Strategies for Sustainability: Integrating Landscape and Architecture to make cities
delightful. The more livable our cities, the more sustainable they can be. 1. Conserve Energy 1. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment 2. Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials 2. Reduce Heat Island effect 1. Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving 3. Reduce Pollution 1. Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. 4. Conserve Water 1. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. 5. Conserve Wildlife 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people) Native trees of South Florida support diverse wildlife. Trees are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystem Live Oak, Florida Pond Apple, Florida Emilio Ambasz, ENI Headquarters: The Palace of Vertical Gardens Competition, 2nd Place Emilio Ambasz Fukoka, Japan Prefectural International Hall, 2000 Wildlife corridors bring native ecosystem into city. Tukwila, Washington, Wildlife Corridors, University of Washington Tukwila, Washington, Wildlife Corridors, University of Washington Educational Environments Ken Yeang, Project for Elephant and Cast.e, London, Why cant wildlife corridors climb buildings too? Ken Yeang,. Project for Elephant and Cast;e London Strategies for Sustainability: Integrating Landscape and Architecture to make cities delightful. The more livable our cities, the more sustainable they can be. 1. Conserve Energy 1. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment 2. Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials 2. Reduce Heat Island effect 1. Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving 3. Reduce Pollution 1. Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. 4. Conserve Water 1. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. 5. Conserve Wildlife 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people) Village Homes, Davis California Energy conservation Water retention Pedestrian community Narrow Streets Pedestrian paths, Surface swales for water retention, Park corridors Passive solar heating Streets for multiple uses: Pedestrian, bicycle, cars Lyngby High Street near Copenhagen Designed by Bjarne Winterberg (Ramboll Nyvig) Haren, near Groningen, Germany Hamilton Baillie Architects, UK Copenhagen, Denmark New High-density housing, Rijevijk, The Netherlands Residential streets for Pedestrians Hamilton Baillie Architects, UK Copenhagen, Denmark Streets for kids Woonerf Fijsvijk, The Netherlands Hamilton Baillie Architects, UK Strategies for Sustainability: Integrating Landscape and Architecture to make cities delightful. The more livable our cities, the more sustainable they can be. 1. Conserve Energy 1. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment 2. Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials 2. Reduce Heat Island effect 1. Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving 3. Reduce Pollution 1. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Recycle. 2. Plant buffers between highways and populated areas 4. Conserve Water 1. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. 5. Conserve Wildlife 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people) Ken Yeang Menara Boustead Malaysia Location of Core, Central vs. Flanking core on East and West Shading Screens on North and South Recessed Balconies Shared Green Spaces Ken Yeang, Principles of Green Highrise Design in the Tropics Raised Base Green Walls Wind Scoops Cross-Ventilation Ken Yeang, Principles of Green Highrise Design in the Tropics Ken Yeang, Principles of Green High-rise Design in the Tropics Solar Shading Solar Collectors Insulation on East and West in humid climates Mass on East and West in arid climates Ken Yeang Bioclimatic Skyscraper Studies Morphosis, New federal Building San Francisco, CA 2007 This is how it works Morphosis, New federal Building San Francisco, CA 2007 Double Skin Design Renzo Piano Debis Tower, Berlin, 1999 Renzo Piano, Debis Tower, Berlin 1999 Norman Foster, Reichstag Dome, Berlin, 2001 Norman Foster, Reichstag Dome, Berlin, 1999 Norman Foster, Reichstag Dome, Berlin, 1999 Norman Foster, Reichstag Dome, Berlin, 1999 This is how it works Strategies for Sustainability: Integrating Landscape and Architecture to make cities delightful. The more livable our cities, the more sustainable they can be. 1. Conserve Energy 1. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment 2. Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials 2. Reduce Heat Island effect 1. Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving 3. Reduce Pollution 1. Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. 4. Conserve Water 1. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. 5. Conserve Wildlife 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people) Urban Heat Island Hotter in city because of pavement and buildings that absorb heat during day and re-radiate it at night. Urban Heat Island Thermal photo from plane NASA Wind Tunnel Testing, Cardiff University Buildings can funnel wind to make very high velocities at ground level. Awnings and trees can dampen the wind at ground Wind Velocity Profile City is hard on trees Street Canyon, Effects of sun and wind David Perlmutter, Univ of Arizona Ken Yeang Menara Boustead Tropical Green building Ken Yeang, Menara Mesininaga, 1996 Ken Yeang, Menara Mesininaga, 1996 Ken Yeang, Menara Mesininaga, 1996 Green Roofs Now accepted by building code in Miami Strategies for Sustainability: Integrating Landscape and Architecture to make cities delightful. The more livable our cities, the more sustainable they can be. 1. Conserve Energy 1. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment 2. Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials 2. Reduce Heat Island effect 1. Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving 3. Reduce Pollution 1. Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. 4. Conserve Water 1. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. 5. Conserve Wildlife 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people) Concrete Plant, Barcelona, 1973 Same concrete plant reused Offices, Ricardo Bofil Taller de Arquitectura, 1975 Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitetura, 1975 Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitetura, 1975, gallery Strategies for Sustainability: Integrating Landscape and Architecture to make cities delightful. The more livable our cities, the more sustainable they can be. 1. Conserve Energy 1. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment 2. Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials 2. Reduce Heat Island effect 1. Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving 3. Reduce Pollution 1. Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. 4. Conserve Water 1. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. 5. Conserve Wildlife 1. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people) Plenetary Coral Reef Foundation Field Station Akumal, Mexico Waste is food This garden is supported by waste water from building Water is precious resource Rocky Mountain Institute, Solar Power, 1970s Passive Solar design in cold climate Heres how it works Solar Umbrella House, Pugh + Scarpa 2002, Venice, California Solar panels provide shade for roof terraces Solar Umbrella House, Pugh + Scarpa Solar Umbrella House, Pugh + Scarpa Nice place, very expensive Solar Umbrella House, Pugh + Scarpa Shops, Jamaica No solar panels, but here are same principles of shading, open terraces, social space and trees make a nice place, built by people who have very little money. Ken Yeang Proposal for promenade in Netherlands Intersection of US1 and the Snapper Creek Expressway in South Miami Here are immediate opportunities in this most unhospitable carscape Blue = Rooftop available for solar panels or green roof Light Green= grass area available for wildlife habitat: native shrub planting Dark Green= parking areas available for shade trees in strips of permeable paving We can do it if we try