Environmentalism

Being aware of the Carbon- footprint we're liable of and its current and future effects, we must take responsibility and start building green for the future without compromising on the impacts of the construction of a single structure on the environment.

Since Architects have a greater responsibility, they'll need to seriously take sustainability and green architecture into consideration that are energy efficient and help reduce the impacts of human activity.

Green roofs and facades, rain gardens etc. are some of the ways to introduce a sense of response for the issues prevailing due to the "advancing" times.

Some of the architectural examples of sustainability are

#1 Vincent Callebaut Imagines Hyperbolic Shaped Forest

• Permeable landscaping-reduces floods and rehabilitates urban ecosystems.

• 4,4550 square meters- photo voltaic panels incorporated into the glass facade

#2 Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch, Taiwan

• large windows saves electric consumption.

• a part of roof covered with photo voltaic cells that coverts sunlight into electricity

• captures rainfall to conserve water