Sustainability at the Urban Scale
We are All Astronauts
Sponsored by AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, AIA California Council, AIA New York, American Institute of Steel Construction, Architectural Record Innovation Conference 2021, Archtober, Armstrong World Industries, Benjamin Moore & Co., Bison Innovative Products, BQE Software, cove.tool, DuPont™ Tedlar®, Hofmann Facades, Kingspan Insulated Panels, Landscape Forms, Lutron Electronics Co., Inc., Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings, The Ornamental Metal Institute of New York, The Steel Institute of New York, Think Wood, and Unilock | Presented by Christoph Ingenhoven, Principal and Founder, Ingenhoven Architects
Webinar On-Demand
Christoph Ingenhoven has long pursued green building at a grand scale with projects such as the RWE high-rise in Essen (1997)—one of the first office towers with a double-skin facade. Here, he will explore several of his more recent works, all of which deploy high-performance principles at the urban scale. These include Marina One in Singapore, a 4.3 million-square-foot office and residential project with a jungle-like profusion of tropical vegetation growing within a terraced central court; his reinvigoration of the center of Dusseldorf (his hometown) with the restoration of a much-loved 1970s theater, adjacent to his design for a new, green-covered retail/office complex; and finally, the decades-long project to expand Stuttgart’s main rail station with a skylit, subterranean train hall in elegantly-sculpted concrete.
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Christoph Ingenhoven is the principal and founder of Ingenhoven Architects, one of the leading international architecture firms committed to sustainable architecture. He has achieved LEED, Swiss Minergy Standard, BREEAM and DGNB certifications. Ingenhoven is also a founding member of Architecture Societies and Federations (including German Society for Sustainable Building + the Federal Foundation for Building Culture) and a member of the North-Rhine Westphalia Academy of Sciences and Arts. |
Originally published in Engineered Systems
Originally published in October 2021
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Outline strategies for repurposing outdated or disused urban infrastructure and buildings for beneficial civic use.
- Describe planning and design processes that promote equity and inclusion in the built environment.
- Discuss how data can help policy makers and designers understand urban environmental problems and create more livable and resilient cities.
- Identify construction techniques, materials, and sustainable strategies that can help address seemingly intractable urban challenges, such as the housing crisis.
