Synopsis: Environmental Sustainable Design

 

This module introduces students to environmental issues and provides some in-depth understanding of the complexities and interactions that the design and construction professions have to deal with to contain some of the irreversible damage that human settlement causes to the environment. Modules also intend to instill basic ecological literacy and environmental concerns through projects that involves local environment and society.

 

Objectives

 

1. To develop awareness of local and global environmental issues and concerns

2. To explore to the local context of climate and building practices

3. To explore the various as approaches to sustainable architecture.

 

Learning Outcomes

 

1. Recognize the effect of growth on the environment.

2. Identify local climatic and environmental concerns; utilizing strategies which will encourage effective local sustainable design principles and building practices.

3. Exemplify creativity in attempting to explore the current environmental circumstances

4. Exemplify environmental strategies already adopted in the vernacular architectural language of Malaysia.

5. Exemplify and explain the concept of sustainability including environmental and ecological sustainability.

6. Recognise role and responsibility of an architect towards environment and society.

 

Project: Green-Go 2015 Short Environmental Film

 

Introduction

 

Environmental issues have become a great concern for mankind at present time as these issues are affecting and will affect earth and us badly. As such, there are quite a number of environmentalists or movement either government or non-governmental trying and fight the injustice human commit towards earth. As part of that initiative this project intends to encourage the architecture students to do their part by producing short films that reflects these concerns and to part of the change for a better world and be on the big screen with their creative thoughts.

 

Objectives

 

• To increase awareness of current environmental issues locally and globally

• To explore the local and global context of growth and therefore realizing the relationship between growth and its impact on the environment.

 

Learning Outcomes

 

• Recognize the effect of growth on the environment (nature % environment)

• Explore the concept of environmental and ecological sustainability

• Exemplify creativity in attempting to explore the current environmental circumstances

• Recognize role and responsibility of an architect towards environment and society

 

Paper

 

In this project of Environmental Sustainable Design, we need to work as a group to produce a short film/video about our natural environment. After having a few meetings with our groupmates we decided to make a video on how to reduce deforestation on reducing the usage of paper. We had a few shooting sessions and finally completed the video.