Open AccessAesthetics of Sustainability and Architecture: An Overview
Author(s) -
Aurelija Daugėlaitė,
Indrė Gražulevičiūtė–Vileniškė
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
rīgas tehniskās universitātes zinātniskie raksti. 10.sērija, arhitektūra un pilsētplānošana/arhitektūra un pilsētplānošana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2255-8764
pISSN - 1691-4333
DOI - 10.2478/aup-2020-0008
Subject(s) - sustainability , architecture , notice , aesthetics , sustainable development , sustainable design , field (mathematics) , environmental ethics , social sustainability , sociology , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , art , visual arts , philosophy , ecology , law , biology , mathematics , pure mathematics
Sustainable development – development that meets the needs of the present-day societies without compromising the possibilities of the future societies to meet their needs – became the predominant paradigm of planning policies. This concept with its environmental, social, economic and cultural dimensions has been applied to the field of architecture since the end of the 20th century. However, numerous researchers still notice technological and ecological orientation of sustainable architecture and the lack of attention to its cultural, place-based and aesthetics aspects. The question may be asked if it is possible to distinguish the aesthetics of sustainable architecture. Thus, this research analyses the question of sustainability aesthetics and the ways that it is expressed in the field of architecture. In order to reach this aim: the quantitative and qualitative literature review on the questions of sustainability aesthetics and sustainability aesthetics in architecture was performed; the discussion of the notion of sustainability aesthetics and the aesthetic trends of sustainable architecture was developed based on the results of literature analysis.