GREEN DESIGN

The rapid growth of the world population over the last 60 years has increased the demand for limited natural energy resources. This demand has led to environmental problems such as global warming, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, diminished water quality, deforestation, air pollution caused by cars, and health problems. As the buildings are responsible from 40% of the total greenhouse gas emissions, the construction sector plays a very important role in the sustainable development.

AIRPRUFYING PLANTS

As a consequence of researches made on plants in the 80’s, NASA has discovered that some plants have the feature of keeping the volatile compounds that are present in the air. Especially in countries such as India where interior air conditioning systems are very expensive and the air pollution is high, a success was obtained in researches that base on these plants. As an example to airfiltering plants; Wall Creeper (Hederahelix), Love Stairs (Nephrolepisexalta ‘Bostoniensis’), Flower of Peace (Spathiphyllum), Tree of Rubber (Ficuselastica) and as one of the most commonly used plants in offices, Phalaenopsis from orchids. Plants form the base of life and as closer we humans get to the nature, the more happy we will be.

SEDUM FOR GREEN ROOFS 

Sedum is only one of the species in the Crassulaceae family. The names of these plants might change depending on the region. However by the scienti c world it is called ‘sedum acre’. In our day, sedum acre is widely used as a decoration and some sort of an insulation material in roof designs. One of the other places the sedums are used are the open terrariums that base on arid and barren environments.

AIRPLANTS  

Nowadays, they are being widely used in designs as they could be prevalently produced and easy to maintain. These plants’ main need is an airy and damp environment rather than soil. When combined with metals and natural wood, the designs could be preferred in green of ces. It could also be used in any kind of indoor places for when being combined with glass structures. 

THE NEW IN THE OLD 

StoneCycle from Netherlands, Eindhoven create construction material by Recycling leftovers from building constructions. Stone Cycle founded by Tomvan Soest from Eindhoven Design Academy, enables the recycling of many transformation materials such as bricks, glass and concrete to the architectural world.

FACADE MADE BY ICE CREAM BUCKETS

Recycling, upcycling, sustainability, green building or eco buildings... These terms comprehend all of our lives yet how much space does it take in our practical life? In Indonesia, this building is located on a square where previously used for different purposes of activity. The function is the same, but the construction of the building makes empty ice cream buckets during construction, so how the sustainability story begins. While the architectural of ce is working on the ice cream buckets, they realized that chases could be ordered as zero (open) and one (closed), so that a message could be processed on the façade; ‘’Books are the windows to the world.’’ Thus the buckets have not only contributed a meaning to the building but also provided a pleasant lighting thanks to their inherit ability to welcome the sunlight.

ORGANIC GROWTH PAVILIONA 

Architecture has to learn to adapt to uncertain budgets, social changing requirements and ecological dynamics. The philosophy of an organic growth: keeping ideas exible so that can be adapted to real necessities, becomes crucial. Learning from nature helps taking care of human wellbeing naturally, beautifully and intuitively.