Ecological design principles
- 2. ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS endangered species global climate change human survival TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE social equity environmental impact financial reward
- 5. Green Building Dockside Green: Vancouver BC
- 6. Green Building Dockside Green: Vancouver BC Brownfield Site Vegetated Architectural Systems Sustainable Stormwater Management 100% Reuse of wastewater for industrial process Biodiesel plant on the site; tenants encouraged to use diesel vehicles Biomass Energy Generation LEED Platinum 7+ environmental awards
- 7. Green Building Dockside Green: Vancouver BC
- 8. HARVARD BLACKSTONE RENOVATION cogeneration & building systems monitoring University Operation Services, Registered LEED Gold Energy: heat recovery system, daylight sensors, occupant sensors, CF bulbs, LED, cool roof, geothermal/valence heat system Innovative Site Design: bioswale, NO irrigation, permeable paving Construction Waste: 99.5% diverted from landfill Low VOC finishes Daylight and views for 90% of occupants, operable windows Bamboo Natural Linoleum
- 9. HARVARD BLACKSTONE RENOVATION cogeneration & building systems monitoring
- 10. Ecology of Place Sound Attenuation
- 11. HABITAT CREATION
- 12. Conservation
- 13. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES •197,000 sq. feet of Roof Area • Five Undulating Domes • Slopes in excess of 60 degrees • Six inches of Soil Depth • Diverse Native Plant Community • Observation Deck
- 15. CASE STUDY : C.A.S.
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- 17. temperate freshwater chianampa Chinampa is a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake.
- 18. BIOMIMICRY
- 20. Rhypark, Basel, Switzerland Architect: Stadtgärtnerei Basel Year: 1987 Natural Analogue: Dry Meadow Roof Size: 1615 sq.ft. Roof Slope: 1.5% NATURALIZED ROOFS EUROPEAN PRECEDENT slide courtesy rana creek
- 22. S HERON’S HEAD PARK
- 23. Literacy for Environmental Justice at Heron’s Head Park
- 25. NATIVE SYSTEMS
- 26. EDUCATION
- 30. MATERIALS
- 34. PRINCIPLE DESIGN CRITERIA “If we are sensitive to the nuances of place, we can inhabit Solutions Grow from without destroying.” Place “Trace the environmental impacts of existing or proposed Ecological designs. Use this information to determine the most Accounting Informs ecologically sound design possibility.” Design “Engaging in processes that regenerate rather than deplete.” Design With Nature “As people work together to heal their places, they also heal Everyone is a themselves.” Designer “De-natured environments ignore our need and our potential Make Nature Visible for learning.” ECOLOGICAL DESIGN: Sim van der Rynn/Stuart Co
- 35. 1. Insist on rights of humanity and nature to co-exist in a healthy, supportive, diverse and sustainable condition. 2. Recognize interdependence. Expand design considerations to recognizing even distant effects. 3. Consider all aspects of human settlement including community, dwelling, industry and trade in terms of existing and evolving connections between spiritual and material consciousness. 4. Accept responsibility for the consequences of design decisions upon human well-being, the viability of natural systems and their right to co-exist. 5. Do not burden future generations with requirements for maintenance or potential danger due to the careless creation of products, processes or standards. 6. Eliminate the concept of waste. Evaluate and optimize the full life-cycle of products and processes, to approach the state of natural systems, in which there is no waste. 7. Rely on natural energy flows. Incorporate energy efficiently and safely for responsible use. 8. Understand the limitations of design. No design solves all problems. Treat nature as a model and mentor, not as an inconvenience to be controlled. 9. Seek constant improvement by the sharing of knowledge, and re-establish the integral relationship between natural processes and human activity.
- 36. PRINCIPLE DESIGN CRITERIA Use indigenous plants, adapted to local environmental Ecological conditions, provide wildlife habitat. Reference Landscape in balance with nutrient availability, rainfall, and Balanced seasonal growing requirements of plants. Capacity Plant material selection is based on adaptation to seasonal Adaptation & climatic variation and soil conditions. Performance Self sustaining, self regenerative, and self transcending and Sustainable adapting. Do not rely on the abundance of irrigation, fertilizers, Yield and maintenance. Contain healthy soils with active biological activity. Hydrologic Cycle Integration of site and structure by capturing, storing, reusing, and conveying of storm water to and through the ground plane landscape.
- 38. Special Thanks to the following for Photos and Design Principles ECOLOGICAL DESIGN: Josiah Cain ECOLOGICAL DESIGN: Sim van der Rynn/Stuart Cowen RANA CREEK: Paul Kephart/Restoration View HANOVER PRINCIPLES: Wm. McDonough