SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Biophilic Design

Biophilic Design is a modernist design of the places that aims to commune with the environment and make familiar us with nature. The green architecture or biophilic design tries to decrease the negative environmental impact of the built environment by reconnecting us to the natural world and continuing sustainable development and providing healthy habitats for individuals.

Examples of Biophilic Design

This hotel is shown as one of the most beautiful and striking examples of biophilic design.

(Naman Rethreat Hotel- Da Nang City, Vietnam)

The ground floor of this hotel includes open spaces surrounded by lotus ponds and hanging gardens.

Also, in the interior design of the building, different plants, natural materials, glass with plenty of sunlight were used and it was attempted to create a feeling of nature.

Vernacular Architecture

Vernacular (the Latin word): ''vernaculus'', meaning "domestic, native, indigenous"

Vernacular architecture is based on the unique characteristics of the local environment, climate, culture, traditions, natural materials, technology and the experience of community.

The examples of Vernacular Architecture

A traditional Batak house, Sumatra, Indonesia

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            The cave homes of Ortahisar, Cappadocia, Turkey

www.naturalhomes.org/ortahisar.htm

The Great Mosque (The world's largest earthen building), Djenné

In order to protect the mosque from severe floods, it was built on the heightened platform of mud bricks. In the day, the walls of Mosque warm slowly and then the stored energy is disseminated in the night.To ventilate the inside of the Mosque, it possesses roof vents with ceramic caps that can be taken out at night. Also, it has three towers, each 11m high topped with an ostrich egg, meaning to the symbol of fertility and purity.

http://www.naturalhomes.org/great-mosque-djenne.htm

References:

[1]: http://www.contemporist.com/this-new-resort-spa-is-covered-in-hanging-gardens/?utm_content=buffere24d0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer
[2]: http://www.biophilicdesign.net/
[3]: http://www.naturalhomes.org/great-mosque-djenne.htm
[4]: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Vernacular_architecture