Van Wyk, Llewellyn V2009-03-272009-03-272009-02Van Wyk, LV. 2009. Ecobuilding: towards an appropriate architectonic expression. Green building handbook South Africa, Vol.1 (A guide to ecological design), pp 43-539780620427241http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3262Copyright: 2009 Green BuildingEnvironmental planners design and oversee the construction of the infrastructure that substantially supports the built environment. Infrastructure is being described as the basic physical assets of a country, community or organization, and the built environment as comprising urban design, land use and the transportation systems, and the patterns of human activity within this physical environment. Sustainable infrastructure development requires architecture to find an appropriate architectural expression that addresses the key concepts as contained in the World Commission on Environment and Development Report, "Our Common Future", namely: an architecture that is restorative and transformative, and whose execution is a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirationsenEcobuildingSustainable infrastructureInfrastructure developmentArchitectural expressionEnvironmental planningGreen building handbook South AfricaBook ChapterVan Wyk, L. V. (2009). Ecobuilding: Towards an appropriate architectonic expression., <i></i> Green Building. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3262Van Wyk, Llewellyn V. "Ecobuilding: towards an appropriate architectonic expression" In <i></i>, n.p.: Green Building. 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3262.Van Wyk LV. Ecobuilding: towards an appropriate architectonic expression. [place unknown]: Green Building; 2009. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3262.TY - Book Chapter AU - Van Wyk, Llewellyn V AB - Environmental planners design and oversee the construction of the infrastructure that substantially supports the built environment. Infrastructure is being described as the basic physical assets of a country, community or organization, and the built environment as comprising urban design, land use and the transportation systems, and the patterns of human activity within this physical environment. Sustainable infrastructure development requires architecture to find an appropriate architectural expression that addresses the key concepts as contained in the World Commission on Environment and Development Report, "Our Common Future", namely: an architecture that is restorative and transformative, and whose execution is a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations DA - 2009-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Ecobuilding KW - Sustainable infrastructure KW - Infrastructure development KW - Architectural expression KW - Environmental planning KW - Green building handbook South Africa LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 9780620427241 T1 - Ecobuilding: towards an appropriate architectonic expression TI - Ecobuilding: towards an appropriate architectonic expression UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3262 ER -