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Creating the Urban Village: Teaching Pre‐Service Teachers about Sustainable Design in Architecture and Community Planning
Author(s) -
Zande Robin Vande
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of art and design education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1476-8070
pISSN - 1476-8062
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2010.01659.x
Subject(s) - sustainable design , architecture , sustainable development , built environment , environmental art , service (business) , environmental education , sociology , engineering ethics , engineering , architectural engineering , pedagogy , sustainability , political science , business , civil engineering , art , visual arts , marketing , ecology , contemporary art , performance art , law , biology , art history
Sustainable design is a philosophy adopted by people concerned with the health of society and the natural environment. The practice of sustainable design works toward the improvement of the quality of the built environment, while reducing or eradicating the negative impact on the natural environment (McLennan 2004). It is a philosophical approach that may be used in designing any type of built structure, to include architecture, public art, products and community planning. This article will describe concepts that may be addressed in art education about sustainable design to develop an environmental awareness through artistic activities. An approach to teaching sustainable design is explained with an example of a multi‐faceted project taught in a pre‐service secondary methods course of prospective art teachers.