Role of Planners in Sustainable Urban Living The debate over sustainability is prompting the society to rethink what changes that can be made to attain a more sustainable future. The Urban Planner need to balance the need of planning to preserve resources for the future generation with other land use needs. Thus‚ to realise their aim of providing for sustainable urban living‚ the role of Urban Planners is to create built environment that will encourage walkability and reduce car dependency‚ to optimise
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Design has always been a passion of mine- whether it be evident through the shapely arrangement of Polaroid photos on my wall‚ decorative titles‚ typography and visually appealing layouts of my lecture notes and assignments‚ or the inklings that I get to put a pen to paper and let my hands run free. I believe that design‚ as a means of visual communication has the power to reveal the unheard‚ unseen and uncovered. Design as an art form can be used to manipulate the consumer to gain a particular
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standard for best practice in sustainable building design‚ construction and operation and has become one of the most comprehensive and widely recognised measures of a building’s environmental performance. A BREEAM assessment uses recognised measures of performance‚ which are set against established benchmarks‚ to evaluate a building’s specification‚ design‚ construction and use. The measures used represent a broad range of categories and criteria from energy to ecology. Design Teams use it as a method
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importance of the group or individual that has created it. Ten Principles of Good Design is an example of an influential manifesto. This is largely due to how respected the writer‚ Dieter Rams‚ is as an industrial designer. The conclusive list is often referred to as the Ten Commandments because other designers use it to guide their work in a similar way to how devoted christians are guided by the Decalogue. Whether a certain design is aesthetically pleasing or not is often debatable according to the taste
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TODAY ? I Introduction Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle: from siting to design‚ construction‚ operation‚ maintenance‚ renovation‚ and demolition. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy‚ utility‚ durability‚ and comfort. This essay tells about the benefits
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Towering ambitions Transforming high rise housing into sustainable homes Towering ambitions: Transforming high rise housing into sustainable homes By Hannah Kyrke-Smith Green Alliance Green Alliance is a charity and independent think tank focused on ambitious leadership for the environment. Green Alliance is a charity and independent think tank focused on ambitious leadership for the environment. We have a track record of over 30 years‚ working with the most influential leaders from the NGO‚ business
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Local Designer Tsai Design Studio – Social Context Tsai Design Studio was established in 2005 and is based in Cape Town‚ South Africa. They are a design studio and architectural practice which focuses on graphic‚ furniture‚ architectural and interior design as well as making use of multidiscipline in most of their designs. Some of the major awards that this design company has won in the past are: International Red Dot Award South African finalist in the “International Young Design Entrepreneur Award”
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centred design Introduction Nowadays‚ User Centered Design has been embedded in many design works. This essay seeks to explore the nature of this approach. This essay is split in to four sections. The first section is to provide a definition for User Centered Design while the second section will explain the benefits of using this approach with examples. I will then move on to discuss the limitations of User Centered Design and a conclusion will come afterwards. What is User Centred Design? User
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Design Rangers: A Marketing Plan for New Jersey Community Design Centers Design Rangers: A Marketing Plan for New Jersey Community Design Centers MKT 500: Marketing Strategies Paul Glassman Southern New Hampshire University December 2‚ 2012 Design Rangers: A Marketing Plan for New Jersey Community Design Centers Executive Summary This plan supports the creation of community design centers‚ to be housed in three New Jersey community colleges and staffed by their architecture faculty and students
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Design thinking is a business practice that takes a metaanalytical approach at problem solving and organizational optimization. The concept of design is most often associated with artistic or creative endeavors‚ but with business design thinking‚ design is applied toward organizations in order to facilitate operational improvements. Design thinking is an ongoing process and is action-oriented. It is a dynamic approach that is constantly analyzing‚ questioning and modifying in order to recognize problems
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