scholarly journals Requirements for Sustainable Housing Design

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazutoshi Fujihira
Keyword(s):  
Housing Design ◽  
Sustainable Housing

scholarly journals In Praise of Sharing as a Strategy for Sustainable Housing

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline McIntosh ◽  
John Gray ◽  
Sasha Maher
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Theoretical Principle ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Equity Issues ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
Political Economic

A central theoretical principle of sustainability is the interdependence of economic, socio-cultural, environmental, and equity issues. The core idea is that sustainability is achieved only by balancing these elements. In practice, however, this balance is rarely evidenced in the design and production of housing, despite the mass of research into sustainable housing. This paper discusses some of the political, economic and socio-cultural issues at work in sustainable housing typologies. It illustrates how the notion of sustainability has come to be represented by ecologically-focused models, while other approaches to sustainable housing design, such as shared housing models, are barely mentioned in the literature. The paper argues that modernist imperatives, such as demands for speed and status undermine sustainable housing design and obscure its meaning. The authors suggest that in the planning and design of sustainable housing attention should be given to the sharing of resources and space as an added method of conservation, and conclude that current imbalances in research agendas and socio-cultural practices create a blind spot in the sustainable housing debate.

Sustainable Housing Design: Measurement, Motivation, and Management in Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Robinson ◽  
David Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Government Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sydney Australia

This paper reports on an in-depth study of the status of sustainable housing design (SHD), in Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia. The motives and attitudes of key stakeholders towards SHD were identified. Also investigated was the feasibility of an Ecological Sustainability Index (ESI) developed by Sutherland Shire Council, to assist as a tool for the assessment of residential developments. Residential surveys, reviews of development applications, and interviews with housing professionals all indicated that the status of environmentally sustainable housing in the area was inadequate and was not improving. Despite an overwhelming majority of people supporting the principles and goals of environmental sustainability this did not translate into practice in terms of SHD. This indicates that government education and financial incentives to include SHD features in new homes were not sufficient to affect significantly decisions made by stakeholders during the development process. The findings support the use of simple and flexible sustainability tools such as the ESI in this area, with obvious potential in broader contexts. This study suggests the need for initiatives such as an ESI to provide gradual cumulative environmental benefits towards sustainable cities in Australia and internationally, provided that they receive the necessary political will, and public and local government administrative support for sufficient implementation. The study also raises a wider agenda for interdisciplinary research into sustainable design indices.

The Ethics of Sustainable Housing Design: The Dilemma for Practising Architects

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Robert Fuller ◽  
Ursula de Jong ◽  
Su Mellersh-Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Housing Design ◽  
Sustainable Housing

scholarly journals Criteria and Factors Affecting Sustainable Housing Design in Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davood Baradaran Tavakoli ◽  
Maryam Tafrishi ◽  
Ehsan Abbaspour
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Cultural Origins

Since the beginning of human life, housing problems are the most important matters of his life and with the expansion of urban life, importance in terms of the needs of mental, psychological and physical users has been doubled. The housing subject has been always interest to architects from various aspects and attempts made to improve affordable housing, attempts to improve relations or social housing, or seek to identify and develop the cultural origins, economics, management and other macro policies. On the other hand due to the growing population and consequently expand need to housing, and also identifying of residential needs of people in different dimensions necessity of this research is doubled. This study assuming more than half of the land in our cities is devoted to residential use and also lack of attention to sustainable development in the Residential Buildings the purpose of this study sustainable urban development and the achievement of sustainable affordable housin pattern.This study focuse on descriptive- analytical and based on library research seeks to answer this question: What are the criteria for designing sustainable housing in Iran? Thus, after the introduction, do analysis and commentary related content. Conclusion suggest that in addition to aspects of sustainability (economic, social and environmental), factors such as social, cultural and attention to the flexibility according to Iranian households, design sustainable housing should be considered.

scholarly journals Reinventing Traditional Malay House for Sustainable Housing Design: Obstacle and Proposed Solution

2014 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim S.H ◽  
Liew A.A.H ◽  
Nawi M.N.M ◽  
Yusoff M.N
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
House Design ◽  
Perception Survey

Traditional Malay House design has the key of energy efficiency dwelling to create a sustainable housing. Today, modern houses are massively built replacing the Malaysia’s heritage house. Despite of this rapid development, the owners are aware on the drawback of this type of houses. Therefore, this study is conducted to investigate factors of developers reluctant to build the Traditional Malay House and correct the public misconception toward the housing perception. Survey questionnaire and in-depth interview were conducted. The results indicate that costing is the major problem for housing developers to construct Traditional Malay House.

scholarly journals Activating Sustainable Building Technology’s Role in Contemporary Housing Design Strategies for Low-Income People after COVID19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 945 (1) ◽  
pp. 012069
Author(s):  
Abeer Samy Yousef Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Sustainable Housing ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
The Social

Abstract In the developing world, practical steps are taken to provide adequate, sustainable housing, especially for low-income people within technological age capabilities in construction by searching for new techniques of building technology to meet that goal. In the Arab countries, contemporary housing design is particularly effective because it is the primary unit of the contemporary urban fabric and the basic cell that constitutes most of the city’s area. So the following research questions are discussed in this study: What are the challenges facing contemporary sustainable housing design in specific affordable housing for the lower-income groups? What is the potential for sustainable building technology to meet that goal considering the social and economic dimension of the COVID 19 pandemic? What are the ambitions that they set out to achieve in that house? To emphasize the essential role of sustainable building technology and techniques in acquiring and implementing different goals and actual needs of all strata of society.

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