The New Approach to Sustainability in the Design of Urban and Architectural Interiors – Elements of Composition Revised

Today we tend to go back to the past to our root relation to nature. Therefore in search of friendly spaces there are elements of natural environment introduced as elements of spatial composition. Though reinvented through the use of the new substance such as greenery, water etc. made possible by state of the art technologies, still, in principal, they remain the same. As a result, sustainable design, based upon the recognized means of composition in addition to the relation of architecture and urbanism vs. nature introduces a new aesthetical values into architectural and urban space.

Authors:

• Patrycja J. Haupt

Keywords:

• architectural composition
• biodiversity
• elements of composition
• green architecture
• sustainable design
• urban composition
• water management.

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