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I'm Jacqueline and i'm an interior architect and designer here at D & B
In today's video i want to talk about how innovative green design can change the world this
video was actually suggested by one of our lovely subscribers so thank you so much now here on
youtube there are so many cool interior design and architecture videos but in all honesty there's not
that many sustainable architecture or design for the future so if you're an architect or designer
wanting to make a positive impact on the world and want to know how... let's jump into the video
are we designing sustainably if we throw trees onto rooftops no are we when we throw a living
wall onto an interior no although these things certainly create a cleaner and healthy environment
we can't just rely on biophilic design practices green architecture or green interior design is
where conscious efforts have been made in order to make the final built result eco-friendly which
let's face it is common knowledge by now but if everyone knows what it is then why most buildings
on the planet still not eco-friendly i think it's safe to say that as a design community for the
past 50 years we've been focused on creating the most beautiful buildings that enhance the user's
experience in fact we've been so busy designing these types of buildings that we've forgotten what
effects they may have in the future why because it was only until the millennium or even in the 2010s
that people woke up and realized that climate change was very real and unfortunately we're
starting to see the effects of it first hand when past architects were designing buildings in the
80s i'm pretty sure their number one priority was getting a pritzker prize or designing the most
modern building or even just simply to enhance the user's experience with all new technology and
materials coming out of the time their focus was on how to adapt to this new emerging tech rather
than thinking about the future of tech and design let alone innovative designs for the future which
if you think about it makes complete sense now that we are seriously witnessing the destruction
of the planet it's only now that we realize the importance of designing ecologically in fact
to challenge me if you know of any sustainably focused interior design project or building leave
me a comment below because honestly i would love to be wrong about this then the 2000s come and
architects and designers are starting to realize the importance of green design and starting to
understand their new job role and projects like beddington zero were born as a result
yeah now i'm not going to sit here and XXXX all over the bedzed project even if it's not
the most beautiful housing development because it was one of the first complexes to emit zero
carbon emissions and one of the first of its kind but yeah at the same time the houses are kind of
unattractive let's face it so now it's clear that we need to focus on creating buildings that are
not only sustainable but also nice looking we no longer have to view sustainability as a painful
moral obligation and instead sustainability should be thought of as a design challenge aimed at
actually improving our environment and our living conditions whether that's in a social economic or
green way this concept actually has a name which is hedonistic sustainability and i have a whole
chunk of another video that i've done on this topic - and i've linked that for you guys at the end
now you don't need me to tell you guys the threats we face around climate change
and what our future generations are going to face we've all seen how the effects of global
warming is affecting us around the world in particular approximately 50 % of
global energy consumption is connected one way or another to buildings and the construction industry
but the point i'm trying to highlight here is whatever design job you're in
we all have a duty to society and our great grandchildren to provide them with eco-friendly
sustainable buildings we can no longer ignore and act like designing modern alluring buildings
is enough if you've managed to listen to me ramble on up until this point you're probably thinking
yeah i know it's all doom and gloom you don't need to remind me that the world is basically ending so
i'm here to give you eight different techniques we can use to create interior design and architecture
for the future one way is by implementing renewable energy sources into projects because
if we're all honest we have to do this at some point anyway this is a project diagram i made a
while ago for a large building in france the aim here was to make sure that the building was 100
self-sufficient and sustainable if every home and commercial building had a similar system
to this there would be zero carbon emissions ultimately lowering the amount of greenhouse gases
so we need to think of ways of incorporating fully functioning sustainable systems into everyday
designs second on my list of innovative green design methods is by including biophilic design
into projects like i said before we can't just simply rely on living walls to save the planet
but on the whole by planting more green spaces onto and within our buildings it does lower
carbon footprints within dense urban centres biophilic design is also proven to improve patient
recovery times in hospitals reduce crime rates in residential areas increase learning ability and
test results in schools and improve productivity for employees in offices which i think is
pretty amazing my next method is sustainable urban planning i think a huge problem we have at
the moment is that architects urban planners and interior designers don't mix or talk enough about
different projects with one another urban planners are people who are literally designing our cities
and as far as i'm concerned at the moment they're the ones who are implementing the greenest aspects
into our landscapes there's a very famous urban plan called Jahn Gehl and he created this book how
to study public life which i highly recommend and it talks about how to create sustainable cities
not just by simply chucking green spaces and parks into a city but other sustainable factors such as
the social aspects urbanization pedestrian access the weather sensory experiences sightseeing noise
pollution and all the rest my point is if urban planners are the ones who are really
implementing eco-friendly change into our cities then we can learn a lot from them we often treat
our professions as completely separate entities from one another but at the end of the day we
can create much more cohesive and innovative schemes if we work together so whether you're
an architect or interior designer check out some urban planning projects and books because i find
them to be really eye-opening and inspiring number four my list is to design through adaptive reuse
adaptive reuse is a way of designing that just basically means turning a building into something
that was different from its previous use i'm sure you've seen factories converted into housing and
warehouses converted into vibrant market halls you know the drill it's prevented thousands of
buildings demolition and it's allowed them to become critical components of urban regeneration
unfortunately although it seems completely normal to reimagine an old building and maybe modernize
it in some way a lot of the times these warehouses and factories are knocked down
rather than build a new block of apartments in its place why don't we just reimagine the building in
a new way let me know what one of your favorite adaptive reuse projects is down below of course
this is concerned more with the architectural side of things but thinking in terms of interior design
one way to do this is by upcycling by upcycling old furniture or by-products we're able to recycle
past furnishings for a new use thus making the product lifespan infinite and i find that there
can be some really cool design concepts to be made with upcycling too believe it or not
building architecture for the future also entails thinking about things other than climate change
six years ago the united nations put together a list of 17 goals that will transform our world and
create an all-around sustainable planet you can see that from the infograph that only one of them
is climate action in order to create sustainable society we need to work at ending hunger
creating gender equality ending poverty and the list goes on it may be hard to think about
green design solutions for such big world issues but it's what we all have to do and i genuinely
believe as architects and interior designers we can make the world a better place if you're
serious about making a change start here start brainstorming ways that you can design a project
that helps see life or provides quality education for children have this image burnt into your brain
another way when designing a greener planet is by making sure you're selecting eco materials
and sustainable lighting choices 20 years ago materials were hardly recycled in any way but now
there are thousands of different cool innovative materials that you can use on a project that are
100% green same thing with lighting we now have all the different kinds of bulbs that look like older
models but are in fact leds which are much much more eco-friendly than any other lighting fixture
as time goes on even more sustainable recycled materials are coming out allowing us to create
green design solutions my last method is to follow lots of design communities that promote
green design some websites that give a lot of new sustainable materials are transmaterial , materia
and kvadrat and that's obviously all linked down below for you guys another website which i love is
inhabitat which is basically like archdaily but they solely show green design innovative projects
and projects with emerging technologies so definitely check that one out and here on
youtube go check out ben over at the GoingGreen channel because his project is literally dedicated
to showcasing green sustainable buildings around the world and i really wanted to
share this quote with you which is if you're a designer and you don't wake up every morning
with the fundamental belief that through the work you do you can change the world and you can
change people's lives you're either not working hard enough or not working for the right company
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