The Conflict Between Aesthetics and Sustainability: Empowering Sustainable Architecture with Aesthetics to Enhance People's Lifestyle and Sustainable Behavior

摘要

Global climate change has the potential to completely disrupt the whole world. It would touch every person on Earth, and as such, it is not just an issue for world leaders, politicians, and business executives. Everyone has a responsibility; this responsibility extends especially to the profession of architecture as it is a major contributor of greenhouse gases. For this moment and despite many intensive efforts, architectural profession still lacks any cohesive approach to the problem of sustainability. We need a new paradigm for architectural design.