A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Digital Gaming and Sustainable Design
The American building industry is one of the major consumers of energy. Buildings use 39% of the total energy consumed in the United States, significantly impacting national energy demand and contributing to global warming. The vast majority of architectural practice in US leads to construction of buildings with a little concern to sustainability leading to environmental degradation. Although the bulk of architecture practice continues to produce unsustainable buildings, there is growing stream of exemplary models of sustainable design. Examining the success of such practices leads into two a two-folded finding; first that achieving sustainable design is closely linked to “integrated Design”1 - a type of practice in which various disciplines involved in building design work together to achieve efficiency and other synergetic benefits. Second is that the advances in computing and simulation algorithms are paving the way to achieve “integrated design”. These technologies are enabling the designers to collaborate, visualize, foresee, and modify building performance with relatively high accuracy. They are increasing used to analyze complex systems to achieve streamlined structures, reduce dependence on mechanical systems, produce more effective construction processes, and reduce waste.
Digital Gaming and Sustainable Design
The American building industry is one of the major consumers of energy. Buildings use 39% of the total energy consumed in the United States, significantly impacting national energy demand and contributing to global warming. The vast majority of architectural practice in US leads to construction of buildings with a little concern to sustainability leading to environmental degradation. Although the bulk of architecture practice continues to produce unsustainable buildings, there is growing stream of exemplary models of sustainable design. Examining the success of such practices leads into two a two-folded finding; first that achieving sustainable design is closely linked to “integrated Design”1 - a type of practice in which various disciplines involved in building design work together to achieve efficiency and other synergetic benefits. Second is that the advances in computing and simulation algorithms are paving the way to achieve “integrated design”. These technologies are enabling the designers to collaborate, visualize, foresee, and modify building performance with relatively high accuracy. They are increasing used to analyze complex systems to achieve streamlined structures, reduce dependence on mechanical systems, produce more effective construction processes, and reduce waste.
Digital Gaming and Sustainable Design
Vassigh, Shahin (author)
2019-06-20
ARCC Conference Repository; 2008: Changes of Paradigms | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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