The 2010 Imperative
To successfully impact global warming and world resource depletion, it is imperative that ecological literacy become a central tenet of design education. Yet today, the interdependent relationship between ecology and design is virtually absent in many professional curricula. To meet the immediate and future challenges facing our professions, a major transformation of the academic design community must begin today. To accomplish this, Architecture 2030 calls upon this community to adopt one of the following:
PATH A: 2010 Imperative Curriculum
Adopters of Path A commit to: Beginning in 2008, adding to all design studio problems the requirement that the design engage the environment in a way that dramatically reduces or eliminates the need for fossil fuel, and, by 2010, achieving complete ecological literacy in design education, including:
- Design / studio
- History / theory
- Materials / technology
- Structures / construction
- Professional practice / ethics
PATH B: 2010 Imperative Curriculum and Facilities
Adopters of Path B commit to PATH A: 2010 Imperative Curriculum and, by 2010, achieving a carbon-neutral design school campus by:
- Implementing sustainable design strategies (optional - LEED Platinum / 2010 rating)
- Generating on-site renewable power
- Purchasing green renewable energy and/or certified renewable energy credits
(REC's, Green Tags), 20% maximum.
- How can SAID help support these goals at UC?
- How can or should architects and interior designers be held accountable to these standards?
- How can SAID prepare students to lead the professions in sustainable design?