Assignment 02: Exploring local architecture or built environment (BE) responses to specific SDG goals and targets
Sustainable Development Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In this project, we are going to explore how a real-life architecture can provide the basis toward meeting several of the goals. Select an architecture building and study on it entirely to extract the element that complement with the SDG goal that we chosen individually. Undergo a deep research, using documentation method to collect the evidence of conservation on how my chosen building is responses or contribute to these goal.
Project Outcome
The SDG goal that I choose is SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities on the Energy Commision Building (Diamond Building)
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At first, Diamond Building was allocated at Putrajaya, which is one of the "Green City" in Malaysia which all have a specific Regional Development plan toward a sustainable city and achieve a better and healthier communities.
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It was designed with a series of consideration toward a sustainable building.
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Lastly, Diamond Building was the first building that been awarded Platinum grade Green Building Index and also the first building outside Singapore that awarded Platinum grade Green Building Mark.
Reflection
After finishing final project, I realized that sustainable can be anywhere, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is just a guideline. However, human is the only one who going to decide either to implement or not. People was mindset that being sustainable is very costly, yet there are a lot of good real-life example that was never been known by public. Introducing our great green building/sustainable building in our community, it is the most significant step to acknew people on benefits of a sustainable building in a long run.
For me, it is our task, our duty, and our responsibility as an architecture student, or someone related with building-construction industry to let our customer know about sustainable building design strategy which is a lot benefiting toward our natural environment and at the same time offer a sense of aesthetic to the structure.