Brought to you by Technal At Technal, sustainability is at the heart of the business. The company provides effective and reliable aluminium windows, sliders, doors and façades that produce long-term results over a building’s life cycle. With people spending more than 90 per cent of their lifetime working and living within buildings, and buildings accounting […]
Brought to you by USG Boral Demand for prefabricated construction is expected to grow in the post-pandemic world. It brings about many benefits, from cost and time savings to safer construction protocols, with minimal labour needed for installation, allowing implementation of physical distancing measures. USG Boral offers high-quality building products that are compliant with international […]
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An air conditioner with air-purifying panel in one unit Brought to you by Samsung Samsung’s Wind-Free range of air conditioners is a powerful solution that controls the temperature and humidity of the indoor space. It incorporates an air-purifying panel that is designed to improve air quality with its advanced filtration system, a two-step system that […]
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Brought to you by Mapei Urban development has led to an inevitable increase of noise coming from our surroundings. Mapei offers two types of soundproofing solutions to improve the acoustic efficiency of our living and working environments. Mapesonic CR This is an innovative, under-floor soundproofing system to combat the noise of footsteps transmitted through floor […]
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In theory, sustainability should allow us to continue to meet the needs of this and future generations. That was the point made by the Brundtland Commission in their definition of sustainability. But that does not address a more basic question of whether or not we should be continuing the current situation. The ecosystems that support […]
A CRISIS OF PERCEPTION For centuries, cities evolved gradually in terms of their physical and population size. This trend, however, dramatically shifted in the last 50 years, with urban growth occurring at an exponential scale and rate as urban population numbers spiked. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s projected 9.7 billion population will live in […]
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Where do we go from here? Well, that would depend upon whether we have actually learned something from the COVID-19 pandemic. But it seems we have not. The powers-to-be are poised, waiting for improved conditions so as to continue their unsustainable business as usual. Humankind never learns, not even from major catastrophes. Complacent with money […]
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The conversation appears to have stalled. Almost every student I teach or practitioner I talk to, when asked what s/he thinks is sustainable design, replies, “a Green building, right?” The conflation of Green and sustainable is unsettling. It troubles me. It should concern every designer who is alarmed by the planetary crises that we confront […]
The design community’s response to COVID-19, much like our reaction to issues of sustainability, tends to gravitate toward silver bullet solutions rather than necessary incremental change. Similarly, at the onset of the pandemic, our hubris and desire to manage Mother Nature guided us to focus on human-centric solutions to our predicament: advancing sensor technology [1] […]
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NK: Let’s start with your speech at the LafargeHolcim Forum in Cairo, 2019. On stage, you looked squarely at the CEO of LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s largest producers of cement, who was seated in the front row, and asked that his company raise the price of cement. What made you abandon the polite tone […]
The sustainability roadmap that emerged two decades ago has failed us. Yes, more buildings in Asia are certified Green. And yes, more professionals and developers now buy into the need for change. But the situation is escalating faster than the pace at which solutions are generated. There is also a substance gap here. Are things […]
