Friday, September 18, 2009

“Huge role” for architects as population explodes





A booming population, forecast today by the Federal Treasury, will cause conflict between the need for affordable housing and the importance of sustainability, an academic has said.




The “crucial issue” is how to develop smaller, denser dwellings that are sustainable and affordable, Ramirez-Lovering said. “It’s not easy, because sustainable measures do increase the cost, such as photo voltaic cells or water tanks, so what can you do to look at those things cohesively,” he said

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