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Green Dream: How Nature Can Inform The Design Of A Performative Skin System, William Cottrell Iv
Green Dream: How Nature Can Inform The Design Of A Performative Skin System, William Cottrell Iv
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
Reducing our planet’s carbon footprint has become a very powerful debate throughout global society. A sustainable approach in how we construct our buildings can make a major impact on the longevity of mother nature. Buildings are the main destination for the nation’s power supplies. High-rise buildings due to their large scale require much more materials for their construction compared to smaller scaled buildings. In addition, they use more energy and emit greenhouse gases; as a result, they have major environmental impacts. Therefore, high rises seem to be non-sustainable. 25% of the world’s energy usage comes from buildings. Of that 25%, …