Solutions for a sustainable built environment
Urban loneliness and the built environment
Over the next decade, feedback must become a part of every architect’s toolbox to ensure that buildings perform as intended to meet the imperative of climate change.
Streets and markets are significant spaces of conviviality, especially against backdrops of displacement in which people are experiencing a slow erosion of familiarity with their local environment.
The mission to get to net zero is well understood, but ironically the built environment sector – a space with a lot of technical solutions – is still responsible for 40% of energy-related emissions.
I can say from experience that loneliness is a massive killer. It’s a very emotional thing.
There are lots of straightforward, low-cost actions we can take to improve issues like air pollution, and while some solutions are small in impact, they’re part of the larger effort.
Storytelling anchors people in their humanity. When Mrs Ramirez or Mr O’Leary talks about how their community once was, or what their vision is for the future, it changes the dynamic.
