WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?

Sustainable is an adjective for something that is able to be sustained, Nonetheless, nowadays, because of the environmental and social problems societies around the world are facing, sustainability has been increasingly used in a specific way. Nowadays, sustainability is usually defined as the processes and actions through which humankind avoids the depletion of natural resources, in order to keep an ecological balance that doesn’t allow the quality of life of modern societies to decrease.

SUSTAINABILITY IN ARCHITECTURE?

Sustainable architecture designs and constructs buildings in order to limit their environmental impact, with the objectives of achieving energy efficiency, positive impacts on health, comfort and improved liveability for inhabitants; all of this can be achieved through the implementation of appropriate technologies within the building. Sustainable architecture means being able to satisfy consumers’ requests, taking the time and natural resources needed into consideration from the very early stages of the project, entering the context in the most natural way possible, planning ahead by making the space and materials employed completely reusable.

Some Idea to act in a sustainable way

-The impact of human beings on natural systems must exceed the carrying capacity of nature.

-The use of renewable resources must not exceed their rate of generation.

-The emission into the environmant must not exceed the absorptive capacity of the receivers

HEALTHY BUILDINGS:

WHAT IS IT?

So-called “healthy” buildings are those that are designed not only to be environmentally friendly, but also occupant friendly, improving the health, wellbeing, and productivity of those inside.

They must allow a lot of things like:

-A very good air and water quality.

-Natural light in healthy buildings.

-for the buildings to be healthy we must not forget the safety of the buildings.

-Maximizing the natural light inside of the buildings.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS:

-The nature influences positively on the superior nervous function,so in all the building we must put something that refer to the nature.

-The colors in the rooms and the in the external surfaces make a very big influence so we must choose the colors with a very big caution.

-Also the relation between the height,width and the lenght of the building and specially of the rooms make a very big influence on the physiological aspects of human.

THE SICK BUILDING SYNDROME:

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a condition in which people in a building suffer from symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside.

CLIMATE-HUMAN BEING:

The environment in wich we live make a very big influnce on our physical and mental work ,it can let us filling good or bad,sad or happy.
And the some of the important element of the climate environment that make a very great influence on humans confort:
The temperature of the air and relative humidity : Humans generally feel comfortable between temperatures of 22 °C to 27 °C and a relative humidity of 40% to 60%.
The movement of the air:It describes the speed of air moving across the people and may help cool them if the air is cooler than the environment. Air velocity is an essential factor in thermal comfort.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN:

Sustainable design architecture reduces the adverse effects of a building on the environment. This is done by using efficient and environment-friendly building techniques, such as moderating the use of energy and materials. Much of our design has to do with the comforts that we incorporate into our structures.

BIO-ARCHITECTURE:

BIOCLIMATIC ARCHITECTURE:

The Bioclimatic Architecture is the design and construction of buildings taking into account the climatic and environmental conditions: The Sun, the vegetation, the rain, the winds, the altitude, the land … If we know well those conditions and we build according to them , we can take advantage of its benefits and adapt better to the environment.

ADVANTAGES OF A BIOCLIMATIC HOUSING:

-Low environmental impact

-Energy saving

-Better interior comfort

-More of the Natural lighting:

MATERIALS:

Traditional material,experienced over the centuries in traditional architecture,guarantee conditions of greater wholsomeness and wel being compared to the synthetic materials.