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Communicating sustainability: a postoccupancy evaluation of the David Brower Center
Citation
Cranz, G and Lindsay, G and Morhayim, L and Lin, A, Communicating sustainability: a postoccupancy evaluation of the David Brower Center, Environment and Behavior, 46, (7) pp. 826 -847. ISSN 1552-390X (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 SAGE Publications
DOI: doi:10.1177/0013916513475449
Abstract
As the United States adjusts to the necessity of ecological sustainability, buildings play an important role because of their use of resources—and because they are potent nonverbal symbols of new societal values. The David Brower Center in Berkeley, California, strives to be a model for sustainability. Environmental impact is often the focus of those concerned with sustainability, but here, additionally, the designers aim to raise public awareness of sustainability through the building. For this reason, this building became the site for
a postoccupancy evaluation class exercise; architecture students analyzed the building and what it communicates about sustainability from the perspective of its users. Findings indicate that many people did not adequately read the building’s green design characteristics: Social and symbolic communication could be improved by increasing signage and evolving clearer symbolism for "green."
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | communicating sustainability, post-occupancy evaluation, Berkeley, California, USA |
Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
Research Group: | Architecture |
Research Field: | Sustainable architecture |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in built environment and design |
UTAS Author: | Lindsay, G (Dr Georgia Lindsay) |
ID Code: | 135255 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
Deposited By: | Architecture and Design |
Deposited On: | 2019-10-08 |
Last Modified: | 2019-11-08 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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