Asian Architecture (ARC 2234 / ARC60403) Project 1: Case Study Paper Topic & Issue Proposal (10%) Due Date: 29 September 2015 Prepare a two-page type-written proposal, including a concept mapping, a summary of the topic and/or issue to be explored, some of the questions you hope to address, along with a title, and an annotated bibliography of sources. Student name and ID: Evelyn Sinugroho 0318217 Tutor: Nurul Alia Ahamad
A Study on the Efficiency in the Selection as well as the Application of the Materials Affect the Sustainability of Green School, Bali.
Research Question(s): Question 1: How and what processes are taken to identify sustainable materials based on the embodied energy and LCA? Question 2: What are the sustainable materials used in green school to minimize the negative impact to the environment? Question 3: How effective is the application of the selected sustainable materials in sustaining the natural materials in terms of life cycle assessment? Question 4: How does the selected materials are applied to respond with the context, reducing negative environmental impact? Question 5: How does the application of sustainable materials in green school affects the thermal comfort?
Summary of the topic (300 words): “The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed,”
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from Mahatma Gandhi, this delivers a very strong message about sustainability and conservation. We are to coexist with the nature and the environment, and to achieve a sustainable design, one must put into priority how the design is affecting the environment, especially the usage of natural resources. Green school has been world widely known for its clear vision and mission that is being delivered through the practice of sustainable building approach. The Green School aims to educate future leaders in sustainability, and the building portrays green sustainable design to inspire the users to preserve nature. Excessive consumerism of natural materials such as timber has been a main concern in the nature preservation movement, green school design persuade developers, constructors as well as architects to use abundant building materials with less to no impact to lessen the consummation of materials that would affect greatly on the nature. The design of the Green School inspires a culture of localized creativity, as opposed to high-tech fabrication. Furthermore, it has been successfully proven for being a ‘Building Fabric’ due to its passive designs in natural light and ventilation, indoor thermal comfort, minimum energy usage and mainly emphasis on the overall environmental Life Cycle impacts and energy costs associated with the production and transportation of the materials. Thus, this paper will focus on the selection and application of sustainable materials as a way to achieve sustainability and to further observe their future potential in construction design based on their properties. Sustainable natural materials, namely bamboo, rammed earth, volcanic stone and alang-alang thatch will be discussed more specifically on their construction capability, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Embodied Energy and the application into the design relating to thermal comfort and contextual response.
Annotated Bibliography Berge, Bjørn. The Ecology Of Building Materials. Amsterdam: Elsevier/ Architectural Press, 2009. Print. Inhabitat.com,. This book provides information about the occurrence of materials resources, nature, distribution and potential of building materials used for recycling. Spiegel, Ross, and Dru Meadows. Green Building Materials. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2012. Print. This book talks about how green building materials can help divert indoor air quality (IAQ) liability claims, respond to customer demands and provide for compliance with certain regulatory requirements. Lugt, P. (2006, November 1). An environmental, economic and practical assessment of bamboo as a building material for supporting structures. Construction and Building Materials. This paper presents the results of material studies, which indicate that within certain boundary conditions and with consideration of the recommendations following the case study, bamboo is a very sustainable building material and can be competitive to materials more commonly used. The Green School. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2015, from http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/2010/12/12/the-green-school.html This website discuss about Green school’s sustainable green approach to its design.