Very often in the design process, considerations of sustainability and energy performance are pushed downstream.
Here’s how things usually go:
A pre-decided form is layered with a patchwork of cursory interventions: a green wall here, a brise-soleil there, and perhaps a dash of solar panels on the rooftop – and voila, we have ourselves a ‘green building’.
Last week, Editor-in-Chief Nirmal Kishnani wrote for our newsletter, arguing that this superficial approach needs to be discarded.
“Truth is, form shapes everything in architecture: how much of a building’s thermal energy is gained or lost, how people move through spaces, how we interact with the world around us,” he says. “In today’s world, facing climate change and social challenges, we can’t afford to treat a building merely as a visual artefact.”
Read the full piece on the power of form at the link in the comments below.
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Image 1: VIΛ 57 West by BIG (📸: Nic Lehoux)
Image 2: Powerhouse Telemark by Snøhetta (📸: Thermory)
Image 3: Kampung Admiralty by WOHA (📸: Patrick Bingham-Hall)
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Is your building’s form intelligent?
Very often in the design process, considerations of sustainability and energy performance are pushed downstream.
Here’s how things usually go:
A pre-decided form is layered with a patchwork of cursory interventions: a green wall here, a brise-soleil there, and perhaps a dash of solar panels on the rooftop – and voila, we have ourselves a ‘green building’.
Last week, Editor-in-Chief Nirmal Kishnani wrote for our newsletter, arguing that this superficial approach needs to be discarded.
“Truth is, form shapes everything in architecture: how much of a building’s thermal energy is gained or lost, how people move through spaces, how we interact with the world around us,” he says. “In today’s world, facing climate change and social challenges, we can’t afford to treat a building merely as a visual artefact.”
Read the full piece on the power of form at the link in the comments below.
And if you find the newsletter valuable, consider subscribing! It lands in your inbox just once every two weeks, spam-free.
…
Image 1: VIΛ 57 West by BIG (📸: Nic Lehoux)
Image 2: Powerhouse Telemark by Snøhetta (📸: Thermory)
Image 3: Kampung Admiralty by WOHA (📸: Patrick Bingham-Hall)
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