{"title":"New Horizons for Sustainable Architecture","authors":"B. Muller","doi":"10.3167/NC.2018.130201","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this article, I explore conceptual strategies encouraging an ecologically\nresponsive, water-centric approach to architectural design, such\nthat design interventions become nature/culture hybrids connecting urban\ndwellers to larger hydrological conditions. I consider the notion of horizons\nas one mechanism for working out a trajectory for sustainable architecture,\none that highlights experiential and environmental concerns simultaneously.\nIn a conceptual shift, theorist David Leatherbarrow’s treatment of “three\narchitectural horizons” (the equipmental—the objects of one’s immediate\nsetting; the practical—the enclosure of a building; and the environmental—\nwhat lies beyond) are reshuffled: the practical expands to the watershed (the\nbioregion as common dwelling place) while environmental processes couple\nwith the equipment of buildings, such that architectures deliver net positive\nwatershed impact.","PeriodicalId":46069,"journal":{"name":"Nature + Culture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2018-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3167/NC.2018.130201","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature + Culture","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3167/NC.2018.130201","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this article, I explore conceptual strategies encouraging an ecologically
responsive, water-centric approach to architectural design, such
that design interventions become nature/culture hybrids connecting urban
dwellers to larger hydrological conditions. I consider the notion of horizons
as one mechanism for working out a trajectory for sustainable architecture,
one that highlights experiential and environmental concerns simultaneously.
In a conceptual shift, theorist David Leatherbarrow’s treatment of “three
architectural horizons” (the equipmental—the objects of one’s immediate
setting; the practical—the enclosure of a building; and the environmental—
what lies beyond) are reshuffled: the practical expands to the watershed (the
bioregion as common dwelling place) while environmental processes couple
with the equipment of buildings, such that architectures deliver net positive
watershed impact.