Translating the concept of sustainability into architectural design practices: the case of London City Hall

T.W.A. Schröder

Translating the concept of sustainability into architectural design practices: the case of London City Hall

T.W.A. Schröder

Architectural Design and Engineering

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Abstract

This completed PhD research project is a Science and Technology Studies (STS) inspired exploration of the design practices that brought London’s City Hall (1997-2002) into being. Minister Raynsford responsible for finding a suitable building for the Greater London Authority (GLA) ambitiously declared it to be an exemplar project of “environmentally progressive objectives, the principles of sustainability”. Since there is much contestation about how to enact such an ambitious agenda, I as a form of theory in practice retrospectively follow architects, engineers, clients and others through the complexities of the design process to investigate what they do with the concept of sustainability in the daily context of their design studios, offices and on site.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research Culture in Architecture - international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration (conference book)
Editors	Cornelie Leopold, Christoph Robeller, Ulrike Weber
Publisher	Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Pages	246-249
ISBN (Print)	9783959740944
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2018
Event	Research Culture in Architecture - international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration: 27 and 28 September, 2018. Hosted by FATUK - Faculty of Architecture, TU Kaiserslautern - Faculty of Architecture, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Duration: 27 Sept 2018 → 28 Sept 2018 https://rca2018.architektur.uni-kl.de

Conference

Conference	Research Culture in Architecture - international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration
Abbreviated title	RCA 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Kaiserslautern
Period	27/09/18 → 28/09/18
Internet address	https://rca2018.architektur.uni-kl.de

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Schröder, TWA 2018, Translating the concept of sustainability into architectural design practices: the case of London City Hall. in C Leopold, C Robeller & U Weber (eds), Research Culture in Architecture - international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration (conference book). Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, pp. 246-249, Research Culture in Architecture - international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 27/09/18.

Translating the concept of sustainability into architectural design practices: the case of London City Hall. / Schröder, T.W.A.
Research Culture in Architecture - international conference on cross-disciplinary collaboration (conference book). ed. / Cornelie Leopold; Christoph Robeller; Ulrike Weber. Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2018. p. 246-249.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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