What Really Is Sustainability In Architecture?
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2020
- Kevin Hui and Andrew Maynard discuss the hot topic of sustainability in architecture and it’s connection with the quote below and whether it is sustainable in its current state.
“Sustainability is like teenage sex.
Everybody says they’re doing it, very few people are actually doing it. Those that are doing it are doing it badly.”
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There is something special and unique about this kind of delivery and discussion. it feels like we were walking together
Yes, that’s what we were going for. It’s unscripted and more natural conversation
As an architecture student trying to find her ground in this field, I've been really enjoying all your takes on both the ideals and industry of architecture. The casualness of this vlog format and your humor combined with the thoughtful and clear discussion of your content makes learning so fun :) I once heard the phrase "the most sustainable building is the one that isn't built" and it made me think about how architecture now is incredibly capitalist (like you said), especially with how incentivized "green" architecture is, in comparison to how early cultures (and some current indigenous ones) have a completely different relationship to architecture, spaces, and nature, such that it is both transient and of longevity, and even to concepts of ownership of land/property. I was wondering if there was a space for that mentality in the current industry, such that it would be a sustainable business model, and how do you guys personally balance these anti-capitalist and trend-resistant ideas with the realities of running a firm within a fast-paced industry.
Thank you for your compliments and great question! At the end of the day it is a profession and businesses rely on it. I did ask Andrew the question towards the end what to do when given a job that demands consumerist mentality. I don’t think you can change the profession overnight but it is about finding the balance and making smaller steps towards a bigger goal somehow. I think Andrew has risked losing jobs and/or extra income for telling the clients maybe they don’t need such as large house or even needing to do anything to certain part of the house. Andrew will be better person in answering that.
My favourite architect Adam Gebrian did a whole semester project with some other students studying the growth of three cities. Dubai, Mumbai and Sao Paulo - one semester, one city.
And especially in Dubai they focused on sustainability.
One of the main outcomes was, that if you take 100 unecological buildings and put them in the right urban structure you will get a better result than taking 100 super ecological buildings that are badly distributed.
i wish i discovered this channel when i started architecture. you talk about all the things i really struggled with and no one helped me in :( my years were terrible in school for the mere fact that no one cared to help the struggling ones by explaining to them some basic things. so i just tried to figure it out alone and felt lost and like a loser through the 4 years of school...better late than never
So happy to find another architects sharing my view about sustainability. In today's world sustainability is as important as structural safety, and we don't go around marker our building as "structuraly sound" don't we? Because that's the requirement, that's the bare minimum.
The second point about economy is also so frustrating. Like we can try as hard as we can, but if the system above us is working against us architect, there are not many things we can do. Because sustainability is a complex problem, and require everyone working together. That includes the clients, the big business, the gov, the media, the academia, etc. At the end of the day, we can only try as hard as we can in every projects we work on.
I agree with you guys. We've added a lot of changes of how we approach projects since we started our practice. Most of them realated with the systems of the house (to achieve comfort). But we end up having the weirdest conversations with heat recovery ventilation systems as "the main thing"
I am so grateful to have found Archimarathon
So grateful you found us
So true, you guys are touching on an important topic! Sustainable arch. should not need the prefix 'sustainable'. When I walk into the supermarket, why is there only one Health Isle? So what's up with the others? Unhealthy Isles? I'd rather it the other way around:) And we're not talking here about latest gadgets but about mindset, reusing, orienting, reaching out for often simple, yet powerful solutions. Another issue: SA is still perceived as dorky- fair, there is so much ugliness out there. So kudos for promoting SA in style, Andrew!
Thanks guys, I needed this today. After 20 years working in Botswana, thinking I’ve ruined my career, I’ve finally got to exactly the same views on greenwashing. Time outside the Australian marketplace has helped me realize what’s important in my work. I bemoan that I still struggle to get gutters and tanks or solar backups on projects but I now know I produce great space. Great light, great cross ventilation, future proofed and on time and budget. I’d love to win a Sustainability award though! Still shallow that way. 🤣
Great to hear. Keep up the good work and fight the good fight.
I’d also like to be technologically advanced enough to comment personally rather than what I presume is my teenage sons’ account 😱
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~ my favourite quote (not sure who originally penned it) "A passive house is like a sailboat, it can do a lot with just a little bit of nature’s energy"
That’s a good quote. Thanks
"A typical home is like a motor-boat; it burns a lot of energy and moves quickly. It can be very fast to heat up and fast to cool down when using a furnace or air conditioner.
A passive house, by contrast, is like a sailboat, it can do a lot with just a little bit of nature’s energy."
Nice hat!!!!! Such a refreshing discussion based on logic and back to basics mentality. Build what you are actually going to use in your day to day life.
Thanks!
really enjoyed this approach on architecture content! keep it up guys!
I really enjoyed the video thoroughly. I wouldn't have found you guys if it weren't for my professors putting it up on Canvas. This was hella funny. I wish studying was this fun. I'm rambling.
12:00 Kevin's point is so on point (LOL) ...
beautifully said by *Masanobu Fukuoka* (cited as pioneer of modern permaculture) in his book - " *One Straw Revolution* "
"Science is part of the problem, not the solution. It only seems to solve problems that it created in the first place, like a man who breaks his own roof and then is pleased with himself when he manages to fix it"
16:51 its an economic system failure i feel ... the word itself is self-explanatory mathematics ... consume at a rate that is below or equal to what is produced ..
otherwise it over-consumption = Dodo ...
*Robert H Frank* in his book - " *Darwin Economics* " seems to be on the right track to address (the seemingly obvious) unjust inequalities of a winner-takes-all system that rewards the few individual winners at the detriment of the group ...its Un-natural, it doesn't exist in the natural world ...
slowly but surely humanity will wake up to the fact we need to revert to a healthy-consumption rate ...
like it woke to the fact that smoking was only healthy for the companies that produced them ... cheers
This is such a great discussion!! Love what you guys are doing!!
Thanks Matt
Great discussions guys....I feel like sustainability is a mindset, if you do it you would just go do it you wouldn't brag about it or advertise it. It is embed in our daily life and how we operate speaks louder than words - architecture is just one aspect of it but it certainly plays a pretty big role. I was quite surprised but also pleased to find out that in one of the recent years Austin Maynard only did 2 new builds, all other projects are alternations, which says a lot about their practice as they don't want to knock down buildings for no reasons.
Yes and sometimes with the risk of actually losing a job for your ethical stance.
Great thought provoking video!! Appreciate your work.
Thank you Anneliese
Great video. Yep, totally agree. More $ per square metre, smaller footprint. I once recycled (re-located) a complete house that wasn't wanted by friends, and adapted it for our family. The other nice thing about passive design is you get to be in the sunshine in winter (especially in lockdown!), which is simply a very very good thing. Keep it up guys
I work at a firm that does a lot of "sustainable" design. We spend a crazy amount of time talking clients out of bells and whistles. One guy wanted to power all of his lights with CAT5 ethernet cable! Choosing materials that can be maintained or will patina is another factor in building sustainably. I can't imagine the fibre cement board clad houses here in Canada will be in very good shape in 30 years.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Really appreciate it when you guys discuss about the approach to consumerist mentality as an 'ethical' architect. Great conversation and interesting buildings (didnt know about the South Lawn Carpark!) are shown in the video.
Yes we didn’t mention or show that the form of those columns is because of the trees above too. Look it up.
keep the vids up!! I love this topic
Glad you liked it
Just stumbled upon this channel, and can't get enough of the content you two are providing us ....... brilliant. Keep it up!!! Lovely loop of Melbourne Uni, brings back good memories of jumping over royal parade from high school at lunch time lol
Thank you and I am glad you found the channel.
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I said the problem was the economic system since a long time and here you are guys saying it loudly
Wow, great video guys. The hat is very very cool! I love it
Thanks for finally watching Will
Thanks for putting the thoughts of this Architecture Student into words. Well put friends.
Thanks for watching. Please spread the word.
@@Archimarathon Already posted it to FB
Build with quality to start, demolish as close to zero as possible and adaptively reuse. One other thing: broaden your thermal comfort range and advocate for greater ranges with your client.
great content. I personally think the best /true sustainability is to simply REDUCE
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
nice video. you guys should walk around the city of Melbourne and critic buildings and spaces and give us your insight
Have you seen our Shrine Of Remembrance and MPavilion videos?
This is your best, most thought-provoking video so far. Thank you for addressing the elephants in the room - capitalism, and planning & building bylaws. As an architect it's somewhat disheartening to realize we cannot build our way out of the climate crisis. Nonetheless, it is an exciting challenge. Here in British Columbia, construction is predominantly wood-based - our economy has traditionally been founded on harvesting our forests, with the reckless belief that the supply was endless. We are only beginning to realize that we must end the logging of our old-growth forests, maintain and restore the wooden structures we have, and wherever possible to utilize timber in ways that can be re-used if a building is to be taken down in the future. Nearly all of my own work over the last fifteen years has been in retrofitting existing older buildings and wherever possible building anew with reclaimed materials. In new-build projects we have experimented with traditional mass timber structures. Sustainability, true rigorously interrogated sustainability, is our only way forward in all human activities.
Keep up the good work!
Great to hear and thanks for your comments
Living in Europe (Switzerland) I can tell you that anytime I return to Australia and see the vast ugly suburbia growing out of control it really upsets me. I am sure with a bit more forward thinking the carbon footprint of suburbia and 'spec' homes could have been reduced drastically, and looked much more appealing. Yes, land prices are extremely high in Europe which promotes more thinking about extracting the best use out of that land available however they also think much more along the lines of quality of space rather than quantity. I bet you if interest rates are raised even just a small bit in Australia many people will all of a sudden not need that formal and informal dining room or a movie room or a 4 car garage or a bathroom for each bedroom. Because of how the housing market is viewed in Australia (more of an investment or store of wealth rather than a home/shelter to live in and meet basic human needs) you will never reach a good level of sustainable design as the minute the economy starts tanking (and the threat of house prices going down) the government throws away any idea of sustainability and just pumps dollars into building whatever can be built as quick as possible. The only group I have noticed pushing the boundaries on this predicament is HIP V. HYPE.
There is a lot more rental in Europe than Australia where homeownership is a rite of passage and a financial expectation. Switzerland I understand is extremely difficult to get into the owners market. Also European suburbs do have communities and social places as opposed to Australia where the only thing is the local mega shopping centre where you have to drive to.
Love y’all’s videos
Cheers
I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts around the growing 'circular economy' movement, and how all sectors - from architects, to builders, to government regulators, to home owners/clients can help to 'close the loop'?
I'd also suggest that at the core of all 'sustainable' principles (not the greenwashed ones), the very essence of them is working with nature and natural systems. Passive solar, cross flow ventilation, water sensitive urban design, circular economy, restorative agriculture, permaculture, at their core they're all about working with how the natural world works to achieve efficiency instead of battling against it.
Kevin's hat is solid!
Yes I love my hat. I am glad you like it too
The first I've watched and one the best video so far. We need to change the way we think about our modern assumptions about these untold misunderstood notions of sustainability because best solutions are meant to be solved by just basic things we tend to ignore. (3-Rs, as one of the comments I've as I rewatch this vid a couple of times)
Happy to hear.
i'll keep the phrase of the beginning about teenage sex for my next conversation about this topic.
I think that is an issue to be approached from passive conditioning, more than technologicall solutions like solar pannels for example. I consider that this last ones are not part of the architecture and neither are cheap solutions, specially for dwelling. I really enjoy this channel!, keep going.
Thank you Diego. I agree.
I wish I'd come across your videos earlier, entertaining and educational :)
Never too late.
Morning and tiles have a collection chip like a solar panel chip on this particular tiles would you recommend solar panel fencing instead of the metal fencing
Just last semester I had a two courses addressing sustainability/environmental issues in architecture, and they really unfortunately only address the fancy stuff you buy to make a building "sustainable", like you guys mention... Expensive engineered facades, triple glazed windows with exotic chemical treatments, and of course solar panels. Things such as the age, orientation, cost, and design of a building are rarely if ever discussed in the context of sustainability - yet if considered can completely remove the need for the expensive technology for a building to be "sustainable".
What do you think of the work of Glenn Murcutt? I remember reading about how his houses heat and cool passively, and this video reminded me of that kind of mentality.
Hi Roman, nice to see you here. Yes I am aware how some universities are teaching sustainability in architecture as you described which is why it bothers me enough to want to make a video about it. As for Glenn Murcutt, his work are beautiful and he does talk about all these elements of site, orientation, climate which are all very good, but his houses are definitely not ‘sustainable’ nor does he claims them to be. They are highly crafted but I have heard research on thermal performances on his houses aren’t as great as they appear (although I don’t know what parameters they used for the measurements). However, his work brings awareness to the surrounding environment, and they are beautifully crafted both in design and construction, albeit uber expensive, they will last the test of time so in that sense the carbon debt will spread over a long time.
Have you checked out our MPavilion 2019 by Glenn Murcutt episode?
@@Archimarathon Thank you for your response! I will definitely check out that video. These discussion videos are both informative and very refreshing!
@@Archimarathon I loved your discussion ! Have you done the video on the sustainable architecture teached in universities ? I would love to hear you on the topic as i am doing a big research on which university to choose for the master. I would love to do a master in architecture that really focus on low-tech sustainable architecture, so i could explore and get my head into it. I was disapointed about the ecological aspect during my first degree in architecture and i have a hard time finding a university that really offers this kind of specialisation. Thanks a lot !
Great discussion to have and especially to point out how sustainability has become its own niche when really we should apply the thinking to all buildings. One thing not mentioned is that sometimes the most sustainable building is the one you don't build in the first place!
The Australian mindset of huge houses and things like butler's pantries and media rooms is just absurd and really is about keeping up appearances and showing off that you've "made it". Tall poppy syndrome seems to not apply to the building you can afford to build... Housing is highly political in Australia in reinforcing latent class systems, but that's another story...
One last thing, which is really an archi nerd thing, is that I would love to hear you guys discuss the difference between architecture and buildings.
Oh that’s my food analogy again and that’s a good one.
As a die hard capitalist I thought this was interesting food for thought but I actually think a lot of what you mentioned touched on government inefficiencies. You talked about planning permits (state/council based), renewable design/programmes (again government). In Victoria for instance you can't build a new house unless you have solar hot water or a water tank when most people would prefer to fill the roof up with solar panels and use a heat pump for hot water.
Capitalism often pushes for more consumption but it also pushes for efficiencies. People will purchase solar panels as it makes sense from an investment perspective. If Amazon or other companies make easier less emission intensive housing that's fit for purpose that also would be massively sought after.
Yes the problem of trying to do something by legislation but also as a result the problem of being too fixed on a system (such as the star rating system as mentioned). All good intentions though but unless the law is there, not many are doing it. Just like yesterday I think in the city only 60% of people are wearing masks even though it’s been announced they should be do worn anyway. I think today is a different story as the fines kick in.
The star rating system is also a little sketchy. Great that it exists but why do we allow a 2 star fridge to be sold anymore? So there’s a market for it. But for example, if you told the person buying it that the upfront cost was a 1/3 of the overall running cost for the life of the product, then would they still buy it? And should gov still allow it to be sold? And that’s not even considering the embodied energy in a product that’s ultimately junk... shipping from o/s and possibly into our landfill as a worst case scenario.
I agree with a lot of your thoughts on passive architecture, but I also think that sustainability in cities has to take into consideration density and reducing urban sprawl.
Definitely, hence the comment about tight urban sites and smaller houses
Very much hitting all the points. We've just purchased an old 1960s brick veneer house in Reservoir, Melbourne. We don't have the budget to do a heap although we have good north facing backyard which we plan on making the most.
Extending the life of an old building is cheaper and more sustainable than building new. Very much not the ethos of our 30 year old friends. One of them is doing a full knockdown rebuild busy because they want another spare room / study. Crazy
The problem when most people don’t have much experience with different precedents
@@Archimarathon that's very true. You don't know what you haven't seen. We just got insulation in our external walls today. We've been wanting to get it done for a while. We are slowly making our home more insulated and energy efficient.
I'm not in any way involved in the building industry but I've lived in houses all my life. Yet I can't say I've ever lived in a good house and only visited a few great houses. If people got a chance to visit or stay in good homes I'm sure they would be more likely to involve architect in their next build.
I was shocked to find out that only 10% of new homes involve an architect.
We have a marketplace that has almost insurmountable legacy issues. Bank valuations are a problem in the sense that we have turned housing into a market where mortgages are contingent on status quo outcomes. Families moving so frequently is the product of the contemporary labour market and this housing market. All of the research I have carried out points me to two things, capitalism and sustainable forestries in close proximity to urban areas. We simultaneously need to reimagine our work and our marketplace to move forward and backwards.
Don't change your style Kevin. Take the slouch cap to another level with an umbrella or something.
Can you expand a bit more on your research especially about sustainable forestries in close proximity to urban areas? As for umbrella, I do have some kick ass and very twee umbrellas. The problem is that I am already carting way too much and I don’t trust Maynard with the camera.
@@Archimarathon Sorry for the late reply.
I live in Brisbane. We had a poster project here recently. It was the second-largest timber tower in the world at the time. Lots of admirable "sustainable" ideas incorporating CLT as the primary structure above ground, which despite what I am about to say, is most likely the best way forward. During procurement, the only supplier in Australia that could produce the CLT ceased production. The timber was then brought in from Europe, essentially negating any carbon capture.
This lead me on to discover, through case study, essentially what you and Andrew were discussing. Sustainability is really a problem with the market and profitability. The immediate incentive doesn't exist without regulation, which in the current political climate is not only problematic but is labelled as socialism.
Andrew's dissertation on the "Right things" that an architect should be paid for is just GENIUS, legit, accurate and incredibly eloquent !
"...I should be paid for the intellectual sort of rigor of exploring an idea, a site and producing ideas that optimize the use of that space and use those entrenched ideas about good passive sustainability..."
Hmmmm. Did I should write a dissertation on this theme
Comrade Andrew?!
deep stuff my friends
Thanks.
A lot of virtue-signalling out there. In NZ for example, construction and manufacturing account for 8.6% annual emissions while Dairy accounts for 22.5% (more than transportation), Beef 8.1%, Sheep 12.7%. I often tell architects and designers to look at their plate and hobbies first before "green-posturing" online and capitalising on the sustainability trend. Lots of big-UTE-driving (in urban centres - always shiny), barbecue-enthusiast, golf-playing (extreme irrigation systems), selling themselves as sustainable by adding solar panels to their designs.
Oh, another Diego commenting! Yes indeed. As Louise Ouyang said in other comment, it’s an ethical mindset rather than selling something
Wow, I love the Che Guevara analogue to capitalism and conspicuous consumption
Good discussion. Most times I think that sustainability is too big a word. I like to think of sustainability as an effort to improve efficiency; which can be described as increasing productivity while reducing consumption and waste. It's a problem of economics to which design can contribute part of the solution, rather two parts of a solution: First, design the building to be used longer (increased productivity), with right sized building solutions that don't require a lot of energy to maintain (reduce consumption), and construct in such a way as to minimise the amount of material used (reduce waste). Second design in a way that supports behaviour that is more productive, and less consumptive, and wasteful. Since the problem is an economic one, the problem is best considered in the planning stage and it is also so complex that it requires a very special expertise. If the planning is done well, it can inform the designer from the beginning of the design process and the designer can fully commit his or. her talents to solving design problems.
Also, you mentioned the dichotomy of capitalism and sustainable economics, but I would note that socialism hasn't exactly been a vanguard of sustainable design practice. Good evidence based planning informing an intelligent problem solving designer is the key to sustainable architecture. That can happen in any economic system.
Not sure you're going to see this comment but here goes anyway. Consumerist capitalism is indeed a problem, requiring perpetual growth to survive. What we are seeing now is that when there is no growth, it is manufactured by devaluing so the growth is just standing still, and no growth is a backwards step. However, we can buck the system by doing things for each other in the community. Architecture can play a big role in that by encouraging community interaction to facilitate such exchanges. I did enjoy your emphasis on longevity as a measure of sustainability, and again longevity of infrastructure brings stability to a community too.
No Andrew Maynard I had the same thoughts myself like west facing properties and the shading the waste of single glazing Large Lots of glazing on West no you're right on points summer houses in the UK and made out of luck it a thick rubber merely basically I content on a metal frame
Another great gloves off crit... Keep it up guys
Thanks for binge watching our videos.
I find that there is lack of mention of multi-generational living in sustainability. I thought the concept of having 3-4 generations staying under one single roof, sharing the same food, energy, waste etc. would actually contribute significantly to the idea of sustainability. However this is very unlikely especially in this modern living environment where privacy matters a lot.
Yes that’s common in many cultures except for Anglo-Saxon/Celtic cultures amongst others. I wonder how Covid19 is going to change that as the fear of infecting the elderly
@@Archimarathon I thought it could be the other way round as the younger people could assist the elderly in many ways (such as buying grocery in a likely crowded store) rather than leaving the elderly to do all by themselves. Maybe the idea of granny flat that we already have is the solution, same property, separated but connected. I believe Covid19 is already slowly changing the way we live and the way we see a home. That would be a good topic to discuss.
I think millennials and Gen Z'ers will experience the life of multigenerational living. Due to state pensions and quite a few private pensions going to go bust in the next 10 years and to add to the facts that 45% of baby boomers have no retirement savings and those 55% that do, 28% have less than 10k stacked away and 51% are still paying their mortgages.
There's also a pretty big generational crisis on our way, you'll easily see the capacity of care home capacity going up 75% in an already declining market.
I suppose there's a case to be made where sustainability in the form of proper development regarding climate studies, building orientation, use of locally sourced materials and new construction methodologies (like the use of cross laminated timber rather than concrete or metal structures), with the implementation of technologies such as photovoltaic panels or even glass (on the likes of OnyxSolar) and stormwater collection systems, when combined, sorta redefines a building as its own small ecosystem. Where it has the capacity to produce what it consumes and has a smaller energetic impact than traditional construction. Disregarding the points systems like LEED in which I bet they do have some os these measures as 'checkboxes'. I believe that there is a greater benefit to such practices and I'd go beyond and say that this is a form luxury when it comes to architecture, for the sheer challenge that is to bring all these points into a coherent package that functions and also looks appealing.
Sure. They keyword there is “proper”. But much of the conversations and what is taught seems to get stuck at the consumable technologies. Read what Roman said in the comments about what is taught at a prestigious school in NYC for example.
@@Archimarathon Thanks so much for responding. Your videos are very informative and conversational. Definitely. The use of technology should be a complement to the design of the edification like you said in your video. The example Roman gives about passive housing is also another good design implementation as sustainable technology. I am just learning about it as well. I don't study at a prestigious nyc school, tho I am studying architectural technology at NYCity College of Technology which is part of the public university system CUNY, and the discussion of sustainable design and technology implementation is a major topic of my school, because of the new laws regarding energy consumption of edifications and Carbon footprint that are starting to take place in the city pushes our education system to engage with these solutions. I would love some if in a future you could touch on examples of good compromises within design and technology implementation. Cheers!
Our point is, it is not necessarily about the technologies and products available, but a mindset and even economic system that is at play which has influence on the design. All this technology may be sustainable, but it alone is not architecture.
comrade maynard on his shit on this one!
Enjoyed this! A lot of great points and the only one I would argue is that NatHERS (star rating) software is actually incredibly intelligent and accurate IF used alongside holistic critical thinking! Yes, the ‘per m2’ rating kills me a bit as the public don’t understand it... but we use the software throughout our design process to optimise while also considering the other elements of sustainability you have mentioned (at Light House Architecture and Science). I’d like to see it better understood and engaged with by architects as a tool.
Thanks for your comments
Another great video, it had me in stitches when the communist anthem played over Andrew LOL.
PS. Hat suggestions for next episode include
90s Kanga Hat
Top Hat
Cork Slouch Hat
Bald caps
Swimming caps
DIY Easter hat.
I have a bowler hat
To me, "Sustainable Architecture" means we are focusing on reducing energy use, carbon emissions, and using locally available materials that are not in danger of causing deforestation or environmental degradation, and using locally available skilled and unskilled labor, as well as using vernacular style and technology as much as possible,.
I was speeding through Tin Alley on my bike and I believe this may have been the day I almost slammed into a couple of guys walking with a selfie stick. One guy wearing a really "Dick Van Dyke" hat. Sorry if I ruined your shot.
That was middle of last year.
@@Archimarathon Yup, I was living in Parkville last year. Riding to Collingwood for work on a single speed ..... because I'm trying to be sustainable (Nah just love my bike). My Strava said: You achieved a gold medal for "Dodge The Uni Students" #3 on the list. But you weren't students. Oh well, at least I was being sustainable.
Heres a thought... does capitalism ultimately destroy creativity? If you think about Australia, the cost of living, cost of producing results in many offshore imported goods... (eg. we no longer make cars) and with it, the technology or craft is lost too. Would this mean communism is creative... maybe one for Ché
Keep it up! Planning could be an interesting topic...
Haha I don’t think communism is the answer but interesting thought whether capitalism destroys creativity.
Jeez, communism is not the only leftist and socialist regime! And real communism has NOTHING to do with creativity or sustenability. Communism made the most UNSUSTAINABLE buildings în Easter Europe, it built hundreds of uneficient neighboorhoods and infrastructure, that messed up entire cities and the environment. During communism no leader gave any fuck about sustainability.
Wow, a butthurt to all Architects who keeps promoting Sustainability and yet still do losts of unsustainable designs.
Trying to change capitalism is like tilting at the windmills so unless you wanna be another Don Quixote no point of fighting a loosing battle.
Traditional model of building buildings to sell needs changing so the capital that creates the building also operates them therefore incentivizing whole life cycle sustainability.
I think the point is to be aware of it and buying more shit to solve a problem you have created in the first place by poor design decisions is not sustainability
@@Archimarathon 110% agree.. Sustainability is becoming a victim of consumerism.
Although there is some great work being done around retrofitting the existing stock.
Rooftop solar incentives are the highest they have ever been since the invention of the steam engine.
I'm afraid I have to disagree. Despite the hat, Kevin is clearly the Holmes and Andrew is the Watson.
I am THAT unstable?
@@Archimarathon I don't know, I just started binging your videos today! If I were you though, I'd just take *brilliant and mysterious* away from that comparison :)
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Oh wait? Are you the Anna Keenan who now lives in Canada whom Andrew and I met on the train between Denmark and Germany?
@@Archimarathon Sadly no, that sounds like a parallel universe version of me who has more fun. Although weirdly I am an Australian-Canadian and I did live in Canada.
Definitely abolish capitalism