What is absolute sustainability?

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Abstract

The article is a brief introduction to the concept of 'absolute sustainability' in relation to architecture.
The concept of absolute sustainability is recently defined amongst researchers in environmental science in Danmark and may not be widely known yet amongst international peers in academia, public authorities or at policy level. It is a systemic integrating concept based on theories linked to the fields of climate and environmental science that refer to the concept of Planeteary Bounderies, which is a framework to describe limits to impact s of human activites on earth systems.
Original languageEnglish
Article number5
NewspaperWorld Architecture (WA)
Issue number403
Pages (from-to)18-19
Number of pages2
ISSN1002-4832
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2024
EventUIA World Congress of Architects 2023 Copenhagen - København, Denmark
Duration: 2 Jul 20236 Jul 2023
Conference number: 28
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Conference

ConferenceUIA World Congress of Architects 2023 Copenhagen
Number28
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityKøbenhavn
Period02/07/202306/07/2023
OtherThe UIA World Congress takes place every third year with 10-15.000 participants from all over the world.<br/>The 2023 World Congress of Architects will take place on 2-6 July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. With the theme “Sustainable Futures- Leave No One Behind”, the Congress aims to promote, discuss, create and showcase architecture as a vital tool to achieve the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It will share sustainable solutions and examine the latest research results.
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Keywords

  • absolute sustainability
  • planetary boundaries
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Environmental Architecture
  • ecological thinking
  • radical tectonics
  • material awareness

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