For most users of the portal, the definition of green buildings or architecture green is not quite convincing.
A generic concept, little technical and associated in many cases by those people outside the world of architecture, but we must recognize that there are buildings that reflect literally the expression and we are going to see the building green par excellence, it is obviously not the only one, but it is one of those that incorporates more vegetation, trees and elements that define them as one of the examples of most recognized sustainable architecture in this meaning.
Living in an apartment is an unlikely idea. trustworthy of our model home, boring spaces, concrete, brick and the perception of inhabiting a "anthill".
In this sense, we already spoke in an article of the Biophilic Design concept where it is attempted incorporate elements of the nature in spaces helping people to improve their quality of life, and as reasoning, we want present a example of a trustworthy building leafy architecture, in a few words… How to make a green building?
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From Italy from a bird's eye view with Google Earth we can now conclude that something is going on in this corner.
The architect Luciano Pia has a different vision of what which should be a building intended for households. He designed and developed the project of the building «25 Verde» with a fundamental idea in the mind, the need to live the sensation of a tree house .
Five floors for housing are interspersed with trees, the steel of its structure and totally quaint apartments that allow your inhabitants live in a natural space within the city.
A facade that hints at the feeling of a house tree. An example of architecture verde whose building houses 150 trees of deciduous, which drop their leaves in the winter to allow to take advantage of sunlight with its innumerable advantages in those cold winters.
Homes designed with terraces that shelter and support large pots providing natural complements to the building envelope as if it were a vertical nursery in wall. Apart from providing hanging plants, it regulates the humidity of the walls.
A green construction that houses in its common areas patios full of trees, plants and ponds providing residents rest areas, peace, health… etc.
A project that reflects the example of that green architecture faithfully that so many of us dream of finding to live.
As a point to the article we want to add a link of interest HERE, where he delves into the definitions, errors of concept, characteristics and examples of green and sustainable architecture with the heading….. Why is green not sustainable?
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The reality the definition of green architecture is a reference to an erroneous translation of the names in English "Green buildings" or "Green architecture" where in reality one talks about "Sustainable buildings" and "Sustainable architecture", so the sustainable or sustainable concept in architecture.
What is green architecture?… It is architecture which focuses on the design of buildings and the application of guidelines in architecture where priority is given to minimizing negative impacts on the environment atmosphere .
The 4 most essential aspects of architecture sustainable are the energy, the materials, the location of the building and planning based on a design bioclimatic.
In this sense, the coherent construction of a green building requires a series of guidelines in the construction process and that we will be able to recognize in the following outline image.
One of the necessary qualities in the definition of this concept, is to delve into the health of the building, of the home or apartment and even our office, both in the characteristics of the building and a series of functionalities intended for users. Here comes a manual of ecological architecture buildings that surprised by its technical quality and that we can see in the Article modern houses. The guide is highly recommended!
Within all these aspects we have to take into account what is called the health of the architectural building and the healthy homes that are requirements and factors that affect the health of the people who live in the houses. To understand it a little better, we leave the following scheme on construction and green housing :
Actually, architecture examples where highlighted these factors there are many, but still, many Home tenants still don't know what state the house is in construction from a health perspective.
Environmental Benefits
The whole purpose behind sustainable construction is to conserve our environment and prevent the depletion of natural resources of the earth. The project allows us to:
Economic Benefits
Not only with sustainable construction can quality prosper of our environment, it also has many benefits economic. Through the use of sustainable materials, reducing energy consumption and effective control of water will allow you to:
Social Benefits
Although the environmental and economic advantages of green buildings are well known, the social advantages of green buildings they are frequently ignored. through improvement of indoor environmental quality can be:
More information from WBDG – National Institute of Building Science HERE
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