Transition: Extending UN to the future-United Nations Environmental Council Design

The SADD graduation studio aims at designing the Environmental Council for United Nations (UNEC), a place where significant decision will be made due to planet problems and all the latest idea of sustainability could be shared. The plot locates on the north loan of existing UN headquarter, designed by Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.

Rethinking Sustainability: United Nations Ecological Council, New York City

When tasked with the assignment to design a world headquarters for sustainability and sustainable development, I was perplexed by the ambiguity of the conceptual aspect, but at the same time restrained with a comprehensive list of pragmatic requirements. Firstly, the term ‘sustainability’ is one that is vexed with different definitions,...

United Nations Environmental Council / United Nations Headquarters for Sustainability

Design for the graduation studio of Materialisation. The assignment was to design a new council for the United Nations in New York, which would become the United Nations Environmental Council

A building for the United Nations Environmental Council: Employing natural resources as an essential part of the architectural appearance.

The building for the United Nations Environmental Council has an exemplary role, has to be recognizable, easily accessible, facilitate lobby, stimulate people to participate and above all radiate to the world the importance of sustainability. Since sustainability can not be confined and even more so the future interpretation of sustainability is...

Designing for the UN Headquarters of sustainability, NY

Sustainable developments and measurements are being taken all over the world, in all sorts and kinds. Still many steps need to be taken and conflicting interests need to be solved, but the awareness and care for our environment has never been in better shape than today. This is a very promising and challenging development that would only work...

United Nations Headquarters for Sustainability / United Nations Environmental Council

The United Nations Environmental Council, the new, 6th Council, will be in charge for the coordination of sustainability issues, such as waste problems, energy problems and securing biodiversity on the planet, aiming to marshal the existing fragmented running programs (such as UNEP) and coordinate these issues on a global level. In other words,...

Strategic Architectural Design Development: United Nations Environmental Council

The design for a new United Nations Environmental Council on the current plot of the UN in Manhattan, New York.

United Nations Environmental Council

Architecture and sustainability are still considered being two single subjects that can’t be linked to each other. The goal of this project is to integrate those two subjects into one building and prove that a sustainable building could be architecture. In this project, the facade in combination with the shape and orientation of the building...

scheme #43

This project concerns a graduation project from the department of materialisation: Strategic Architectural Design Development (SADD). The design focuses upon a new UN council in New York City: the United Nations Environmental Council (UNEC) which is placed in the north lawn, next to the current UN Headquarters. The building contains a mixed...

United Nations Environmental Council: A platform for sustainability

An building design as a addition to the current United Nations in Manhattan, New York. A sixt Environmental Council. A building wich provides the basis for centralised worldwide coördination for sustainable development.

Building for sustainability - the United Nations Environmental Council

Graduation project on the building design for a new UN council in New York City: the proposed United Nations Environmental Council (UNEC), next to the current UN Headquarters. The building contains a mixed programme of functions: the Council's conference room, auditoria, offices and exposition areas. Sustainable building solutions are integrated...

United Nations Environmental Council: The Vertical Farm

Design Proposal for the United Nations Environmental Council

This graduation product contains the design for a United Nations headquarters for sustainability and environmental issues. This project aims to be a statement: the world needs a leading actor that is able to broadcast an unambigous and authoritative message on sustainability. The building that should be placed adjecent to the United Nations...