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Book launch: How architecture can contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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New book offers inspiration for stakeholders in the built environment by showcasing architecture which engages with all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The book shows projects in all scales and from all over the world.
You can download the book for free and follow online launch event on October 30th
An Architecture Guide to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals Volume 2 is an extensive collection of architecture projects from all over the world and demonstrates how architects and architecture can contribute to each of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The examples illustrate that architecture can make significant contributions regardless of budget, location or resources available. Neither the challenges nor the possibilities of the built environment should be underestimated:
“We have to radically change the way we build. The built environment is a major consumer of energy and natural resources, and a producer of waste. Furthermore, how we build can exacerbate inequalities and affect health. With this book, we want to inspire architects and stakeholders to engage with both environmental and social challenges”, says architect Natalie Mossin, chief editor of the publication and head of Institute of Architecture and Technology at The Royal Danish Academy.
This project is non-profit. Click to download free book
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The 80 projects selected by the editorial board vary from large-scale political planning projects to small-scale interventions on a grass-root level. All projects share a commitment to sustainable development and an ambition to achieve a significant impact in their respective local contexts.
The book is published by the Royal Danish Academy and the editors hope it will inspire students, architects, policy makers and other stakeholders to discuss how architecture can contribute to sustainable development by providing them with realized examples from around the world.
“Our publication demonstrates that the built environment, planning, architecture, landscape architecture and design interact with each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. And most crucially: not just on an aspirational level or as future potential but through realised buildings, settlements and cities all over the world. It is for each and every one of us to contribute to the realisation of the goals,” says architect Natalie Mossin, chief editor of the publication.
The Architecture Guide is the second volume, following a first volume published in 2018. In the book, each SDG is illustrated by 4-5 cases from all over the world. All cases are presented with a short description of the challenge related to the respective UN SDG and a description of the contribution that the given project is offering to the challenge. The purpose is to understand the Goals as they relate to architecture.
Join digital launch on October 30th 1.00 PM (GMT+1)
Join Kelly Doran (MASS Design Group), Dean Jakob Knudsen (The Royal Danish Academy), Chief Editor Natalie Mossin (Royal Danish Academy and UIA Commission on the UN Sustainable Development Goals) and several other international profiles in a free online event on October 30th. The event will feature selected projects from the book and include a discussion amongst the key notes.
For full program and link to event https://royaldanishacademy.com/calendar/boglancering-sadan-kan-arkitektur-vaere-med-til-na-fns-verdensmal
An Architecture Guide to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals volume 2 is published by the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation in partnership with the UIA Sustainable Development Goals Commission and the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023.
The project is non-profit, and the guidebook can be downloaded for free at uia2023cph.org, royaldanishacademy.com and uia-architects.org. The guidebook is written and edited by Natalie Mossin, Sofie Stilling, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup, Ingeborg Christiane Hau, Christoffer Steensen Møller and Annette Blegvad. Graphic design by Lene Sørensen Rose
Contact / more info
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The Royal Danish Academy
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