Environmental degradation is a result of socio-economical, technological and institutional activities. Degradation occurs when Earth’s natural resources are depleted. So the effective use of environmental resources is in demand today and will continue to be needed in the future. And Cloud 9’s Media-TIC building in Barcelona finds expression for sustainable design, which designed on the basis of a stringent requirement for environmental efficiency and the principle that the cleanest energy is non-consuming energy.

Won through international competition and situated in the city’s new science and IT district, 22@Barcelona, solar shading by ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) skins on the south-east and south-west facades were controlled by distributed sensors to make two different formats to match the building’s orientation to the sun. The first layer of ETFE is transparent, but the second and third layers have a reverse pattern design which, when inflated or deflated, makes the façade transparent or opaque. This avoids the entry of light and heat at times of maximum sunlight. This is what is called the “ETFE Diaphragm” configuration. The system can manage the movement of air around the whole of the façade, with very favorable results in terms of energy efficiency. The roof of the building houses a photovoltaic cover and, in one part, a natural gardened area. Rainwater is collected in a tank to maximize use of the building’s wastewater circuits. With regard to air-conditioning, Media-TIC is connected to the district’s Districlima network, further reducing heating and cooling bills. The south-west facade filters solar radiation through a screen of vertical cushioned panels containing nitrogen and oil, which coalesces as a ‘cloud’ sunscreen.

In Toward a Theory of Architecture Machines, Nicholas Nigroponte proposes a machines that can learn , understand, associate courses with goals, be self-improving and be ethical, which call architecture machines, the friend of an architect which can help the designer have more time and do what he really interested in. Architecture must have artificial intelligence such as: set of sensors, effectors and processors to view to world directly and indirectly. He also suggested the learning machine which contain five particular subassemblies: a heuristic mechanism, a rote apparatus, a conditioning device, a reward selector and a forgetting convenience. The architect would be a main connection to which all architecture machines could communicate via telephone lines or to get more information and computing power. Additionally, the seeing machine which have three properties: an event, a manifestation and representation.

In general, architects play an important role in environmental solution by designing and implementing projects that deal with the increasingly complex relationships between the built and natural environments. Personally, I would like to pay more intention on how can we use technology to deal with global warming which is increasingly becoming dominant in these day and age.

Environment degradation is becoming predominant in this day and age and architecture presents a unique challenge in the field of sustainability.  Sustainable design attempts to have an understanding of the natural processes as well as the environmental impact of the design.  In these text Form and Function Follow Climate, Philippe Rahm show the main idea about the form/function relationship with climate and a paradox that  for achieving a sustainable building, it has to be isolated from and autonomous to follow his three underlying principles which are an air light shell, excellent heat insulation and mechanical airflow.

In conclusion, Rahm suggests that to liberate the space and the altogether; also suggests not making new rooms to accommodate new functions, but to give free rein to the functional interpretation of space.

The case study which called Never Never Land designed by Andrés Jaque Architects located in San José, Ibiza. The project began with detailed mapping of the flora and fauna on the site. The house is built around the already present trees, and is lifted off the ground to avoid any sort of disturbance to the ground ( paving, crops, watering or other input) which might eventually alter its properties, the way it works or the sort of association that the plant and animal communities now have with the soil in an attempt to leave all possible plants and systems intact. In addition, the waste filtering and treating equipment, as well as the water tank, are fitted into a reinforced concrete vessel, in order to prevent them from acting as ‘requalifying’ agents in the environment .

personal research proposal:

Sustainability often is defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

During my research I recognized that achieving greater sustainability in the field of construction is significantly potential, because building construction consumes more energy and resources than any other economic activity so I would like to investigate in self sufficient building to stay green, stay isolated, stay prepared, or stay thrifty