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| The world’s population is growing rapidly, so what are architects doing in response to this? Image Source: Marie Burgos Design |
According to World Population Balance, the current global population is already two to three times higher than the sustainable level. As a result, we are consuming too many of the world’s resources at too fast a rate. This proposes a gloomy forecast for the future—unless something changes and we learn to become more sustainable.
Architects are one group that can drastically impact the world’s level of sustainability. How so? Well, for starters, they can use their design savvy to model homes that are chock-full of the latest green technologies—- technologies that limit their impact on the world’s resources.
Let is look into the many ways that architects can help alleviate this world epidemic. Our growing population and rapid consumption of limited resources can be addressed is many ways:
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| Homes can be modern and attractive, while still being ecologically friendly. Image Source: Live By The Sea |
Nearly half of the world’s population doesn’t have access to clean drinking water. On the opposite side of the water spectrum, sea-level is predicted to rise by up to five feet by the year 2100, putting some densely populated coastal cities underwater.
It's an easy argument to say that these two scenarios are caused by a world that is consuming too many resources at too quickly a rate. The world is not living in a sustainable manner; we are burning holes into the ozone, causing polar ice caps to melt, polluting our water resources…& the list goes on.
Luckily, this on the radar of some leading architects who are designing eco-savvy homes. Throughout history architecture has always reflected the culture & state of the world, so it only makes sense that we live in a time of rapidly changing design. Let is read further to see how this design is changing…
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| There is a strong movement towards socially conscious design. Image Source: Feldman Architecture |
It’s a fact, houses are getting smaller. There are multiple reasons for this trend, but they all stem from rapid population growth, and also an aging population who is living longer. The aging population is downsizing into smaller homes because they are easier and safer to live in.
Then there are the younger generations who have been taught to be more ecologically conscious— they know that a smaller more ecologically sustainable home is the way to go.
And of course, there are those who suffered through the recession of 2008; those who lost their million dollar sprawling mansions and learned the hard way that life isn’t all about living large—the good news is that most of these people now understand that they can be happy in a small home with a much smaller mortgage. Due to all of the above-mentioned reasons, architects are seeing an increased demand for smaller homes. This is a wonderful thing since small homes equate to less demand on the world’s resources.
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| Architects are responding to the demand by designing smaller more ecologically-friendly homes. Image Source: Brock Loch |
The rapid consumption of energy resources and the rapid pollution of the world’s water resources have lead to high-tech architectural designs that hope to help slow this rate of consumption/pollution. Luckily, we live a tech-savvy world where new ecologically-friendly innovations are being thought up on a daily basis.
Architects are embracing these technologies by designing homes that are chock-full of ecologically sound devices. Here are some of the more popular technologies that are showing up in current architecture: Solar Power, LEED Homes, heat pumps, solar water heating, recycled materials, turbine power, to name just a few.
There is no end in sight in terms of the innovations that can be thought of. Architects are in the midst of designing unprecedented ecologically-friendly buildings that embrace the forefront of technology. Take a look at these 7 future wonders of green architecture to be amazed at the power of technology and design.
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| Architects are designing homes with modern, ecologically- friendly technologies, such as this recycled/reclaimed water feature. Image Source: Temple Home |
There is such a high-demand for sustainable urban architecture. In fact, it's so high that universities are opening new programs to train architects/engineers in the sciences of ecological urban design. Current architects who wish to remain competitive must embrace these new eco-urban designs and stay up-to-date on technologies/training.
A book by Peter Katz, titled The New Urbanism, theorizes that new urban communities will develop, ones that off-put the previous decades of suburban sprawl, replacing it with close-knit communities that are integrated with workshops, housing, parks, schools, churches and businesses.
Essentially, these will be functional urban communities where people can walk to and from, & meet all their daily living requirements (social, economical, ecological) in one small environment. This concept seems to be one worth thinking about it could definitely have a place in a new, more ecologically sound world.
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| New ecologically sound urban environments are being designed. Image Source: Lotus Gardenscapes |
Architects have embraced this challenge head-on by designing homes and buildings that are smaller, more ecologically sound and full of eco-friendly technologies that consume less.
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