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Impacts of sustainable design on the design process
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The aim of this essay is to focus what are the impacts that sustainable design has on design process
Introduction [250 words] According to various research studies in the field of sustainable design, it has been revealed that sustainable design is impacting not only our society, environment, and economics but also design process significantly. Margolin, V. (1998) (cited in Chapman, J. 2017) has indicated that it was in the late 1990s that the term 'sustainable design' began to gain astounding popularity. It has now come to be a dominant way of thinking about the problem of how to keep making and using things without destroying the planet. This led to attracting
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A design process is a sequence of steps and different techniques that designer follows to come up with a design solution to a problem, whether it is architectural, graphics, or something abstract. Designers, architects, and engineers aim to invoke consciousness around sustainability at every step in the design process. When applying the sustainable design principles and improve tools such as CAD there is a huge impact on the design process. McLennan J, F. (2004) believes that "we have an amazing capacity to damage the habitat of all living things while building our own, but we also have an ability to heal it through good design". Sustainable design plays a key role in the design process of changing design society, improves the life, health, well-being and improves the environment through an improved design process. It has become an integral part of our life by bringing so many benefits to …show more content…
(Donnelly. B., 2016) has stated that even though a building has a lifespan of 60-120 years, it still has to construct, demolish and maintain in order to preserve its appeal and new design. Every time a building is reused, by choosing for refurbishing rather than demolishing and rebuilding the structure then a large amount of energy is being saved by avoiding the need to extract raw materials and convert them into a replacement building. The benefits of reusing and renovating buildings exceed the benefits of the construction of new energy-efficient structures. According to the study, a new building that is 30% more efficient than the average building takes 10 to 80 years to overcome the negative climate change impacts resulting from construction. Refurbishing allows a large amount use of energy is saved since the need to source raw materials and eventually transforming them into a new building is avoided. (Building.com 2012). At the same time creating a new building takes a lot of time compared to refurbishing. Also renovating only needs a less effort and takes a less time and permission may not be
Lawson, Bryan. How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. 4th ed. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006.
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Unless developers also use the low-quality materials, which I doubt they will, the reuse of materials of old buildings shall always be an option when putting up a new structure because not only that it lessens the waste materials, but it also lessens the cost of construction. The process of adaptive reuse starts with knowing the heritage or historical value of the building and what its purpose was. Next, developers think of a new function that the building may serve. Further, they can either demolish the building, save good-quality materials and reconstruct them with a new purpose or simply change the aesthetic of the building and give it a new function.
The world is developing every day and we continue to discover new and innovative ways to better our quality of life. A trend that everyone seems to be focused on is saving the environment, which is also known as sustainable living. Not only does this apply to our lifestyle and environment, but it also translates into design. Sustainable living is becoming more popular around the world and is a lifestyle using skillful and sensitive design. It eliminates negative environmental impact and requires renewable resources. We each have decided to research different furniture companies to broaden our knowledge of the innovative practices used in each company. Throughout our paper we will introduce each of our companies and the products and practices they use to produce sustainable furniture. Our research will show that sustainable furniture design is beneficial to consumers by allowing them to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle as their manufacturers develop innovative ways to make renewable furniture.
Design has established itself as core elements in societies helping countless communities build infrastructure, invent new ways to better living conditions and create design desirable for consumption hence bettering the economy. Though this is a positive, most designers of the 21st century use their skills and their designs alike for those who can afford it; designing for what’s in fact the minority, 10% of the world’s population. The reason why developmental aid and design for development is essential to improving standards of living for those who live in developing countries, but to also bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. Ilse Oosterlaken (2009, p.100) equates most designs for development that use a `participatory' process as having a limited, user-centred approach; and suggests instead a more universal design approach, which she calls ‘capability sensitive design’. This essay will illustrate designs that have contributed to developmental design through capability sensitive design approach, considering sustainable design that are not only better the environment, community health and social welfare but the country’s economic standing. Through evaluating each example’s potential for real, sufficient, diverse and lasting value for the targeted users we can determine each design’s efficiency.
Material exploitation by way of demolishing one shopping center to build another in its place with a few additional components has a negative impact on the environment. I encourage those who are on board with a more intelligent approach to land use to think more in-depth on the utilization of materials. If the previous structure was a shopping mall, the already compartmentalized interior of the building would make for an easy transition, for renovation purposes, into residential housing. Instead, sleeker models of the same purpose are put into place. This is not to discourage the creation of new design, but instead thinking about incorporating old components into new ideas to create a truly unique structure.
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Sustainable design seeks to reduce negative impacts on the environment, the health and comfort of building occupants, thereby improving building performance. The basic objects of sustainability are to reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, minimal waste, and create healthy, productive environments (“Sustainable Design”). Focusing primarily on the sustainable design principles, there are five, including: low-impact materials, energy efficiency, quality and durability, design for reuse and recycling, and renewability. As sustainability appears to become the necessary trend in architecture, the question concerning the cost versus outcome of “going green” really an investment or a waste of time and money comes to mind. With our research provided below, we believe the expenses may truly be with the investment in the end.
...uided towards organizations and consumers towards a common goal, which is to create a sustainable society, starting with fashion. “We quietly accept that people are important, and quickly move onto discussions of how to do things with, for and to people”[4]. Although changing the system it self will take enormous efforts and time, it is important to execute the process one by one by accepting the problems to creative solutions.
... architectures would led to a more organic organization beneficial to the people that choose to make their lives in this city. Although this model of a sustainable city is not a perfectly closed loop, it lays the foundation for one that is. Over time, with constantly evolving and improving technology and new methods of design from the scale of products to buildings, the gaps in the loop could be closed, and a “true” sustainable city could be fully realized.
Sustainable development in civil engineering is another challenge that they face today. According to an Engineering Times survey conducted by the national society of professional engineers it is believed that the civil engineers are not involved in sustainable design as they should be. Even though sustainability was a minor consideration in civil engineering in the past, today civil engineers have learned and applied new skills to implement sustainability into projects.
Design has major impact with concerns to environmental qualities. This field is a direct study of the relationship between behaviouristic actions of its inhabitants. Designers constantly interact with people and communicate to solve the needs of their clients regardless of large or small scale projects. Analysis is key in combining creativity with managerial design solutions. These outside-of-the-box designers have the ability to create beautiful, safe and functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces using common factors, designing for communities as well as,
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Sustainable fashion is among the developing design viewpoint and movement of sustainability with the main objective of establishing a structure, which can be sustained for the foreseeable future in terms of conservationism and social accountability. This implies that all the products made are developed with much consideration to the environmental and social influence all through its overall lifetime encompassing its carbon imprint. It is revealed that sustainable fashion is not just a short time trend but one, which could endure for a long time (Fletcher 76). Beforehand, conservationism used to represent itself in the fashion world through the contribution of a portion of transactions of products for a charitable reason.
Green buildings are not only designed for present use, but consideration is also been given to future uses as well. An adaptable structure can be "recycled" many times over the course of its useful life. If specific technical issues prevent use of the building for a new function, then the materials used in its construction are designed to facilitate ease of recycling and reprocessing of materials.