{"id":14989,"date":"2012-11-20T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=14989"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:02:22","slug":"ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/","title":{"rendered":"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14993\" title=\"Yeang\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/spacingvancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/features\/book-reviews_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Ecodesign applies not just to how we design, construct, use, recycle, and eventually biointegrate our buildings back into the environment, but to all of our human built environment including everything that we as humans make \u2013 buildings, bridges, roads, toys, refrigerators, clothing, etc. Ecodesign concerns not just those in the design community but all whose roles in the global economy impact on the environment \u2013 resource extraction and production, manufacturing, the food industry, big business, transportation, etc. Simply stated, if we are able to biointegrate all that we make and all that we do with the natural environment in a seamless and benign way, then there will be no environmental problems whatsoever. This aspiration is of course easier said than done \u2013 but this is the single most vital issue confronting us today, we being one of a multitude of species in nature. If we are not able to achieve this, this millennium may be our last.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Ken Yeang<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edited by Sara Hart (John Wiley &amp; Sons, 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a preface by Lord Norman Foster, this new book on the 40 year career of eco-architect Ken Yeang is a panacea post-Sandy, presenting an architectural alternative to the business-as-usual ecological occupation of current development\u2014a philosophy and movement that Yeang co-founded and has perpetuated through his career. Editor and writer Sara Hart has here assembled a formidable collection of commentary interspersed with page after page of large colour renderings of 22 of Yeang\u2019s most provocative buildings\u2014each accompanied by diagrams and sections\u2014to illustrate each building\u2019s unique set of environmental controls. She further points out that in 2008 <em>The Guardian <\/em>named Yeang as one of fifty people in the world that could help save the planet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Perhaps it is most surprising that despite several previous publications, this is the first time such an extensive monograph has been assembled, one in which his work can be understood at the many different scales he works in. As such, the book is divided into six chapters: <em>Bioclimatic Design<\/em>, <em>EcoMasterplanning<\/em>, <em>Transitional Projects<\/em>, <em>Vertical Urbanism<\/em>, <em>Technical Innovation<\/em>, and <em>Vertical EcoInfrastructure<\/em>.\u00a0 Each chapter showcases three of his projects as examples, with particular emphasis given to the final chapter that features seven of his most eye-popping eco-towers, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/spireedge.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spire Edge<\/a> and L Tower.<\/p>\n<p>As one would expect, this handsome monograph on a visionary architect is chocked full of visually arresting images. Yet, it is in the book\u2019s final six pages, written by Yeang himself, in which the book\u2019s philosopher stone is revealed. Breaking our environment into four strands of &#8216;EcoInfrastructure&#8217;\u2014represented within by the colours green (nature), grey (roads, sewers, etc.), blue (water), and red (buildings)\u2014Yeang ultimately presents the notion of ecomimesis, and that our built systems will work most effectively if they can be allowed to mimic the ecological properties and attributes of Nature. Here is his solution for effectively combating climate change, and one that could help to turn the tide if we act now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>***<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information visit the Wiley<a href=\"http:\/\/ca.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-0470721405.html\"> website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>***<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sean Ruthen<\/em><\/strong><em> is a Vancouver-based architect and writer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Ecodesign applies not just to how we design, construct, use, recycle, and eventually biointegrate our buildings back into the environment, but to all of our human built environment including everything that we as humans make \u2013 buildings, bridges, roads, toys, refrigerators, clothing, etc. Ecodesign concerns not just those in the design community but<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11232],"tags":[52,10758],"class_list":["post-14989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-book-review","tag-ken-yeang"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Ecodesign applies not just to how we design, construct, use, recycle, and eventually biointegrate our buildings back into the environment, but to all of our human built environment including everything that we as humans make \u2013 buildings, bridges, roads, toys, refrigerators, clothing, etc. Ecodesign concerns not just those in the design community butContinue reading &quot;EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-20T18:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-21T15:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sean Ruthen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sean Ruthen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/\",\"name\":\"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang - Spacing Vancouver\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-20T18:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-21T15:02:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/91466578802921557e836991752862fc\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Vancouver\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Vancouver Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/91466578802921557e836991752862fc\",\"name\":\"Sean Ruthen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d670374430941d73b340e638d45cdb53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d670374430941d73b340e638d45cdb53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sean Ruthen\"},\"description\":\"Sean Ruthen is a Metro Vancouver-based architect and writer.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/author\/seanruthen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang - Spacing Vancouver","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang - Spacing Vancouver","og_description":"&nbsp; &nbsp; Ecodesign applies not just to how we design, construct, use, recycle, and eventually biointegrate our buildings back into the environment, but to all of our human built environment including everything that we as humans make \u2013 buildings, bridges, roads, toys, refrigerators, clothing, etc. Ecodesign concerns not just those in the design community butContinue reading \"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang\"","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Vancouver","article_published_time":"2012-11-20T18:00:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-01-21T15:02:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Sean Ruthen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sean Ruthen","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/","name":"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang - Spacing Vancouver","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg","datePublished":"2012-11-20T18:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2013-01-21T15:02:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/91466578802921557e836991752862fc"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Yeang.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/20\/ecoarchitecture-the-work-of-ken-yeang\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"EcoArchitecture: The Work of Ken Yeang"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/","name":"Spacing Vancouver","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered  |  Vancouver Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/91466578802921557e836991752862fc","name":"Sean Ruthen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d670374430941d73b340e638d45cdb53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d670374430941d73b340e638d45cdb53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sean Ruthen"},"description":"Sean Ruthen is a Metro Vancouver-based architect and writer.","sameAs":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver"],"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/author\/seanruthen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14989"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14991,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989\/revisions\/14991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}