SHERIDAN COLLEGE
SHERIDAN INSTITUTE
Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
COURSE: Arch 31452 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO 5
Introduction 2011: Zeitgeist
Because Architecture is a collective act that springs from a
collective ____
our buildings and cities reflect our social values and
desires.
In this way architectural history is a record of the spirit of
the timesthe German language has a word for this and that word is
Zeitgeist
1) POPULATION GROWTH
Huiquan Bathing Beach Huiquan Bay Qingdao, Shandong Province
China
http://www.oddee.com/item_96926.aspx
Country
2000
2050
Canada
USA
India
China
World
http://www.os-connect.com/pop/
As world population grows there will be tremendous pressure on
___________
2) E-WASTE (google it)
In CHINA alone 5 Million TVs 4 Million fridges, 5 Million
washing machines 10 Million mobile phones 5 Million computers are
discarded annually.
In 2005, Americans discarded _______ computers, Americans now
dump between _____and ____ electronic items per year.
less than __% of that e-waste is recycled.
Much of this waste contains mercury and lead
__% is shipped to Asia for processing where environmental laws
are less onerous.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=electronic-waste-control
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-e-waste
There is a global consumer products industry.
This industry turns out millions of disposable personal products
from electric toothbrushes to Darth Vader clock radiosand exports
them to markets around the world.
Much of this production has built in obsolescence and they have
short lives and are destined for land fill sites
3) WHAT IF EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD LIVED LIKE US?
According to the Sierra Club
(http://www.sierraclub.org/sustainable_consumption/tilford.asp)
The average American consumes about ____ times more goods and
services than someone living in China. The United States contains
___% of the world's population but accounts for ___% of fossil fuel
consumption, ___% of carbon dioxide emissions, and ___% of paper
and plastic use. A child born in the United States will create ___
times more ecological damage over the course of their lifetime than
a child born in Brazil. He or she will drain as many resources as
____ natives of India. In fact, comparing statistics on actual
resource use as opposed to population numbers has led some to
suggest that the most overpopulated country on earth -in terms of
impact- is the United States.
Burgeoning urban middle classes in China, India, Russia from
agrarian to urban consumer cultures
They want to live the way North Americans live (consumption of
food water energy resources goes way up as demand for computers,
tvs, stereos ipods cell phones)
The _____________ Dam, China
When the dam was built millions of people were displaced and
millions of acres of land was flooded causing an environmental
disaster of monumental scale.
An example of the impact of such vast numbers
Give One Billion people a single 60W light bulb turn them
on.
What is the result?
An instant demand for ___ 500MWa coal burning power plants
That is the result of one light bulb
How do we give 2.3 Billion people flat screen televisions,
computers, appliances and air conditioning?
China, India and Russia want to be like us. How many planets
will we need?
We are Scarring our Natural Landscape
with very durable acts of environmental sabotage
Gulf Oil Spill
http://feww.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/bp-oil-disaster-latest-satellite-images/
http://www.borealbirds.org/tarsands.shtml
As oil demand rises, competition will rise, so will prices and
exploration will venture out into riskier and riskier areas in
order to exploit and satisfy that demand
Like un-erasable footprints on
a mountain
We are scarring the natural landscape with our
waste, resource extraction methods (ie Alberta Tar Sands, open
pit mines etc)
Nuclear power plants and their waste,
http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/att_c20041005pe05_e_13382.html
What permanent damage have we done?
ETHICAL DESIGN PRACTICES
The Designers Accord
(http://www.designersaccord.org/mission/)
The Designers Accord is a global coalition of designers,
educators, and business leaders working together to create positive
environmental and social impact. The aim is to make sustainability
a mainstream idea in all aspects of design practice and
production.
Guidelines for Institutions:
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These objectives will shape the curriculum of Architectural
Studio 5.
Ethical Architectural Practices
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6.The Future
60 Richmond Street Housing Co-Op Toronto,
by ________ Architects
See article Canadian Architect Online
Left: is the design model
60 Richmond Street Housing Co-Op
LEFT: the completed project now occupied
Features:
LEED Certified
Roof gardens, composting, storm water management reduced
glazing
Meeting rooms /classrooms
Storefront restaurant
Chicago
Toronto
Vancouver
Sonnenshift Solar City Germany
Masdar City Dubai? UAE?
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Professor Ken Snell 9/5/11
