Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Cities - From an Oxymoron to a Target

www.ace-cae.eu Sustainable Development: A Challenge for European Research - 26th May 2009

Sustainable Development: A challenge for European Research 26th May 2009

Sustainable Cities:From an Oxymoron to a Target

A Presentation byAdrian M JoyceSenior Adviser



The ACE - What is it?

The Representative Body of the Architectural Profession

Member Organisations from All EU Countries plus Norway, Switzerland and Candidate Countries

46 Member Organisations, Representative at National Level

Regulatory Bodies and Professional Associations

Represents About 480,000 Architects in Europe



Current Priorities of the ACE

Contributing to the Sustainable Quality of the Built Environment

Enhancing Standards of Professional Practice

Urban & Territorial Issues

Understanding the Business Environment

Engaging the General Public

Signing of Cooperation Accord with South Korea (KIRA)

Cable-Car Station, Innsbruck, AustriaZaha Hadid, Architect



The Context



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Sustainable Architecture

Sustainable Design Integrates Consideration of Resource and Energy Efficiency, Healthy Buildings and Materials, Ecologically and Socially Sensitive Land Use and an Aesthetic That Inspires, Affirms and Enables”

Union Internationale des Architectes Declaration of Interdependence for a Sustainable

Future, Chicago, 1993

Architecture and Children Programme, Finland



ACE Declaration on Architecture and Sustainability

Commitment to: Changing individual

Professional Practices Promoting Sustainable Design Fostering Environmental

Literacy and Competence Practicing Institutional

Leadership Collaborating for

Interdisciplinary Approaches Broadening Service and

Outreach Nationally and Internationally

Outaniemi Technical University, Helsinki, FinlandAlvar Aalto, Architect



ACE Actions on Sustainability

Research Activities Energy issues on the ACE

Agenda for more than 13 years A Green Vitruvius Promotion of involvement of

Architects in EPBD Energy Certification

Towards Class “A” Committed to an Integrated

Approach to the Design of the Built Environment



Urban Issues - A Working Definition

ECTP Work Group on Urban Issues Covers a Range of Matters:

Land Use Territorial Planning Development Policy Design Lifestyle Participation Governance

Interactions Between Policy Makers, Professionals and Users

Relationship to Legislation and Policies

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Community Centre, Voralberg, Austria



Urban Issues - Research Needs

The Challenges - 1

Unravel the Interlinked Influences that go Into the Making, Maintenance and Management of Cities

Understand how the Identity of a City is Developed, how it is Perceived and its Territorial Impact

Study Land Use Patterns and Develop Sustainable Strategies for Future Land Use Policy




The Challenges - 2

Better Understand the Interrelationships Between Buildings, Squares, Parks and the Spaces Between them

Undertake Holistic Studies of the Relationship Between Location, Type and Access to Facilities Required by Society and Related to the Territorial Dimension

Include Analysis of Housing Policies in the EU Agenda as a Political Priority




The Challenges - 3

Examine the Means by Which the Views of Those who use the City can be Harnessed and Devise ways to Ensure Their Input to Planning, Building and Maintenance

Investigate the Ways in Which Resources are Used in Cities and Identify how to Best Manage this so that Cities sit Lightly on the Earth.

Ensure Overall Urban Sustainability by Adopting Holistic Approaches to Territorial Cohesion: not the Individual Building, but Neighbourhoods and Districts, Density vs. Isolation, Carbon Footprint …



Urban Issues - Achievable Breakthroughs

Increased Understanding of the City as a System: New Tools for Professionals and Decision-Makers to Understand Urban Systems and their Territorial Impacts

Systematic Adoption of Holistic Approaches:Methodologies for Integration of Relevant Factors and Indicators in Policies at all Levels

Significant Involvement of Citizens in Decision Making: New Modes of Governance to Inform and Involve all Citizens

Swiss RE Building, LondonFoster & Partners



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