Ecological Design Principles Research Articles

Konsep Ecodesign Lanskap Jalan Arteri Kota Palangka Raya berbasis Kearifan Lokal Budaya Suku Dayak Ngaju

Streetscape RTA Milono in Palangka Raya city is a part of green open space which has the potential improved the ecological, aesthetic, and preservation of local wisdom in strengthening the character of landscape as a city identity. The study aimed to identify the local wisdom potential of Dayak Ngaju culture, then to analysed the basis of a design concept that met ecological design principles; and arrange it as a recommendation for streetscape ecodesign concept. The ecodesign concept is based on applied local wisdom as an alternative solution to streetscape problems. This study used descriptive qualitative method. Local wisdom can be form into tangible and intangible. The results of the study found the potential of the local wisdom of the Dayak Ngaju culture as a basis for the design concept and fulfilled the principles of ecological design, there are: Huma Betang and the landscape, Tabat, Beje, Handil, Pamatang, Tajahan, Kaleka, Sepan, Pukung pahewan, Balanga, Kalang, Telawang, Lawang sakepeng, philosophy of Batang garing, Belom bahadat, philosophy of river, and orientation value; basic concept of “Eco-Cultural-Streetscape Restoration”, which is to restored the character of the streetscape, ecological functions with the local wisdom of the Dayak Ngaju culture.

The Study of the Landscape of Populated areas for needs of the Development of the Concept of Greenery

Thematic planning of the blue-green infrastructure is increasingly incorporated in development plans of European cities, within which the qualitative green structure is implemented at various scales – of the county, of the populated areas and locally. European experience shows that it is important to divide several levels or scales of planning (national, regional, county, city, local level) in the planning of green structures, defining the objectives and tasks to be achieved in each level, and the hierarchy between them. The methodology for developing the concept of the greenery is based on the planning of a three-level / scale greening system, based on widely used in Europe approaches for the development of green infrastructure, green network (green grid, etc.), basic principles of ecological design and urban acupuncture (the activation of urban space with punctuated public outdoor objects, elements, territories).The aim of the paper is to present the linkage between the theory and practice in the development of the concept of greenery for small scale populated areas. It is written that the structure and elements of the landscape of the populated area of Ikšķile (Latvia) and its villages have been studied and analysed as the pilot area. The levels included in the landscape study, as well as in the concept of the greenery of Ikškile municipality – city, neighbourhood or village, landscape units and object levels – form a hierarchical system in which each subsequent level details the previous one. Similarly, the study of the existing greenery structure of the populated areas is based on a multi-level study which is linked to a future planning. The most significant natural and cultural historical elements of the city have been identified and analysed at the town level of Ikšķile, dwelling on the cultural historical structure of the populated area, as well as the day-to-day important objects and areas designated as “nodal points” in the town. The “nodal points” and the “linking elements” at the town level are analysed in two directions – objects and territories of daily importance and important for the development of tourism. At the level of neighbourhoods and municipality villages, the elements forming the identity of the place and the existing structure of greenery are more analysed. At the level of landscape units and objects, the existing greenery elements in specific functional zones and situations of the town (street greenery, greenery of residential areas, etc.) – their diversity, typology, quality and usability, accessibility are analysed. As a result, the existing image of Ikšķile, the forming elements of the identity and the existing greenery and spatial structure are obtained, as well as problematic situations at each level of the study are defined. The elaborated research serves as a basis for the development of the greenery concept of the populated area of Ikšķile and its villages.

Cultivating a culture of scholarly teaching and learning in a college of engineering: An ecological design approach

ABSTRACT This paper describes a novel institutional change model, embodied in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute at the University of Georgia, that was intentionally designed to build community and expertise around scholarly teaching and learning in engineering education. The model is informed by several theoretical constructs, including complex systems theory, the propagation paradigm, a strengths perspective, and ecological design principles. The goals of this paper are twofold. First, we introduce these theoretical constructs and describe how they inform both the organisational structure and day-to-day operations of the Institute. Second, drawing on data collected using ethnographic methods and a thinking with theory analytical approach, we share two practice examples that demonstrate some of the opportunities and challenges associated with our institutional change efforts. The first example shows how our Institute’s programming enabled a teaching-focused faculty member to connect with others in our college in ways that dramatically enhanced his existing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) outreach efforts to a local, resource-constrained high school. The second example demonstrates how complex systems theory and ecological design principles can be used to both create the conditions for scholarly teaching, learning, and research in engineering education, and provide a set of theoretical perspectives through which to better understand and solve challenges that arise in collaborative, educational research and practice settings.

KAJIAN KONSEP EKOLOGIS PADA GEDUNG PERPUSTAKAAN PUSAT UGM


 
 
 Title: The Study of Ecological Concept in the Central Library of Gadjah Mada University
 Ecological architecture becomes one of the concept as well as solutions in the building design which minimizes environmental damages and maintains the quality of human life. The central library of Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta is used as the research object to rate its ecological level. This study uses a quantitative method to rate its ecological level based on the ecological design principles of Sim Van der Ryn such as ecological accounting, design with nature, and making nature visible. The assessment parameters are based on some references such as the greenship of GBCI, the principles of tropical architecture, and the principle of building accessibility. The results showed that generally, the library has applied ecological concept well through some strategies such as extensive greening, energy efficiency, adequate natural lighting, slim building masses, shading elements, and some facilities for the difable. Some measurements are done to find out the ecological performance of the building such as energy efficiency by 39.17%; daylighting 300 lux at 60.67% of indoor area, visualization of solar radiation reception, and OTTV value by 19,85 watt/m2. However, there are some necessary evaluations such as leakage on the ceiling or the application of greenroof that can be further optimized.
 
 

Planning of Humanistic Ecological Landscape in Urban Waterfront Area

In order to relieve the mental pressure in urban life, the ecological landscape park in waterfront area has become the first choice. However, most urban rivers are currently polluted, and worsen the quality of waterfront greening. The paper puts forward the ecological landscape planning of urban waterfront area. The paper expounds the meaning and characteristics of urban waterfront landscape based on Landscape Ecology, including ideas and principles of waterfront ecological landscape design. The waterfront area could be built into humanistic ecological garden landscape and designed rationally plants. The results show that the planning of ecological landscape in waterfront area is consistent with the real landscape, and its idea is expected to provide reference to the planning of waterfront ecological landscape for the city’s future.

Ecological urban space

Interventions in the urban environment at the local and global level, have led the urban designer to use ecological principles in urban space design and economy with resources and energies, to minimize the negative impact on the urban environment and to explore how the signature of the urban space elements should harmonized and formed, to suit the local character. The problem of the research is the lack of a clear perception of the common characteristics of the urban ecological environment. Thus, the goal of the research is to reveal the characteristics of urban ecological environments and ecological design principles, which gain it these qualities. Therefor there is an imposition of a number of ecological characteristics, necessary to achieve the ecological structure of the urban environment. So that the research methodology represented in, the theoretical presentation of the urban ecology concept and the extraction of the theoretical framework were at several levels. Which in turn contain a set of concepts and indicators related to urban ecological characteristics, on which the elected examples were measured and that led to reach the conclusions.

Towards multi-objective optimization of large-scale fluvial landscaping measures

Abstract. Adapting densely populated deltas to the combined impacts of climate change and socioeconomic developments presents a major challenge for their sustainable development in the 21st century. Decisions for the adaptations require an overview of cost and benefits and the number of stakeholders involved, which can be used in stakeholder discussions. Therefore, we quantified the trade-offs of common measures to compensate for an increase in discharge and sea level rise on the basis of relevant, but inexhaustive, quantitative variables. We modeled the largest delta distributary of the Rhine River with adaptation scenarios driven by (1) the choice of seven measures, (2) the areas owned by the two largest stakeholders (LS) versus all stakeholders (AS) based on a priori stakeholder preferences, and (3) the ecological or hydraulic design principle. We evaluated measures by their efficiency in flood hazard reduction, potential biodiversity, number of stakeholders as a proxy for governance complexity, and measure implementation cost. We found that only floodplain lowering over the whole study area can offset the altered hydrodynamic boundary conditions; for all other measures, additional dike raising is required. LS areas comprise low hanging fruits for water level lowering due to the governance simplicity and hydraulic efficiency. Natural management of meadows (AS), after roughness smoothing and floodplain lowering, represents the optimum combination between potential biodiversity and flood hazard lowering, as it combines a high potential biodiversity with a relatively low hydrodynamic roughness. With this concept, we step up to a multidisciplinary, quantitative multi-parametric, and multi-objective optimization and support the negotiations among stakeholders in the decision-making process.

Reconciling Ecological and Engineering Design Principles for Building Microbiomes.

Simplified microbial communities, or "benchtop microbiomes," enable us to manage the profound complexity of microbial ecosystems. Widespread activities aiming to design and control communities result in novel resources for testing ecological theories and also for realizing new biotechnologies. There is much to be gained by reconciling engineering design principles with ecological processes that shape microbiomes in nature. In this short Perspective, I will address how natural processes such as environmental filtering, the establishment of priority effects, and community "blending" (coalescence) can be harnessed for engineering microbiomes from complex starting materials. I will also discuss how future microbiome architects may draw inspiration from modern practices in synthetic biology. This topic is based on an important overarching research goal, which is to understand how natural forces shape microbial communities and interspecies interactions such that new engineering design principles can be extracted to promote human health or energy and environmental sustainability.

The Role of Climate on Residential Architecture and Living Culture: an Example of Gaziantep

In architectural literature, researchers argue that there are many factors that affect architecture. Culture, local materials, climate, socio-economic conditions, and topography are the most influential factors in the formation of the architecture of a region. The climate of the place is one of the most important factors in the construction of the built environment for communities throughout history. In a certain region, the living spaces that receive the original form with the influence of the climate and the cultures influence the daily lives of the people living there over time and change the way of life. In this context, it can be said that there is an interaction between traditional architecture, climate and culture.Gaziantep is an important city in the south-east of Turkey. Gaziantep is located to the north of Mesopotamia where the first civilizations originated and settled. And has hosted many civilizations that have been important trade centers throughout history. Throughout history, housing areas within and around the castle have been included in the city. The city is characterized by an urban texture suitable for hot and arid climatic conditions. In Gaziantep, houses are built around a courtyard completely separated from the street, in accordance with the Mesopotamian tradition. Traditional Gaziantep residences which lined up around narrow streets stand out with its materials, building elements and unique details.The aim of this study is to reveal the construction techniques, ecological design principles of the houses which produced by Greek, Turkish and Armenian masters in accordance with the warm climate conditions and to discuss its applicability today. In this context, the traditional Gaziantep dwellings have been evaluated with six criteria for the ecological evaluation of traditional houses and the use of the obtained data in a new design. These are Settlement Texture and Streets, Building Form and Orientation, Spatial organization, Construction System and Materials, Physical Properties of Building Façade. In addition to the stone materials used in Gaziantep houses, building elements such as courtyard, water element, bird windows have positive effects on the building biology, and some of the findings that have ecological advantages of vine-like plants and gardening. In the conclusion of the study, an ecological and environmentally compatible project experiment was carried out which carried the findings and the basic principles of the traditional architecture.

Analysis on Landscape Ecological Design in Landscape Architecture

With the continuous improvement of China’s economic level, the people’s cultural literacy is gradually increasing, and the same people are increasingly pursuing new changes and changes in the quality of life. At present, most people are not only satisfied with the basic needs of life, but also have a new height and pursuit in the improvement of new life quality. In the current landscape design field, people are increasingly demanding landscape design. How to design urban landscape design that meets the real needs of people under current social conditions is one of the hottest topics in the current landscape design industry. As an important component in the construction of landscape architecture, effective landscape ecological design plays an important role in maintaining the sustainable development of urban ecological environment and enhancing the visual beauty of landscape architecture. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to the ecological design of the landscape, clarify the ideas and principles of ecological design, and realize the improvement of the safety and aesthetics of the landscape ecological design in the construction of landscape architecture. Then, this paper gives a brief overview and analysis of some design concepts, design principles and design points in landscape ecological design in current landscape architecture, which aims to promote the quality improvement of the landscape ecological design in the current Landscape architecture and promote the progress and development of the overall landscape ecological design industry.

Analysis on Landscape Ecological Design in Landscape Archi- tecture

With the advancement of China’s modernization process, the Chinese government and citizens are paying more and more attention to the development and progress of landscape design in the new era. Based on the actual construction process of garden landscape design will also cause a series of ecological environmental problems, so it is particularly important to strengthen the landscape ecological design in landscape gardens. For this reason, the paper made a simple analysis of the importance of landscape ecological design, design principles and measures to realize landscape ecological design, hoping to provide enlightenment and help to the development of landscape ecological design in Chinese landscape architecture.

Increasing Ecological Capacity by Designing Ecological High Rise Buildings

This study provides insight into using ecological design principles in designing high-rise buildings for increasing the ecological capacity of a region. It is a descriptive-analytical survey, which starts with the literacy of the subject, and continues by analyzing successful ecologically designed case studies around the world and notes that by using ecological design principles in designing high-rise buildings, can increase the ecological capacity of a region in order to meet its occupant needs. It indicates that by the industrialization of cities, due to population growth, the value of the land and lack of it for growing population to be settled in, designing high-rise buildings may be the best solution to solve the problem. Moreover, the importance of designing high-rise buildings based on ecological principles has been highlighted by environmental pollution, natural hazards and endangered ecosystems. The ecological design for high-rise buildings is becoming more and more important considering environmental issues. This approach is routed in remaking the natural relationships in ecosystems. The most important feature of nature which can be used in ecological design is its power of reconstruction and rehabilitation. So we can reach an ecosystem in scale of a high-rise building which imitates nature in all its aspects.

Ecological Assessment of University Campus’ Waterfront Landscape: With Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center as a Case

In recently years, the establishment of university campus has been on a rise, but the campus ecology is confronted with unprecedented challenges. Campus waterscape is one of the most important part of campus ecological system. The implementation of ecological design principle has been an important issue of planning programming. Besides, the current situation of campus ecology is worth being focused and studied. The paper has studied and analysed central waterscape of 5 universities in Guangzhou through field investigation. Based on the theory of water ecosystem service and Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the paper aims to make a comprehensive comment on ecological environment of Guangzhou university town, whose problems are concluded. Corresponding policies are made to establish sustainable waterscape with good ecological environment, beautiful landscape and suitable activity venues, which will achieve the sustainable landscape effect for campus waterscape design.

The paradox of nature and elite second homes: Examining the eco-social impacts of Meech Lake cottagers in Gatineau Park, Québec

ABSTRACT This study examines the eco-social impacts of cottagers at Meech Lake, Québec. It documents the paradoxical effects of cottagers’ attraction to nature as they locked in an elite leisure landscape, and embedded the urban field in an environmentally sensitive area. On the one hand, Meech Lake cottagers were instrumental in nature preservation through their involvement in the establishment of Gatineau Park, a wilderness area protected by the federal government. On the other hand, Meech Lake cottagers have put increasing pressures on the lake ecosystem through permanent residency, construction of purpose-built residences, and widespread violation of bylaws for shoreline re-naturalization. In terms of social impacts, this study shows that cottagers protested the establishment of park facilities, and have tried to limit public use of Meech Lake. I argue that cottagers’ actions undermine their environmental stewardship claims. This underscores the need for cottagers’ adoption of ecological design principles, and for greater co-operation between municipal and federal governments to protect the lake ecosystem from future development.

Enframed Scenery and Flowing Wind

This article introduces a bamboo building constructed by the team from Tongji University in the Louna International University Construction Competition. It introduces the design strategies on how the building responds to the local natural environment. Based on the study of ecological design, this article aims to discuss the value of bamboo and its ecological significance as a kind of building material. After analyzing this construction as the theme of “camping device” in Louna, Guizhou, China, it discusses the strategies and methods of architectural design from three aspects: regional building materials, terrain environment and regional climate. Under the guidance of the ecological design principles, it also wants to explore the design principles and methods of the bamboo materials. Afterwards, combined with this camping equipment, this article not only shows the process of bamboo structure design from concept design to detailed study, but also has a brief study of bamboo structure, bamboo node and bamboo skin. In the design process, we think about the design itself, and thus to dig the role of bamboo construction in response to the natural environment in Guizhou province.

Australian landscape art as a contributor to environmental management planning at Berrys Bay (Sydney Harbour)

ABSTRACTThis article examines the landscape artworks of a prominent Sydney Harbour site as an aid for long-term environmental management planning. One hundred and fifty-one Australian paintings of the scenery around Berrys Bay – beginning at the earliest days of settlement, and held since in eminent collections – offer data on subject matter, changes in these subjects over more than two centuries, and viewpoints that differ from those offered by current techniques to measure visual amenity. The viewing by a large number of this country’s renowned landscape artists around Berrys Bay is in the environmental context of Sydney Harbour rather than of Waverton Peninsula, and from the waterway rather than the land. The artworks show progressively pioneering, industrial and recreational boats set in a background of an increasingly unnatural (urban) landscape – results which reinforce the ecological conclusion that the area is, contrary to public perception, a cultural rather than natural landscape. This dictates that management should be restorative rather than preservative in approach, a matter then mainly for landscape architects studiously employing ecological design principles. The enduring interest in the cultural landscape may well also garner direction for heritage conservation measures.

Principles of Ecological Riverfront Design Redefined

Channelization of rivers, along with beautiication and structured designated landscape design along the riverbanks, are parts of the development that occur in the urban centres around the world. Such developments are often taken up toprevent natural catastrophes such as loods, without considering the nature of the river itself. Realizing this mistake and its adverse effects towards the environment, many developed countries, such as the U.S.A., U.K., Japan, China and, many more, have started to ecologically reorganize riverfront designs to ensure that rivers are restored to their natural condition. Various principles of ecological riverfront design are available, but the information is patchy and in different documents. Hence, this research aimed at redeining the principles of ecological riverfront design. A qualitative method, using comprehensive content analysis of journals and reports on ecological riverfront designs and ecological riverfront design guidelines from selected countries, was employed to redeine such principles. In summary, these principles could become a reference for architects, planners, engineers and other related professional bodies to reconsider the ecological aspect of riverfronts while planning and creating the urban spaces along the Riverfront Designriverbanks, thereby indirectly promoting urban sustainability within the urban cities.

Educational Potential of Eco-Design of the Metropolis Urban Environment

Background: The study was carried out in scientific research laboratory of Urban Eco-design as part of research project Theory and Methodology of Research on Eco-design of Metropolis Urban Environment: Scientific and Educational Discourse, done at Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University in framework of state project N 2014/362. Methods: The methodological tools used in research include interconnected system of synergetic, environmental, ecological, cultural and historical approaches, seen from perspective of sustainable development, as well as corresponding basic methods: information search, system structural analysis, methods of functional integration, retrospective reflection, expert diagnostics, scientific forecasting. Findings: The article presents results of conducted research which enabled to determine educational potential of a new cultural integrative area - eco-design of a metropolis. The article states relevance of eco-design as it allows implementing environmental approach when designing urban environment for purpose of harmonizing relations in urban system the man and nature and increasing man's responsibility for it. These scientific findings are of certain theoretical and practical value, they can also become basis for further research regarding conceptual development of theoretical and methodological grounds and methods of studying eco-design from perspective of pedagogical innovations. This research is first attempt to provide a scientific definition of categories and educational mission of eco-design of urban environment, and it is understood as an instructional setting with a high potential for forming values, developing cognitive abilities and skills as well as creativity and personality in general. The authors identify and prove conceptual framework, which include leading ideas and principles of ecological design of metropolis urban environment. The article presents a pedagogical model for studying eco-design of urban environment on three levels: theoretical and methodological, psychological and pedagogical, individual and didactic. The authors have devised software and methodological support for study of eco-design in metropolis urban environment including original programs and manuals. Applications/Improvements: The study findings can be used by professionals working in field of environmental education and can be implemented in course of urban eco-design by bachelors of environmental, architectural and construction university programs.

Managing deforestation in a tropical compact city part b: urban ecological approaches to landscape design

Purpose This study recognizes that a number of socio-ecological impacts will result from current and future secondary forest loss in Singapore. Addressing the gap between ecological design principles and the generation of actionable design strategies, the paper draws a more explicit link between them to guide future attempts to generate design solutions to the issue of secondary forest loss. Design/methodology/approach The study identifies actionable and contextualized design strategies from 18 academic design studio projects dealing with threatened secondary forest sites in Singapore and examines the ecological concepts which underpin the design strategies. These design strategies were then mapped to urban ecological principles. Findings Fifteen actionable design strategies, aligned with 4 urban ecology principles, were identified for addressing the impacts of secondary forest loss in Singapore. Originality/value The paper makes an attempt to bridge theoretical principles and design action, and explicates how the two may be aligned. This helps to close a persistent gap between design projects and the science-based design principles generated in the academe. The paper also highlights the potential of academic design studios as a platform for generating ideas to emergent local problems not yet addressed by conventional practice, and offers a range of ideas to mitigate the impact of secondary forest loss in Singapore.

Emerging Towers in Bayraklı: Sustainability as a Branding Strategy or a Tool for Local Development?

Sustainability and eco-friendly towers have been among the most discussed topics of contemporary high-rise building design. High-rise buildings have been an important part of the modern economy with their concentration of human capital and branding value for the urban context. In addition, during the recent years, to address the problems of sprawl, environmental, and ecological concerns, sustainable high-rise building design has gained further significance and visibility in architecture and planning literature. In existing literature, sustainability of high-rises is defined mainly through ecological design and green architecture principles in individual building scale. However, sustainability in the case of high-rises remains an ill-defined term, as there is neglect of further long term effects of these buildings on the social, cultural, economic, and resiliency contexts of cities. When not integrated with the broader urban context, sustainability falls into the gap to be perceived as “greenwash”, which stands for a superficially-employed concept used as a fashionable branding strategy. Within this general framework, this study will examine the emerging towers in Bayrakli, Izmir, which is designated by the local government as a high-rise development zone. The study will focus on high-rise buildings (completed and under construction) in relation to the perception of sustainability and question whether or not sustainability is used as a greenwash branding strategy or a contextual element that is well-embedded in architectural design process and urban planning decisions. The method of research will be a descriptive case study through semi-structured interviews with the design team and real estate professionals of the buildings, as well as media analysis and consideration of the local municipality reports about Bayrakli. The results indicate that sustainability has become a principle embraced and advertised in the building scale as an environmental concern more than it is embraced in the urban and social context.