One of the major issues in working towards improved sustainability in the built environment and the processes that create and manage is that people are different and perceive and assess things differently.
In contrast to packaging, clothing, or even cars, whether a building is to be effectively sustainable or not is a long-term matter.
Sustainability is a complex topic, and open to many misconceptions and over-simplifications.
Embodied carbon is a concept that has emerged over the past couple of decades, and remains a complex matter.
An often-overlooked element of creating and renovating buildings is the facilitation of processes.
Why do some buildings beguile us, others bewilder, and others repel? This downloadable book explores the complex relationships between people and the built environments we inhabit.
Initiatives to evaluate and manage many aspects of the built environment are often undertaken by building and conservation professionals without reference to the wider societal attitudes and perceptions. Yet repeated studies have confirmed that the wider population perceives and evaluates the built environment in a manner which can be very different than that of building professionals.
In education, mentoring often plays an important role. Sometimes the role of a mentor never ends, and might span the generations.
Music is abstract and architecture more material and physical. A musician can examine the materials in-between differently because they act upon a third sense – that of hearing.