For me, the greatest value of this course is that it has made me realize my shallowness and the complexity of environmental issues. The environment has always been a huge issue. I will analyze my latest perspectives on society, environment, and environmental design in this blog to summarize this course. The current human society is […]
Read more "Environmental design-week11 Review Course Zhu ShenXu"This week, we will continue to explore the future of the environment. The possibility of the future is determined by our current decisions. We have discussed the viewpoint of “Future humans, looking back on our early mid 21st Century design considerations and actions, will thank us more than condemn us.”. Finally, we also proposed 5 […]
Read more "Environmental design-week10 Environmental Future Zhu ShenXu"This book introduces two sustainable methods, one is ecological sustainability, and the other is technological sustainability. Ecological sustainability mainly focuses on solving specific ecological problems. And technological sustainability mainly focuses on management and the operation of society. The author emphasized the value of local knowledge and its importance in ecological design. Because local knowledge is […]
Read more "Environmental design-week9 Reading Group: Ecological Design Zhu ShenXu"We will continue to focus on materials this week. This week, we mainly focus on the material of plastic. We are trying to recycle plastic products through manual processing in the workshop. Then, a debate was held in the seminar on “This house believes that we must fall in love with plastic again. In […]
Read more "Environmental design-week8 Recycling Plastic Workshop & Debate Zhu ShenXu"Vitalist Materialism is a radical form of environmentalism. The author holds that matter has vitality, and man is also a vital substance. Therefore, people are also part of the material world. This theory downplays the boundaries between man and the environment, thereby driving the development of environmental design. The vitality of matter refers to […]
Read more "Environmental design-week7 Vitalist Materialism Zhu ShenXu"I will share with you my gains during Reading Week in this blog. We have been studying environmental design for six weeks and have gained an understanding of the history and philosophy of environmental design. So, I read some books related to my major, interior design, this week. The green imperative : ecology and ethics […]
Read more "Environmental design-week6 Reading Week Summary Zhu ShenXu"This week, we mainly discussed and explored the circular economy. Although the circular economy has been criticized by some as green capitalism, it is an inevitable trend for sustainable development because unprofitable structures cannot expand. In the studio this week, we did two activities. In the first activity, we used cards to represent different production […]
Read more "Environmental design-Week5 Exploring circular economy Zhu ShenXu"The book I read this week is’ Cradle to Cradle ‘, and this blog mainly shares some post reading experiences.This book tells the author’s environmental philosophy from cradle to cradle, rather than from cradle to grave. And achieve the goal of environmental protection by rethinking and planning every step of product production. This […]
Read more "Environmental design-Week4 Reading: Cradle To Cradle Zhu ShenXu"The initial knowledge of humanity comes from the induction and summary of nature. We can still see the shadow of natural elements in today’s design and cities. This week’s studio encourages us to go outdoors and search for various elements of nature and human society. I believe that cities are actually a microcosm of natural […]
Read more "Environmental design-Week3 Treasure hunt game & Debate Zhu ShenXu"In this blog post, I would like to share my understanding of “Environmental Histories of Design: Towards a New Research Agenda”This article was published in May 2017. This article explores the reasons for the formation of the interdisciplinary field of environmental design from a historical perspective.By understanding this article, we can re-examine what environmental design […]
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