Resilience, Health and Equity

Our Director Andy Marlow was recently asked to write an article for the Australian Institute of Architects “Bulletin” magazine.

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges for our built environment and society. How can architecture help us adapt and thrive in these uncertain times? This article explores the Passivhaus standard, a design approach that uses airtightness to reduce the energy consumption of buildings, while also improving indoor air quality. Increasingly in Australia, architects have been embracing the Passivhaus standard as a low-risk, high-reward pathway to delivering health and comfort.

This is Andy’s call to action to our profession – for all architects to step up for architecture to be more resilient, healthy and equitable.

#ifnotnowwhen

“We can embrace the (building) science and apply our skills to create a beautiful future that allows us all to thrive; the data has been in for decades. Can we please accept it, as we have accepted gravity, and create the future we need – everything, everywhere, all at once.”

Read the full article here:

https://www.architecture.com.au/archives/reading-architecture/resilience-health-and-equity