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Cradle to cradle michael braungart and william mcdonough
Cradle to cradle michael braungart and william mcdonough







cradle to cradle michael braungart and william mcdonough

Also, the office at the Rheinlanddamm is a pilot project for the DGNB Version 2017. This design has won the DGNB Zertifikat in Gold for sustainable construction at the EXPO REAL 2017. The building is constructed out of recyclable materials and reusable parts with as many Cradle to Cradle® quality marks as possible. The greenery, the chosen materials, the spaciousness and the incidence of light make for a natural indoor climate and a pleasant atmosphere. This five floor high heart of the building is a space to meet and interact and it can also house events and presentations. On the ground floor, shops and eateries are situated and there are stairs and lifts leading up to the atrium on the first floor which forms the covered indoor area for the flexibly rearrangeable office levels. From the Rheinlanddamm, the building is accessible with a private connection to the B1 and it offers parking space in the underground parking lot as well as on the ground floor - partly below the building - for 213 cars and 156 bicycles. On that side, the building gradually decreases and two large roof terraces arise. The compact six level office is rectangular in shape with a bevelled side to the north where the building borders the gardens of the adjacent residential construction. SUSTAINABLY AND ECOLOGICALLY RESPONSIBLE BUILDING On the street side, the hanging gardens of the building stand out, the design of which is based on William McDonough and Michael Braungart's Cradle to Cradle® philosophy. The sensational, future-oriented building is part of the building strip of Office Parks Rheinlanddamm to the west of Hohe Straße. See Adam Rome’s full list of prescient classics here.Opposite the Westphalenhallen, along one of Germany's busiest motorways, a new office building designed by William McDonough + Partners and IAA Architects will be situated. Inspiring particularly to those individuals who strived to invent eco-efficient ways of providing energy, building things and managing wastes. Although in 1969, Fuller’s O perating Manual was new and inspiring. Buckminster Fuller’s Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth.

cradle to cradle michael braungart and william mcdonough

Michael Braungart, as a much better introduction to sustainable design compared to R. concept were architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. Rome described Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, written by William McDonough and Dr. The Cradle to Cradle (C2C) philosophy promotes the use of construction materials.

cradle to cradle michael braungart and william mcdonough

We need to approach the goal from many directions, with flexibility and tenacity.” Rome stated that we cannot “advance in a straight line. He explains the books of this decade demonstrate that building a sustainable civilization is multidimensional. Adam Rome, a professor of history and English and the Unidel Helen Gouldner Chair for the Environment at the University of Delaware in Newark, recently published on article on, highlighting five books that first made sustainability a public issue in the 1960s and 1970s.









Cradle to cradle michael braungart and william mcdonough