United Nations Environmental Council: A workshop for sustainability

United Nations Environmental Council “In 1983 the United Nations convened the Brundtland Commission to address growing concern ‘about the accelerating deterioration of the human environment and natural resources and the consequences of that deterioration for economic and social development. the outcome was the report ‘our common future’ which...

United Nations Environmental Council

The design of the Environmental Council for the United Nation’s Head Quarter (UNEC) in Manhattan Island of New York which is to be the center for sustainable development, is challenging in terms of spatial qualities and urban typology. The rectangular grid of the city and the cubic high-rises suggest a bold form for the new UNEC building....

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

United Nations Environmental Concil SADD, Strategic Architectural Design Development - Chair of Materialisation

The building is the UN Environmental Council, the department of sustainability. Therefore the building should be sustainable itself. The building should have a clear position within the urban context of Manhattan. UNEC should also be open to the public with the measurement of the security, and also bring the nature to the new UNEC building. To...

Dual Track Architecture & Building Technology: SADD - United Nations Environmental Council ''Looking Green''

Architectural Design for a new headquarter for the United Nations Environmental Council combined with a Building Technology Research for a manageable Green Sun Shading element.

United Nations Environmental Council & Zero Energy Utility Buildings

This dual graduation project includes an architectural design for a sustainable building that houses the United Nations Environmental Council, within the urban context of the current UN site on Manhattan. The buildings contains a mixed programme of functions: the environmental council, auditoriums, offices and exposition space. This design is...

United Nations Environmental Council

This is the design of a new council to be added to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The assignment is established to solve the problem of the unclear defenition and character of sustainability. This building will give a clear authority on sustainability towards governments, companies and the people. It will show direction towards a...

A Design for the New United Nations Environmental Council

An Initiative from Ir. Ivan A. Cremer and ir. Henri van Bennekom to design a new authority on Environmental health. The new United Nations Environmental Council, a building that will lead the way towards global environmental health. A building that changes course of the current United Nations, from machine for peace towards a machine for global...

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...