Title :
Demonstration of a nature symbiotic office designed for 100 years use
Author :
Nagano, Masanobu
Author_Institution :
Kochi Eco-design Council, Japan
Abstract :
This report focuses on the moving of an office with 100 staff from city to the mountainside in 1996 in my pursuit of vision realization. In the present situation, it is a very important task and responsibility for mankind to take actions with careful consideration on the environment. In an industrial social system of economic priority, it is said to be in an impossible condition to hope for a sustainable development for the organisms on the earth. At the thought of utilizing the natural power at its maximum and emphasizing the environment of the earth (EcoDesign), I designed and materialized the comfortable wooden office buildings with low energy and low cost, which proved the possibility of life cycle cost. Our new construction was not designed with high technology. Our new value was created with the wisdom reported in a region from ancient times and the easy natural theory
Keywords :
design for environment; natural resources; office environment; energy conservation; environment; geothermy; industrial social system; life cycle cost; mountain office; nature symbiotic office; sustainable development; water circulation; wooden buildings; Cities and towns; Costs; Earth; Environmental economics; Industrial economics; Organisms; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Sustainable development; Symbiosis;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992447