Abstract
The menace of environmental dilapidation has been an issue of great concern in the built environment since the wake of the industrial revolution. Buildings have been said to be instruments that cut short the natural cycles of resources in both the human and natural ecosystem due to man’s anthropocentric mind-set and activities. Various theories, framework, and models have been proposed to facilitate re-generatively sustainable developments. This paper aims at highlighting strategies that are currently practiced in regenerative development with a view of presenting ideas for the practical application of regenerative sustainability in all its facets and phases. Relevant literature that described the processes of creating a regenerative development and the aspects in which regenerative sustainability principles are implemented were reviewed. The design strategies employed in the studied cases were described as they related to the phases and then grouped into the four facets of regenerative development. The paper, therefore, gives an idea of the various integrative element and practical strategies for the implementation of regenerative design in all its phases and facets. Clarity on the subject of regenerative development is also anticipated as examples of regenerative design element implemented in the cases under study were detailed out. These strategies, when applied with attention to place patterns and potentials in all aspects of the built environment, will help in creating a truly regenerative development in any area.
Highlights
A primary and recent issue drawing more attention for four decades has been on the constraints facing the environment
Some of these place patterns and potentials are outlined below with their resultant project aspiration: In the design and renovation of Emancipation Park, Fig. 1 Perkins+Will identified a dichotomy between the existing building and the landscape
This paper has presented the meaning, underlying principles, and facets involved in creating a regenerative development
Summary
A primary and recent issue drawing more attention for four decades has been on the constraints facing the environment These issues known as environmental degradation has been said to take a massive downturn since the wake of the industrial revolution [1]. Reference [25] explained that increased innovations and thoughts have made us separate the environment into a different compartment to be harnessed and exploited by various interested individuals They emphasized a “disconnect” between humans, (seen in man’s developments and buildings) and the entire system of life (nature). [27] highlighted that the source of almost all energy consumption, pollution, and natural resource depletion are found in the lifestyles of humans in the environment This ever-increasing awareness of man’s massive changes to the environment suggests the need for a basic change in man’s ways of living and developments. This idea of change has begun to be implemented by some members of the environmental professionals by the creation of sustainable designs for the development of the environment [3], [27]
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