GREEN ARCHITECTURE

Are you able to design an ecologically inspired art of building in the age of ecology in your present studio?

I think architecture is fundamentally ecological so I would say “yes,” I am able to design an ecologically inspired building.  We all have to think about orientation, light, air, context, materiality, and the human experience in our studio.  I tend to focus on space, light and how people would experience my project.   I also try to focus on context and how my building is oriented.  So I tend to focus more on the human experience than on how my building performs or uses ecological materials.  The reading is attempting to start a dialogue about “how to construct a human habitat in harmony with nature.”  I think schools should be focusing more on the ecological aspects of architecture given the trend of global warming and scarcity of natural resources.  One of our upcoming studios for next quarter is focusing on adaptive reuse which I think is good.  Unfortunately, not everyone that wanted to take it could get into it.  So, I think there is a strong interest in this aspect of architecture and should be more central to the architecture school education.

Brandon Cari