Unsustainability and the Architecture of Efficiency

摘要

Sustainability as a concept is simple and non-political. Everyone has something they think is worth sustaining. Children's lives, hot showers, cold beer, bands representing a million musical styles, food safety regulations, literacy, wildlife, swimmable beaches. Regardless of whether one is more concerned about human achievements or the natural world, climate change is putting whatever you want to sustain in crisis. Really, then, the topic of interest is not sustainability, but unsustainability. What is the current situation, how did we get here, and what can architects do about it?