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Bjarke Ingels and Hedonistic Sustainability
Yutaro Sakai
I am studying in the Architecture Technology program, and this
research paper was written for the Theory of Architecture class in my
sophomore year. The criteria for this project were to choose one of the
architectural theorists, summarize his background, and write about his
design process, strategies, and theories. Bjarke Ingels is a world-famous
young architect, and I was inspired by him as an architect, his design
process, and sustainable thinking. He is one of the reasons why I
became interested in Architecture and Sustainability.
Abstract
The reason why I chose Bjarke Ingels for my research paper is that
when I started becoming interested in architecture, I was inspired by his
designs, philosophy, and theories. Because of that, I was passionate
about doing more research about him and wanted to know his vision and
ambition. Ingels is a young Danish architect who introduced Hedonistic
Sustainability to the world. His design thinking, process, and strategy in
architectural practices have brought sustainable design to the next level.
Ingels was nominated as one of Time magazine’s one hundred most
influential people of 2016, and he has been called the next Rem
Koolhass 1 . With enhancing quality of life, hedonically sustainable
buildings and even city masterplans are no longer detrimental to our
Rem Koolhass is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and professor
in practice of architecture and urban design at the Graduate School of Design at
Harvard University. Koolhass is the founding partner of OMA and known as one
of the most important architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation. He
won the Pritzker Prize in 2000.
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