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Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
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Sustainable Development: A challenge for European Research 26th May 2009
Sustainable Cities:From an Oxymoron to a Target
A Presentation byAdrian M JoyceSenior Adviser
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The ACE - What is it?
The Representative Body of the Architectural Profession
Member Organisations from All EU Countries plus Norway, Switzerland and Candidate Countries
46 Member Organisations, Representative at National Level
Regulatory Bodies and Professional Associations
Represents About 480,000 Architects in Europe
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Current Priorities of the ACE
Contributing to the Sustainable Quality of the Built Environment
Enhancing Standards of Professional Practice
Urban & Territorial Issues
Understanding the Business Environment
Engaging the General Public
Signing of Cooperation Accord with South Korea (KIRA)
Cable-Car Station, Innsbruck, AustriaZaha Hadid, Architect
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The Context
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The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
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The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009
The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009
The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009
The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009
The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009
The Context
Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target
www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009
Sustainable Architecture
Sustainable Design Integrates Consideration of Resource and Energy Efficiency, Healthy Buildings and Materials, Ecologically and Socially Sensitive Land Use and an Aesthetic That Inspires, Affirms and Enables”
Union Internationale des Architectes Declaration of Interdependence for a Sustainable
Future, Chicago, 1993
Architecture and Children Programme, Finland
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ACE Declaration on Architecture and Sustainability
Commitment to: Changing individual
Professional Practices Promoting Sustainable Design Fostering Environmental
Literacy and Competence Practicing Institutional
Leadership Collaborating for
Interdisciplinary Approaches Broadening Service and
Outreach Nationally and Internationally
Outaniemi Technical University, Helsinki, FinlandAlvar Aalto, Architect
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ACE Actions on Sustainability
Research Activities Energy issues on the ACE
Agenda for more than 13 years A Green Vitruvius Promotion of involvement of
Architects in EPBD Energy Certification
Towards Class “A” Committed to an Integrated
Approach to the Design of the Built Environment
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Urban Issues - A Working Definition
ECTP Work Group on Urban Issues Covers a Range of Matters:
Land Use Territorial Planning Development Policy Design Lifestyle Participation Governance
Interactions Between Policy Makers, Professionals and Users
Relationship to Legislation and Policies
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Community Centre, Voralberg, Austria
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Urban Issues - Research Needs
The Challenges - 1
Unravel the Interlinked Influences that go Into the Making, Maintenance and Management of Cities
Understand how the Identity of a City is Developed, how it is Perceived and its Territorial Impact
Study Land Use Patterns and Develop Sustainable Strategies for Future Land Use Policy
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Urban Issues - Research Needs
The Challenges - 2
Better Understand the Interrelationships Between Buildings, Squares, Parks and the Spaces Between them
Undertake Holistic Studies of the Relationship Between Location, Type and Access to Facilities Required by Society and Related to the Territorial Dimension
Include Analysis of Housing Policies in the EU Agenda as a Political Priority
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Urban Issues - Research Needs
The Challenges - 3
Examine the Means by Which the Views of Those who use the City can be Harnessed and Devise ways to Ensure Their Input to Planning, Building and Maintenance
Investigate the Ways in Which Resources are Used in Cities and Identify how to Best Manage this so that Cities sit Lightly on the Earth.
Ensure Overall Urban Sustainability by Adopting Holistic Approaches to Territorial Cohesion: not the Individual Building, but Neighbourhoods and Districts, Density vs. Isolation, Carbon Footprint …
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Urban Issues - Achievable Breakthroughs
Increased Understanding of the City as a System: New Tools for Professionals and Decision-Makers to Understand Urban Systems and their Territorial Impacts
Systematic Adoption of Holistic Approaches:Methodologies for Integration of Relevant Factors and Indicators in Policies at all Levels
Significant Involvement of Citizens in Decision Making: New Modes of Governance to Inform and Involve all Citizens
Swiss RE Building, LondonFoster & Partners
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