Carmen & Anthony

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN - Environmental design/eco-design Anthony Leonsins & Carmen Briner

CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY ‘seeks to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ – Brundtland Report, 1987  Evolved from a variety of concerns, experiences and needs • 1970’s oil crisis • Recycling efforts • 1980’s ‘sick building syndrome’

 Design impacts environment in many ways  Sustainable design – Skillful and thoughtful designing of objects  Doing better with less

BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

1. Air pollution • • • • •

CO2 and other Ozone depletion Transportation – raw material to finished product Waste disposal via burning Effect on humans – resp problems, eye irritations, allergies, carcinogenic and teratogenic

2. Water pollution • Increased usage of water • Wastewater pollution – wildlife and environment

3. Noise pollution • Industrial machinery

4. Deforestation

PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN  Design to minimise environmental and social impacts.  Analyse each stage of the product life cycle  Design for the environment • Process design • Material design • Energy consumption design

 Strategies - Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Restore  Goal – 100 % cyclic, safe and renewable

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS

end of life – recycling, landfills, liquid waste, gas emissions etc‌

energy & emissions during normal product life, required maintenance & product reuse

material harvesting & transportation to manufacturing sites

material processing & transportation to production sites

manufacturing, assembly, packaging, transport to final destination

DAVID COLWELL Sustainable Furniture Designer

‘Do the mostest with the leastest’ British Furniture Designer - chairs 1944, London Royal College of Art Trannon Design - Wales Believes in ‘form follows function’ – style is by-product of the piece’s use, making and context • Context today – include need for sustainability • • • • •

LOOKING AT THE PROCESS…

PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE • Raw Material Acquisition • Processing • Manufacturing • Waste Management • Product Life

Raw material acquisition  Wood – 100% natural • not always a sustainable resource • UK 90% timber is imported • timber industry – want tall trees with side branches. Trees initially planted close to each other – grow faster. As get bigger thinning.

• 4 out of 5 original trees planted are felled • Thinnings - left to rot - sold cheaply for pulp/firewood

 ASHWOOD – material of choice • Strongest and fastest growing – faster it grows = stronger • Self-seeding • Absorbs more atmospheric carbons than any other tree

• Since young trees are the strongest – thinnings are used • Affordable • No sapwood – less wastage • Low moisture content – dries quicker & no extra processes needed to augment drying • Endemic to UK - plentiful - transport

Processing & Manufacturing  STEAM BENDING  Simple process  Strips of wood are heated using a steam box – wood pliable

 Best trees to bend are young trees ie: thinnings  Green wood is used • Therefore less energy needed to bend  Process of steam bending simultaneously seasons wood • Recently cut wood = Green wood which is unseasonsed, ie: not dried • Wood is normally dried - over time - forced drying in Kiln • Therefore less energy used as no kiln drying needed also less time, money and noise.

Waste Management  Ashwood has no sap – less wastage  No Kiln drying – less energy expended and wasteful by-products  Minimal planing (shaping) and sanding of wood – less waste (sawdust)

Product Life  AESTHETIC FORM AND FUNCTION  The triangular geometry - strength and durability  Tubular rivet construction using recycled copper plumbing pipe rivets for all joints - durable  Chair is ergonomic and looks nice - long term sustainability

Designs by Jacque Fresco © 2011

Designs by Jacque Fresco © 2011

Designs by Jacque Fresco © 2011

Designs by Jacque Fresco © 2011

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 Resources become the common heritage of all of the inhabitants  Earth is abundant with plentiful resources

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