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SUMMARY:Ecological design and planning - Dr. Ken Yeang\, Chairperson\, Lle
 wellyn Davies Yeang
DTSTART:20100512T121500Z
DTEND:20100512T131500Z
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CONTACT:Juan José Sarralde
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe premise is that there is no one single best ap
 proach to achieving green design\, but a\nnumber of ways to arrive at the 
 same goal. The presentation presents five propositions. The first\nproposi
 tion regards green design as designing to weave four ecoinfrastructures: t
 he ‘grey’\, ‘blue’\, ‘green’\nand ‘red’ into a system. The
  second regards green design as the seamless and benign biointegration of\
 nthe artificial (human made) with the natural at three levels: physically\
 , systemically and temporally. The\nthird proposition regards green design
  as ecomimesis: designing the human built environment as an\nartificial ec
 osystem that mimics natural ecosystem: their structure\, functions\, proce
 sses\, features and\ntheir development. The fourth approach to ecodesign i
 s one of the restoring of existent devastated\nnatural environments and th
 e rehabilitation of our existing built environments and cities. The fifth\
 nproposition is where ecodesign is regarded as the monitoring of ecosystem
 s and built systems in the\nbiosphere and the subsequent rectifying of any
  environmental imbalances and coordinated sets of\nenvironmental interacti
 ons. A theoretical model for green design is presented together with the a
 ttendant\ntechnical and design issues. The above propositions are illustra
 ted by a series of design examples.\nOther unresolved areas of green desig
 n are also discussed.\n\nBiography: \nKen Yeang (Dr.) is an architect-plan
 ner\, ecologist and author who is best known for his signature and\ninnova
 tive green buildings and masterplans. He is regarded as one of the foremos
 t designers and noted authority on\necologically- responsive architecture 
 and planning. He has authored several books on ecological design and tall 
 building\ndesign\, one jointly authored with Professor Ivor Richards (part
 ner of Sir Leslie Martin). He has received numerous awards\nfor his work a
 nd designs. His key built works include the Menara Mesiniaga (IBM) Tower (
 Malaysia)\, the National Library\n(Singapore) Great Ormond Street Hospital
  Extension (UK). He is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Arc
 hitects\nand has served on the Royal Institute of Architects Council. He i
 s the distinguished Plym Professor at the University of\nIllinois\, and Ad
 junct Professors at Tongji University (Shanghai) and University of Malaya.
  He is Chairman of the UK\narchitect and planning firm\, Llewelyn Davies Y
 eang and principal of its sister company\, Hamzah & Yeang (Malaysia). He\n
 received his doctorate in architecture from Cambridge University (Wolfson 
 College). His dissertation is entitled\, ʻA\ntheoretical framework for th
 e Incorporation of ecological considerations in the design and planning of
  the built environment.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\,  Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope
  Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk
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