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...

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,...