Smarter Built Environment
02:00 PM, 5th November, 2013
Presented by: Kshitij Agarwal, Nikita Verma, Nalin Singh, Aditya Kushwaha, Kuldeep Kumar Gupta
Advisor: Gaurav Shorey
Advisor: Gaurav Shorey
Responding to context, weaving your building into the urban fabric, human scale etc. are phrases that we often hear in our studios. Are they really implemented in the real world?
Most of the buildings today are built in isolation whereas the built environment is a dynamic entity that is constantly interacting with eternal stimuli such as nature, climate, infrastructure, services, transportation, flora and fauna and most importantly human beings.
The conventional use of the term smart with respect to buildings as a trend dictates a greater degree of automation and use of plug-in solutions to make the buildings energy efficient, user friendly etc. There has been a shift in dependence on artificial intelligence and external sources to control the environment we live in.
The energy footprint of ICT and ITS systems is too high to be sustainable. These are all short-term solutions to solve the immediate problem that we are facing and ignore the long-term repercussions. Through our seminar we look at the far-reaching solutions that include critically looking at the whole education system, growth vs. development debate, insecurities and fear in our social life that ultimately lead to unsustainable decisions and policies.
The public should be sensitive enough to not allow isolated buildings that are designed unsustainably. The building is to become part of the environment and not stand as a separate entity as it does today.
Oops. The word we were meaning to use was people.
Humanity should be sensitive enough to not allow isolated people who are living unsustainably. The people should become a part of the social / ecological / economical environment and not stand as separate entities as they do now.
Most of the buildings today are built in isolation whereas the built environment is a dynamic entity that is constantly interacting with eternal stimuli such as nature, climate, infrastructure, services, transportation, flora and fauna and most importantly human beings.
The conventional use of the term smart with respect to buildings as a trend dictates a greater degree of automation and use of plug-in solutions to make the buildings energy efficient, user friendly etc. There has been a shift in dependence on artificial intelligence and external sources to control the environment we live in.
The energy footprint of ICT and ITS systems is too high to be sustainable. These are all short-term solutions to solve the immediate problem that we are facing and ignore the long-term repercussions. Through our seminar we look at the far-reaching solutions that include critically looking at the whole education system, growth vs. development debate, insecurities and fear in our social life that ultimately lead to unsustainable decisions and policies.
The public should be sensitive enough to not allow isolated buildings that are designed unsustainably. The building is to become part of the environment and not stand as a separate entity as it does today.
Oops. The word we were meaning to use was people.
Humanity should be sensitive enough to not allow isolated people who are living unsustainably. The people should become a part of the social / ecological / economical environment and not stand as separate entities as they do now.