Green Architecture

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. 2. 2. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people)

Reduce Heat Island effect 1.

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Reduce Pollution 1.

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Conserve Water 1.

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Conserve Wildlife 1.

Pond Apple, Florida

Native trees of South Florida support diverse wildlife. Trees are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystem

Live Oak, 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. 2. 2. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people)

Reduce Heat Island effect 1.

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Reduce Pollution 1.

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Conserve Water 1.

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Conserve Wildlife 1.

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. 2. 2. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Recycle. Plant buffers between highways and populated areas Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people)

Reduce Heat Island effect 1.

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Reduce Pollution 1. 2.

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Conserve Water 1.

5.

Conserve Wildlife 1.

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

Solar Shading

Solar Collectors

Insulation on East and West in humid climates

Mass on East and West in arid climates

Ken Yeang, Principles of Green High-rise Design in the Tropics

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. 2. 2. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people)

Reduce Heat Island effect 1.

3.

Reduce Pollution 1.

4.

Conserve Water 1.

5.

Conserve Wildlife 1.

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. 2. 2. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people)

Reduce Heat Island effect 1.

3.

Reduce Pollution 1.

4.

Conserve Water 1.

5.

Conserve Wildlife 1.

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. 2. 2. Cities: Reduce automobile use, Build compact cities, Public transit, pedestrian environment Buildings : Insulation, orientation, passive and active solar energy. Daylighting. Shading, Sustainable sources of materials Bring landscape into city for shade, air quality and delight. Plant trees for shade, green roofs, green corridors, reduce paving Recycle. Control sources for pollution, Regulate emissions, find alternatives to polluting substances. Return rainwater to ground (permeable paving). Native landscaping requires less irrigation. Reuse gray water. Treat sewage to high degree. Protect wildlife habitat. Habitat corridors through city. Design habitats for native wildlife (parks for animals and people)

Reduce Heat Island effect 1.

3.

Reduce Pollution 1.

4.

Conserve Water 1.

5.

Conserve Wildlife 1.

Waste is food This garden is supported by waste water from building Water is precious resource

Plenetary Coral Reef Foundation Field Station Akumal, Mexico

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