Jill Fehrenbacher has reposted her Archinect manifesto on Inhabitat, and it resonates nicely with many of the objections we hear about ID education. Here's a sample: What could possibly be so painful about having to address real world problems? The design world often acknowledges that constraints foster creativity, and that the groundbreaking design work is frequently born out of limited budgets and tight spaces. Real-world constraints force designers to be focused, resourceful and inventive – qualities necessary in fostering innovation. This rule applies as much to the constraint of sustainability as to economic or spatial constraints. Therefore I would argue that the constraint of “sustainability” should ultimately foster creativity and will make architecture better – not worse. Sustainability should be embraced as a design challenge, not shunned as just one more boring / mundane thing to worry about.Her stats at the top are sobering too:
-Buildings consume 40% of the world’s energy every year.
-Buildings generate almost half of the carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming.
-40% of landfill currently comes from construction waste.
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