蓝色的呼唤——创造多元韧性海岸

海洋覆盖了地球70%以上的表面积,它不仅是天气和气候的主要驱动力,也是地球生命的诞生地和重要的支持系统。人类社会的很多重要的生产和生活资料都来自海洋。鱼类、贝类、藻类等水产可以给人类提供营养丰富的食物,洋流、海风、海浪、潮汐和各种海洋生物也促成了海洋电力和海洋生物医药等新兴产业的发展。

THE CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER A Case Study in Landscape Master Planning and Sustainability

INTRODUCTION Long-term planning is essential for larger institutions to achieve sustainable goals and visions.To be truly sustainable,individual projects must fit within a larger scope of campus planning.Landscape and site systems such as parking,transportation,pedestrian connectivity,storm water treatment,and human health and well-being must be considered and coordinated.

GREENING EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH THE LEED RATING SYSTEM

INTRODUCTION When considering the current situation of the built environment it becomes readily apparent that the LEED for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance(LEED-EBOM)Rating System is the most important of all the LEED Rating Systems.Historically its adoption in the industry has lagged behind the better known LEED for New Construction Rating System.In the effort to create more efficient,healthy,and financially sound buildings,LEEDEBOM accounts for two significant classes of buildings:buildings certifi ed under the LEED Rating Systems geared toward design and construction,and buildings not previously certified.LEED-EBOM is a tool to measure the impact of a building’s operations and provide a means to track performance over time.This information allows stakeholders to make informed decisions about operating policies that support energy efficiency,reduced environmental impact,and comfortable spaces for the occupants of the building.This article presents statistics about the existing building stock,provides an overview of the LEED-EBOM Rating System,and offers examples of successful implementation strategies drawn from over a dozen projects certifi ed through the LEED-EB Rating Systems.

BIM技术与虚拟设计施工(VDC)——颠覆性创新的案例

原文作者时任纽约某建筑设计公司的设计总监，以自己多年亲历所在公司的BIM技术的推广和发展过程为背景，对BIM技术给整个行业所带来的影响和价值进行了深入的探讨。

阿伦佐与翠茜莫宁高中比斯坎湾校区

阿伦佐与翠茜莫宁高中主体为多层建筑，总建筑面积为14850平方米，能够容纳1533名学生，坐落在福罗里达州迈阿密北部一块面积达4.5英亩的待开发土地上，大卫·劳伦斯Jr．K-8中心的西北部，与普利斯汀湿地接壤。此高中为北迈阿密与迈阿密一戴德郡公立学校合作项目，学校设计独特，建筑理念为“校中校”。通过入口厂场和各色娱乐设施的设计与周边自然景观融为一体。

色彩治疗 美国某牙医诊所

色彩对心理和情绪所起到的影响,早已成为人们的共识。如何在空间设计中让色彩更好地为空间的功能服务,是许多设计师们一直在研究的课题。

CREATING A MODEL OF SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE DESIGN,CONSTRUCTION,AND OPERATIONS OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION The new Glen Allen High School was built in 2010 by Henrico County Public Schools(HCPS)to serve the growing student population in the Glen Allen area of Henrico County,Virginia.As a suburban area northwest of the City of Richmond,Glen Allen’s population doubled between 1980 and 2000,and grew an additional 18%between 2000 and 2010.The new high school is one of nine in the county and can accommodate approximately 1,800 students and 150 staff.The school facility is located on a 95-acre parcel of land that was previously wooded and undeveloped.

SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR THE REHABILITATION OF AN HISTORIC STATE OFFICE BUILDING

When the Commonwealth of Virginia determined to renovate the Ninth Street Office Building for continued use as badly needed office space,it was confronted with many challenges.Not only does the prime location of the 11-story building on Richmond’s Capitol Square come into play,but also the complications inherent in the rehabilitation of any iconic 110-year old building for contemporary life.Overlay the Commonwealth’s mandate to meet a minimum threshold for sustainability,and we have the recipe for a challenging,but ultimately rewarding,project.This article will describe the historic evolution of the project along with a discussion of the process necessary to design and implement a sustainable building solution within the context of an historic building,including identification of potential sustainable strategies and the implementation of an appropriate approach to arrive at the final solution.

SERVICE CREDIT UNION HEADQUARTERS CASE STUDY

Creating a new headquarters is a unique opportunity to celebrate mission,optimize operations,and invest in the future of an institution.This article describes the process of conceptualizing,designing,and constructing a new world headquarters for Service Credit Union in Portsmouth,NH,that achieved LEED Gold certification.As the headquarters to a not-for-profit institution,the project needed to embody Service Credit Union’s core mission of service to its members.From the beginning,sustainable design was embraced as a methodology to increase employee retention and productivity,lead to more self-sufficient operations,and ultimately provide value and benefit to all its members.The new world headquarters for Service Credit Union takes advantage of smart design strategies,green materials and technologies,while planning for the future.It creates an iconic corporate image for the forward-thinking credit union with quality and integrity as standout characteristics of the building design.

LIVING AND LEARNING GREEN AT POMONA COLLEGE’S SONTAG AND POMONA HALLS STUDENT HOUSING

Pomona College is a private liberal arts college located within a desert landscape in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Claremont,California,and has a student body of approximately 1,500 students.Founded in 1887 and envisioned as“a college of the New England type”on the West Coast,the school was designed as an intimate“college in the garden”around the principles of community,conviviality,and collaboration in an effort to have students form close relationships with both faculty and each other.Even the non-academic spaces on campus,like the student dining halls and outdoor courtyards,promote opportunities for interaction between faculty and students,and the overall impression of the campus is one of a small tight-knit community united by a desire to learn and grow.As a residential campus,the school is committed to providing housing for all students,but to do so the College needed to increase its bed count by approximately 10 percent.To further complicate the issue,despite everyone being required to participate in the school meal plan,upper-class students were opting to move off campus in greater numbers each year due to the lack of student housing options that allowed for more independent apartment-style living arrangements-they felt the existing housing was too“dorm-like”.As a result,in 2007 the College commissioned Ehrlich Architects to design a new residence hall that would house approximately 150 upper-class students in suite-style rooms containing 3,4,or 6 individual bedrooms,a shared living room,and private bathing facilities.

DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS:LOWERING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A K-12 FACILITY

The construction industry is embracing sustainable building practices that boost the“triple bottom line”,namely the building’s ecological,social,and financial performance.Since more than 55 million US students spend a significant part of their day in K-12 schools,it is vital that these facilities should provide healthy,comfortable,and productive learning environments.Here we present an in-depth literature review of how educational facilities affect student school performance,comfort,and health,and we examine the role of sustainable design and construction strategies in influencing the physical learning environment in schools.Significant barriers to implementing sustainable strategies are examined,particularly the first cost premium of a sustainable building.A systematic decision strategy is described that incorporates sustainable design strategies,lowering energy consumption and improving indoor environments.A case study describes the process of incorporating sustainable strategies in a K-12 education facility in North Carolina to lower annual energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.Ways to reduce the first cost premium and minimize operating costs over the facility’s life while providing healthy and comfortable learning environments for students and teachers are discussed.The case study school also functions as an experimental learning tool for teaching sustainability to K-12 students,having the potential to improve their attitudes and behavior with respect to sustainability.

A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE:GREEN BUILDING POLICIES,PROGRAMS,AND INCENTIVES

INTRODUCTION The media is brimming with images of polar ice caps melting,sea levels rising,and statistics showing the earth’s temperature steadily increasing.These hallmark images and statistics of climate change are often accompanied by scientists discussing the cause of these changes and how to address them.Although not unanimous,most scientists place the blame for climate change squarely on human action,and specifi cally on greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions.For this majority,the logical manner for addressing climate change is by altering human behavior to reduce GHG emissions.With scientifi c evidence and popular support on their side,state and local lawmakers throughout the United States have taken it upon themselves to reduce GHG emissions.Over the past few years,the attention of state and local lawmakers to climate change has led to the proliferation of various laws regulating GHG emissions(both directly and indirectly).This state and local action has come despite what some consider the federal government’s failure to address climate change on the national level.As one of the major sources of GHG emissions,buildings have received much of the state and local regulatory focus.This focus on buildings is driven by statistics showing that buildings consume 39%of all energy in the United States and 72%of the nation’s electricity,while producing 39%of GHG emissions.4 According to the numbers,buildings are responsible for more GHG emissions than either industry or transportation.The statistics also show a continual increase in the level of GHG emissions from buildings.Although new laws regulating buildings vary widely,they typically apply green building standards to new construction and substantial renovations.Generally speaking,early enactments addressed public sector buildings through green building mandates and private sector buildings through green building incentives.Since the early enactments,new regulations have become increasingly broad,including mandates by several local governments applying green standards to private sector buildings.Based on current trends and the political atmosphere surrounding climate change issues,the application of mandatory green building standards to the private sector will not only continue,but may eventually encompass existing private sector buildings.Although the trend toward regulating private sector buildings is clear,the origin of future regulations is still an open question.While states and local governments took an early lead in addressing climate change,the future bodes well for regional pacts and perhaps national regulation from the federal government.

景观设计语境下的思考：设计、生态、韧性与研究的交汇

人类世背景下的大多数紧迫挑战,如气候变化、环境退化等都涉及生态,这些问题又无不深刻影响着社会经济与普世公平。作为当代景观设计领域的两个重要议题,生态和韧性的内在联系和差异对设计实践影响深远。作者认为,生态学覆盖范围广泛,注重系统性和复杂性,不会过分强调或偏好生态系统中的某一特定物种或组成部分。然而,在规划设计的语境下所讨论的韧性则体现出强烈的以人类为本的特征。以生态为本和以人类为本的两种设计视角,引发了关于生态功能与深受文化和社会背景影响的美学形式之间不断演变关系的进一步探讨。景观设计师掌握着将环境政策和社会审美转译成建成环境的途径,因而也拥有与作为其主要使用者的公众产生直接联系的强大能力。景观设计要想在当今世界所面临的复杂环境问题上取得重大进展,行业协作和跨学科综合研究亟待加强。