Ecological zipper: the use of ecologies to produce an architectural response and its role in sustainable development
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2011-09-28
Authors
Whyte, Ross
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Abstract
The following thesis looks at the role of ecologies in architecture and its role in sustainable
development. The purpose of the work is to create an architectural response which provides
the urban and natural realm with a positive outcome where by users of the architecture
experience a zipping together of the man made and the natural connecting them creating a
unique threshold to gain a fuller understanding and appreciation of their surrounding natural
environment. The work involved the study of ecosystems and their relation to sustainable
development. What the research has led to is a further understanding of the degree in which
buildings interact and allow the users to interact with nature. The resultant architectural
solution drives the interaction a building traditionally has with its environment, from the
establishment of a program through to detailing to promote sustainable development on a
broad scale.