Urban futures: Generating dynamic, attractive and sustainable communities.Our future is in cities -- by the end of the twenty-first century it is thought that three-quarters of the world's population will be urban. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge in which solar energy solar energy, any form of energy radiated by the sun, including light, radio waves, and X rays, although the term usually refers to the visible light of the sun. will play a key role. If the nineteenth century was the age of coal and the twentieth the age of oil, the twenty-first will be the solar and renewables century. There will be increasing emphasis on low energy transport, From cycling to hydrogen-powered buses. Building forms will change as types become less rigidly defined and functions change and overlap -- home/office, education/leisure. The urban environment will be greener, with a more important role for plants and wildlife. As high-quality, sustainable design develops, materials and scarce resources such as water will be managed, recycled and integrated to help us live more lightly on the earth. RELATED ARTICLE: Urban Regeneration Bermondsey Spa, London. A proposal for the regeneration of an important area in Southwark, London. Solar design influenced the layout and the built form, and a network of green walks added to a sense of community and nature in the city. Energy and water use were designed to be exceptionally low. Model: Llewelyn Davies Llewelyn Davies is the surname of the family that inspired J.M. Barrie to write his classic, Peter Pan:
Solar Building Parkmount, Shore Road, Belfast. A housing development designed for solar potential. The orientation and massing allow for passive solar
Passive solar technologies convert sunlight into usable heat, cause air-movement for ventilation or cooling, or store heat for future use, without gain, daylighting For the restoration of culverted streams to above-ground channels, see . Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, or other transparent media, and reflective surfaces so that, during the day, natural light provides effective internal illumination. and the use of photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. panels on the roof. Drawing: Richard Partington Architects. Transport North Greenwich Coordinates: North Greenwich is a 19th century name for the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was named for the now defunct North Greenwich railway station (1872), that served a former passenger ferry to Transport Interchange A transport interchange is an interchange facility with different modes of transport. These may include:
Architect: Foster and Partners. Greening the City Almeida Theatre The Almeida Theatre is a studio theatre with an international reputation, and was founded in 1980. It takes its name from the street in which it is located off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. , London. Encouraging green spaces, from parks to roofs, will contribute to biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed , health and enjoyment. Architect: Haworth Tompkins History Haworth Tompkins was formed in 1991 by architects Graham Haworth [b. 1960] and Steve Tompkins [b. 1959]. Based in London, UK, the studio has worked on projects across public, private and subsidised sectors including schools, galleries, theatres, housing, offices, Architects. Community Spaces Classroom of the Future. Low-energy, imaginative buildings for education, leisure, and work will provide elements of delight. Architect: Studio E Architects. Drawing: Studio E Architects. Working with Daylight/Making the Block Work The daylight in blocks needs to be managed to suit the needs of the spaces. Resource Management The McClintock Building, Granta Park. Scarce natural resources, such as water, will be carefully managed to reduce waste and provide their maximum benefit through recycling. Architect: Eric Parry Architects. Sport and Leisure The Venue, Borehamwood High quality, low energy facilities for health and fitness of the body. Architect: FaulknerBrowns. Max Fordham setup in practice in 1966 to bring the same passion and thought to the design of buildings as the architects he worked with. The basic tenet TENET. Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a reference to the time of the waste done, and not to the time of bringing the action. 2. was that the servicing of the building should be part of and contribute to the design of the building rather than comprising excrescent ex·cres·cent adj. Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously. accessories that detract from detract from verb 1. lessen, reduce, diminish, lower, take away from, derogate, devaluate << OPPOSITE enhance verb 2. it. Building services and environmental engineering are seen in the practice as one discipline that all the engineers are trained to be proficient in. The enormous range of topics in the field have common underlying threads based on the laws of physics that tie them together for those with the intellect to see them. Understanding at this level frees the design processes to extend and innovate. A significant aspect of our job is to educate, communicate and justify our designs to others in the design and procurement chain. We recruit an eclectic array of the brightest science and engineering graduates who have an interest in buildings but often with no prior knowledge of the industry. We train them into unique members of the building industry -- pragmatic, intellectual building services engineers who care about the buildings they are designing. Having mastered the basics, some engineers follow their interests into specialisms to act as sources of expertise in that area. Our structure of inviting all employees to Join the partnership after four years is a very real mechanism for engendering a sense of mutual commitment and community within the practice that aids the creative and productive aspects of the work we do. The 80 engineers are split into 6 groups. People are brought together from different groups to form specific teams to run larger jobs. Most of the groups are based in London with one in Cambridge. As the practice grows, a great deal of effort is placed on the management and sharing of the knowledge-base of the staff. It is an exciting time to be a good services engineer. The importance of making buildings with as little environmental impact as possible, and keeping the people inside comfortable, is now understood. This combined with the increasing interest in design excellence in architecture creates demand for our thoughtful holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine. that we will continue to service with our growing organization of enthusiastic engineers. List of publications Environmental Design: An Introduction far Architects and Engineers, 1st Edition 996, 2nd Edition 1999. Span Press. Photovoltaics in Buildings: A Design Guide, March 999, ETSU/DTI. In association with Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects. Photovoltaics and Architecture: An Introduction for Architects and Engineers, 2001, Span Press. 'Sustainable Urban Design' due for publication Autumn 2002, Span Press. |
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