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As specifically as possible, for one of the given
sites, design a home applying the ideology described
in Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.
For more information about Cradle to Cradle concepts,
visit GreenBlue.org.
Creating a new “machine”
To paraphrase Le Corbusier in Towards a New Architecture,
the home has become a machine for consuming in. In
our homes, we process an increasing quantity of consumer
goods – bringing them in one end and discarding
them at the other. As we consign the Earth’s
valuable and finite material nutrients to landfills,
we perpetuate the modern invention of “waste”
which is unknown in nature. How will the implementation
of your design for the C2C Home adapt our modern lifestyle
to the model of natural systems?
Using Resources Effectively
The “cradle to cradle” paradigm recognizes
that while our energy resources are abundant, our
material resources are finite, and must be used and
re-used without degradation in either technical or
biological cycles. The C2C Home will move beyond strategies
of efficiency to invent strategies of effectiveness
which allow for complete separation and reuse of all
construction materials and anticipate and encourage
adoption of technologies that glean energy from the
sun in clean and abundant forms. How does your
design eliminate the concept of waste?
Celebrating Context
At the heart of the cradle to cradle paradigm is the
celebration of life in all its abundance and variety.
The building site selections for the C2C Home highlight
the variety of neighborhoods which create Roanoke,
Virginia’s own vibrant and unique character.
Successful designs will strengthen the neighborhoods’
identities by respecting and celebrating life in the
existing context. How will your design express
both your original vision and a kinship with the residents
and neighbors of the C2C Home?
Engaging Industry
Designers of the C2C Home will consider material selection
to be more than a multiple-choice problem. In addition
to considering the construction process of the house
itself, we must rethink the design of all of the component
products as well. Only through participatory innovation
by industry can the C2C Home become a reality. How
will your specification requirements help them to
create the materials we need to achieve the C2C Home?
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