Abstract
The article outlines the creation of a method for the development of tools to incorporate sustainability criteria in the field of architectural design. The aim of the research is to provide society with scientific knowledge related to sustainability, evaluating the environmental impact of their actions within the building sector, in a simple and direct manner through specific and contextualised tools. A specific tool is experimentally developed for the context of Seville, called Guide for a more Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism (GAUS), in its first document, GAUS-D1. Based on national and international documentary references, the method principles are defined, and an approach is adopted that prioritises communicative actions with the aim of reaching citizens, professionals, and researchers in the building sector. The specific experiment is developed with GAUS-D1, and an initial evaluation is made of its suitability and the validity of the proposed method. The approach followed ensures that the experience of developing this type of tool is internationally transferable to any other place. Further statistical verification of the use of the tool (which implies a defined testing strategy) is necessary so that the method can be consolidated as a national and international reference.
Highlights
Nowadays, a large volume of documentary reference is available on sustainability and architecture; many researchers are currently developing multiple aspects within this framework that should be studied in depth and, academically, the discourse is clear, concise and increasingly rigorous
A research of agents involved in the processes of construction and architectural and urban design has been undertaken, defining the connections between them and the contributions that they can make in terms of knowledge
Once the proposed future study has been completed, it will be required to review the method in depth in order to determine potential changes and adjustments that will guarantee the development of tools that are even better suited to local needs regarding the incorporation of sustainability aspects in architectural construction
Summary
A large volume of documentary reference is available on sustainability and architecture; many researchers are currently developing multiple aspects within this framework that should be studied in depth and, academically, the discourse is clear, concise and increasingly rigorous. Multiple current tools and directives for the assessment and certification of architecture, from an energy efficiency point of view, as well as environmental and sustainability ones [2,3,4,5,6,7], are studied and applied in specialised areas such as universities, but their professional practice and social perception, above all, are very scarce. Many authors [1,9,10] have been demanding for decades the need to incorporate this knowledge into the teaching of architecture [11], and with it, into the profession itself, but it is not clear that this has been put into practice It may be due, partly, to the difficult relationship between the conceptualisation of sustainability and the physical architecture practice. The affirmation of the academic Albert Cuchí [12], according to which, in the specific field of architecture, sustainability inexorably implies the completion of material cycles in construction [13], could be enlightening
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