Research meets Sustainability

What if a building would be its own power plant. What if the term sustainability would be driven to its boundaries. What will be possible in 50 years. Based on research I did the last weeks the design and appearance of my research complex will be heavily influenced by current and future techniques to produce energy and gain profit for our environment.

As London is one of the biggest cities in the world it also has to come up with solutions on how to cope with the huge amount of CO2 produced by cars, factories, .... The first step has already been made by introducing a city road charge called the Congestion Charge which everybody that´s using a car has to pay. But that can´t be the last step. We as architects have the chance to contribute a huge amount of input into this discussion. Buildings must be seen as an integral part of the consuming and producing system of energy and for this reason the time has come to push boundaries into this direction.