Category: Building Design
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7.3 Building Design: Effects of COVID-19 on Design
Author: Diane Rodrigues ABSTRACT: A high percentage of the world’s population has spent most of 2020, and now 2021, confined to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. With our living spaces now becoming hubs for work, exercise, education, and leisure, it is important to support the evolution of clean, safe, and sustainable design. MAIN What…
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7.5 Building Design: Passive House
Author: Johanna Weber ABSTRACT: Passive House is the world leading building standard in energy-efficient construction and is one of the pioneering concepts for building low-energy houses. MAIN Established by the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996, “Passive House” is a building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable all at the same…
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7.2 Building Design: Design for Deconstruction
Author: Sophie Charron ABSTRACT: Design for deconstruction aims to responsibly manage materials used in construction to be reused and in turn reduce the need for new raw materials. MAIN Design for deconstruction, otherwise known as design for disassembly, is building with a consideration for the complete life cycle of a structure. When this design is…
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7.5 Building Design: Passive House
Author: Johanna Weber ABSTRACT: Passive House is the world leading building standard in energy-efficient construction and is one of the pioneering concepts for building low-energy houses. MAIN Established by the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, Germany in 1996, “Passive House” is a building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable all at the same…
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7.16 Design: Fast Furniture
Fast furniture has become one of the most flawed retail practices over the past sixty years. Today, furniture companies reach for cheap disposable materials instead of resilient and sustainable choices. By Megan Friedrich
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7.15 Building Design: Retrofit vs New
What is better for the environment, retrofitting old structures or starting from scratch with new construction? This paper explores the issue of carbon emissions within buildings, which account for 30% of all carbon emissions in the world, and how to decarbonize structures both new and old. By Rennie Taylor
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7.8 Building Design / Simplicity in Design
We as humans often over-complicate. It is in this complexity that many of our sustainability problems stem. If we wish to resolve this growing problem, we can look to simplicity: in how we design and live our lives.By Connor Almond
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7.8 Building Design: Simplicity in Design
We as humans often over-complicate. It is in this complexity that many of our sustainability problems stem. If we wish to resolve this growing problem, we can look to simplicity: in how we design and live our lives.By Connor Almond
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7.14 Building Design: Green Walls and Roofs
Applying greenery to the built environment can be beneficial for social, economic, and ecological factors.By Olivia Bailey
The Carbon Crisis 