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Copenhagen, Denmark
New High-density housing, Rijevijk, The
Netherlands
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. Shading Screens Recessed Balconies Shared Green
Flanking core on East and West on North and South Spaces
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)
Waste is food
This garden is
supported by waste
water from building
Water is precious
resource
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