Emma Marris Ideas Of Design

Design focused on environmental impacts is commonly referred to as eco-design. The practice of “eco-design” is often seen as a starting place for graphic designers as it is easy to understand, tangible, and within their control. The

According to the author of “Taking the Lead” Felice Silverman, “the introduction of LEED v4 represents the next step in the evolution of sustainable design, but it’s interesting to note that as we learn more about creating green spaces, new concerns continue appear”. The example she gives deals with encouraging people as designers to see products earn third-party certifications, and designers should remember to look at more than just the single-attribute benefits of products. Designers need to be able to arm themselves with the best information on sustainability there is, and continue to review process, systems and products that could potentially cause harm to the environment and the people

Being environmentally friendly isn’t merely a trend. After thousands of years of using the earth’s resources, we have finally come to realize that we are destroying this beautiful gift we were honored with. Architects play an influential role in trying to preserve this gift by encouraging a multitude of strategies that can be more cost efficient in the long run, be more comfortable for its users, and most importantly, have a lower carbon footprint. Strategies can include drastic changes to heat and air systems, construction material selections, or even specific design details to the architecture of a building that would reduce the amount of energy it consumes.

People seldom take the time to stop and really think about the impact that this development has on the environment and the effect it has on life itself. Inconveniences to those of a community tend to become the focus of developers’ agendas. Building new parking lots and four-story car garages so people can park their cars closer to their destination, as the thought of a long walk seems too much to bear. As more areas are developed, nature’s balance is disrupted, causing the destruction of animal’s natural habitats, reduction of plant diversity, and over-cultivated soil. A community created by man, often at the expense of the environment, supplants the beautiful and life-sustaining environment created by nature. The urban progression has destroyed the natural habitat of many plants and animals, dramatically altering the atmosphere in the

John Volk was the architect that designed The Museum of Fine Arts and explained the structure as such: “a museum should give a feeling of permanence and that is what I have tried to do with this building”. His plan was well executed, when I arrived to the museum I noticed two different designs. The front of the museum reminded me of the Ionic Order, the Volutes and the molded bases became my main focus. The beige paint seemed like a great fit as well, it added to the light and airy flow within the museum and gave me further evidence that the Ionic order outside represented what was displayed inside. However, the actual style of the building was a Palladian Style which originated from Europe in the 1500’s.

“Sustainability: Earth, the long view” by Emma Marris goes well with “Domination over Nature” by Caroyln Merchant and “Science Fiction and the Life Sciences” by Joan Slonvzewski and Michael Levy because they all use “nature” in its arguments. In “Sustainability: Earth, the long view,” the argument used by “nature” is that humans have not been acting their age and are confused about how to preserve Earth so it and the lifeforms inhabiting it will have many more years of life (Marris, 2016). In “Domination over Nature,” the argument used through “nature” is that since man was unable to dominate over creation, it dominated over “nature” since it already fell into temptation (Merchant, 2001). In “Science Fiction and the Life Sciences,” the argument used by “nature” is that humans have essentially used technology to alter and destroy

The author traces the disruption of the museum architecture and the development of the museum as an independent building type. She highlights four key stages of its architectural formation associated with four time periods. They are Arcadia and Antiquity, Metropolis and Modernity, New Century, A New Aesthetic, and Recent Reactions: Fragmentation, Contradiction, expression.

“[I]n Britain since the invasion of Community design law, the protection of designs has become utterly disparate both in principle and in the morass of detail. The Government should be taking determined steps to simplify . . . and eliminate unnecessary differences in scope and operation of the rights”.

Museums are an amazing place that is constantly evolving in order to expand knowledge and cultural inclusivity. For example, museums are putting extra effort to feature culturally diverse exhibitions such as works from Native Americans. Gillian Flynn and Deborah Hull-Walski, the authors of the article, elaborate museums are incorporating new cultural items; however, these items need extra energy when taking care of the items. Typically, museums have traditional habits of how to handle objects; however, nearly all of these works were western-themed works. Having culturally inclusive exhibits is incredible, but it means that it must adopt new modern standards of care. This article addresses that there needs to be a change in how modern museums

In looking at the geological age of humans, and how human behaviour affects the systems of our world, it seems the fear of imagining our uncertain and perhaps catastrophic future often causes a passive response in humans as a collective. However the relevance of climate change in our personal sphere is increasingly eminent, with abrupt geological changes being caused by the actions of a single species – mankind. Design discourse speculating around this issue actively generates new approaches and ideas in relation to both awareness and creating innovative ways of connecting humans to their environment.

As a child, it can be difficult to see the weaknesses of a museum; the inaccuracies in facts, clothing, manners, it is not something that one really cares for. However, it can be a dangerous choice for a museum to stay the same, for much like when one fondly remembers a television show from their childhood only to re-watch it ten years later and discover that it was rather ridiculous, when someone returns to a poorly developed museum, there will be a wave of disappointment when it does not meet their expectations. If a museum wishes to succeed and survive, they need to adapt and evolve in order to create the ideal environment for their visitors.

Natural shapes and forms, including animal motifs and spirals also evoke a sense of nature. A sense of light and space can be reached through filtered and diffused light, which lead to a sense of spatial harmony and a natural flow of circulation. There is also a vernacular dimension to biophilic design, as place-based relationships can come from landscaping features that define the form of a building. These all work together to further evolve the human-nature relationship and lead to the incredible benefits of biophilic

He presents two key groups within his article and their relationships with the environment. Pearce introduces the “mainstream environmentalists” and the “modernists.” He explains their differences by stating, “While many mainstream environmentalists want to make peace with nature through the sustainable use of natural resources, the modernists want to cut the links between mankind and nature” (Pearce). Pearce theorizes that the debate about how useful technology is for our environmental problems and how it “exacerbates them is not new.” An example of a technology that has proven successful, but has also been detrimental to the environment is the automobile. With the invention of the automobile came a more convenient and efficient way to travel from one destination to another, but unfortunately, the gases and oils these vehicles have expelled over time have created a build up of air pollution. While this example of technology has an impact on nature/the environment as an end result, modernists have come up with technologies that manipulate nature/the environment, both as a starting point and ending point. Modernists are in support of “rewilding”, “the restoration of large tracts of habitat and the reintroduction of the species that once lived there” (Pearce). These supporters say that rewilding can only be done with technology,

Artificial structures have an ecotonal relationship with nature because the relationship consists of a mergence between the two communities. This is important because humans must create artificial structures in a way that will not harm nature. In the writing, “In the Ecotone” by Jim Clifford, Clifford argues that the “composite environment is always being assembled and reassembled— with friction and difficulty”(Clifford 7). In other words, the intersection between human made structures is a natural event of nature because nature continually consists of rearrangement of members. Gathering from Clifford, artificial structures, such as buildings, do not disturb nature but are a part of the natural ecotone. This view is important today because many have a one sided, negative view of construction of buildings. In San Francisco protest that the new skyscraper destroys the beauty of the city by blocking the sun. However, the skyscraper is part of the developing city and creates many habitats for eagles

Which eventually discourage designer put in effort to considerate the social aspect during design thinking, the word “social sustainability” were being treated as ideological thought in design until recent years, the attention of social consideration in several industry has become mainstream.