Reflection
on the relationship between architecture and sustainable development
is implicated in the use of this area, through the technology
of bioarchitecture, energy savings and so on.
“The desirable procedure would be to work with the forces of nature,
not against them, and to exploit their potentialities to create
better conditions of life. A climatically balanced structure is
one that reduce, in a determinate environment, undesirable stress
and, at the same time, utilizes all the natural resources favorable
for human comfort”. (Olgyay,1981)
What is proposed to discuss in this research is the subject of
“environment or energy” which considers a global and organic vision of
territory within a framework of a sustainable development, which
can unite progress with the protection, and appreciation of the
natural and cultural legacy of our countries and with the objective
that this sustainable culture shall characterize future times.
These objectives can be achieved through the following systems:
To draw buildings where both active and passive solar systems are equally
valid but which, at the same time, represent the formal and
technical solution to the local climatic problem;
To use some natural resources like water, light, sound, vegetation...
Lastly to realize “reactive” architecture, that is able to keep up
with the times and to conform to outward conditions.
Practical Architecture
No building can become a Work of Architecture without first meeting the requirements
of practicality.
UTILITY
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A Building must serve well the various uses for which it is
intended.
ECONOMY
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A Building must be constructed and maintained at a reasonable
cost. The Building must retain its value with the passage of
time.
ENVIRONMENTAL
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Building must be environmentally friendly, with consideration
given to the use of materials that are renewable, using minimum
amounts of total energy from extraction, processing, shipping
and installation of the materials and in the operation and maintenance
of the Building.
RELIABILITY
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A Building must be well built to resist the various deteriorating
forces to which it could be subjected.
COMFORT
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A Building must be easy to use, with consideration given to
proper lighting, climate control, sanitation, acoustics, circulation
and healthy environments.
