2011 at the University of Arizona. In this studio the intent was to find ways of form-finding verses form-making; using natural and built infrastructure, systems and flows to create new design strategies, relationships and building typologies. The studio's stance was that it is not okay to maintain the status quo, but that we need to fundamentally rethink the direction we are moving in. Emphasis was placed on research as a speculative and iterative process rather than on final products. Design is becoming more holistic as we become more environmentally conscious. Projects needed to emphasize cycles, feed-back loops and inter-connectivity, akin to a more ecological model found in nature. Linkages between digital technology, biomimetics and sustainability were made as they all stem from the same aspirations in the study of systems.
KW - Biomimetics
KW - Digital technology
KW - Sustainability
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84886785021
SN - 9786124057892
T3 - Proceedings - 28th International PLEA Conference on Sustainable Architecture + Urban Design: Opportunities, Limits and Needs - Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture, PLEA 2012
BT - Proceedings - 28th International PLEA Conference on Sustainable Architecture + Urban Design
T2 - 28th International PLEA Conference on Sustainable Architecture + Urban Design: Opportunities, Limits and Needs - Towards an Environmentally Responsible Architecture, PLEA 2012
Y2 - 7 November 2012 through 9 November 2012
ER -