Is sustainability and creativity (how it operates vs. how it looks) as a single idea really possible and practical in todays world? As designers, I believe we must learn to engage design on a personal level, not just for ourselves but for everyone who will benefit as our designs endure (hopefully) long into the future. I believe we must start making an effort to gauge the level of behaviour in harmony with the environment.
Specifically, in today's class I appreciated Jae's comments on the practicality of certain building certifications (i.e. LEED) and the realism that sustainability that works in one city may not work at all in another. To no end, I think we have alot of work to do in order to acheive that 'utopic harmony' I spoke of earlier.
In the spirit of the 'black box' and the idea that a hypothetical unit is defined only by its function, leaving the dynamics of its internal systems unexamined thus becoming an extension of the human being, I am posting a link that I think visually answers "who is it for"...
http://www.angelidakis.com/_PAGES/HotelBlueWave.htm
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