a+u 2009:04 Green Architecture
Content
Cover: California Academy of Sciences by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Photo: Tom Fox, SWA Group.
Feature: Green Architecture
Currents:
de Architekten Cie Wins Competition for Tianjin Urban Planning Museum
Beckmann-N’Thépé Architects to Build the New Korkeassari Zoo in Helsinki
MoMA and P.S.1 Select MOS as Winner of Tenth Annual Young Architects Program
Coop Himmelb(l)au Announced Final Plan for Dalian International Conference Center in Shenzen, ChinaBranding through the Architecture of the Audi Terminal
Interview:
Markus Allmann
Design of the Audi Terminal
Interview:
Dominique Boesch
, CEO of Audi JapanCars in the Context of Society and the Environment
Feature:
Green Architecture
Ecology and sustainability are established and increasingly important topics in architectural design. Today it seems almost impossible to discuss architecture without taking the environment into consideration.Amid various approaches to sustainability, one that is recently seen more frequently is to literally cover roofs and walls with greenery – so-called “living roofs” and “living walls”. This issue examines the advantages for sustainable design of this type of green architecture by introducing examples that range from simple roof gardens to a temporary pavilion, green houses and interior designs, and public architecture.The new California Academy of Sciences building by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop has earned LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. As a new home for a world-class natural sciences institution, it features a living roof as perhaps its most symbolic feature. But it is also based on comprehensive strategies for the efficient use of energy, as evidenced by the data in this issue for the use of natural light, heat, water, and recycled building materials.We are already familiar with building materials like stone, wood, brick, steel, and concrete. Perhaps that list needs to be expanded to include plants as well.
Renzo Piano
Building WorkshopCalifornia Academy of SciencesEssay: Artificial Wilderness – Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens
Anna Lambertini VenhoevenCS
Sportplaza Mercator
BIG
Mountain Dwellings
Mass Studies
Ann Demeulemeester Shop
Vector Architects
CR Land Guanganmen Green Technology Showroom
Import.Export Architecture
Fragile Lab
Jensen & Skodvin
Bad Gleichenberg Thermal Bath
Emilio Ambasz
Eye Bank of Veneto + Venice-Mestre Hospital
Martijn de Geus
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Philip Mannaerts
BlackBox
Triptyque
Harmonia 57
Valdimar Hardarson
– ASK arkitektarGata – Summerhouse
R&Sie(n)
‘i’mlostinParis
CHANG Architects
Elok House
Germán del Sol
Termas Geométricas