Sunday, April 24, 2011

"You don't know the power you have" Ed Mazria





Ed Mazria, Founder and CEO of Architecture 2030

“The building industry is responsible for 49% of the current carbon consumption; it is both the problem and the solution. ”

Ed Mazria's Architecture on the Brink, at the Cooper Union this past week, detailed how "with the stroke of their designers' pen", New York architects could redirect the tide of current global events tied to energy, economics and climate change.

When dubious, he told them "you don't know the power you have with suppliers and services in the marketplace, not just in New York, but throughout the world." By way of encouragement, over 70 percent of the industrialized world was built before computerized three dimensional drawing.



 
The International Style architects that shunned climate controlled structures of the Renaissance and transformed pre-industrial Europe in the 20th century used French curves.

Today‘s computer technology offers designers abundant freedom to create, “amazing structures like the Beijing Opera House, but at what cost ?”

AIANY's Committee on the Environment is to thank for organizing this event.  For more information about this and  other award-winning programming http://www.aiany.org/   
Join Ed Mazria's industry challenge to bring the building industry to carbon neutral by 2030 visit http://www.architecture2030.org/.