Earth Crisis is the BIG REALITY, Climate Crisis is the BIG MYTH – we all have been made to believe – to divert the real issues – how the Human Greed has and is destroying Planet Earth with more than 1,700 to 2,000 plus natural catastrophes yearly all over the globe. The State and the big Corporation – who should be safeguarding the global citizens from all the catastrophes – are in fact, hands in gloves with the Global Scientific Communities to mislead the world with the help of the MSM – Misinformation Spreading Machine, popularly known as the Mainstream Media.
Ever since the advent, ‘zerobeyond – the new frontier!’ has been championing the cause to generate awareness about the serious threat Planet Earth is facing due to the ever-increasing human greed. Presenting rational and logical questions how we all are pushing Planet Earth towards Apocalypse, ‘zerobeyond – the new frontier!’ has made it a point to put the significant question to every professional we have interviewed so far. Interestingly, the younger generation of professionals has shown great maturity towards the serious threat to put forward their views. It is ironic that the policymakers of the world have turned a blind eye, due to their unending greed, to take any serious and concrete steps to save Planet Earth.
‘zerobeyond – the new frontier!’ is also so happy and takes pride to see these youngsters achieving greater position in their professional quest. Do read their interviews and see how they have progressed in a short period of time to move to higher places. We wish them more success in coming years and create some outstanding works to better lives of the global citizen and play significant roles in safeguarding Planet Earth.
What are your views on Climatic catastrophes and how architects of the future (your generation) will overcome the herculean challenge?
“I desperately want to be optimistic but again and again, data has made me pessimistic. Studying landscape architecture made me one step closer to understanding how serious and urgent climate issues are and how hopelessly ‘nonchalant’ we are about it.
Architects, Landscape Architects and Urban Planners have the right knowledge and tools to help solve a few of the climate issues, but all of them are gravely limited in terms of their outreach. The profession operates under capitalist market mechanisms, which favor short-term gains over long-term solutions. It drives the whole profession in ‘let’s get it done fast’ mode.
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The process of creation involves simultaneous destruction. To build a house, one must destroy some mountain or forest somewhere, take advantage of laborers to do the job of mining the material, transport it to distant urban centers, sell it to dealers who determine its selling price, and then eventually crafted or molded (again by laborers) to finally use it as a part of the house. It is a long arduous process and current market mechanisms are out of architectural profession’s reach or influence.
Unless a rapid large-scale systemic change is brought in all the sectors of the construction industry and unless we do not create a new economic model that takes long-term solutions into account, we are bound to keep continuing the current chain of destruction and head fast-track towards catastrophic disaster.” – EKTA RAKHOLIYA, Landscape Architect @Foster + Partners, London, UK
“The impact of urbanization and intensive population density has led the world in the contrary direction. This is further leading to an unforeseen damage that we would be held responsible for by our future generations. The dreadful need for luxury is forcing humans to exploit the natural resources available to us. The cities are getting over-populated and rural open areas are getting urbanized as well. The constant greed shown by humans has impacted in the creation of heat islands globally. This is further contributing to the frightful occurrence of global warming.
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In order to preserve the survival rate in the years down the lane, we are at a crucial ‘do-or-die stage’ that requires immediate action. This can be simply done by being aware of our needs and greed and finding an alternative switch for the same. When it comes to the construction industry, sustainable materials are definitely the future! Hence, we must invest time on efficient research right from this very moment, so as to replace our usage of elements that harm the Earth.” – PRIYANKA SHINGRANI, Design Manager @ RSP India, Bangalore, INDIA
“Climatic catastrophes can lead to change in precipitation patterns, societal collapse and increased temperature among many other additional concerns. Green design is the need of the hour as it involves design and construction practices that significantly eliminate or reduce the negative impacts of building on the environment and occupants. Green building refers to both the structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
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As architects, it is our responsibility towards society to understand that environment and development are intertwined. Therefore, it must be systematically integrated in the design process to produce environment-friendly designs, thus achieving sustainable development to protect health and well- being while also protecting the global environment and ecosystems for future generations.” – SHWETA KUMARI, Assistant Manager – Product Design @Sunstone, Gurugram, INDIA
“As a native of Kerala, I have seen first-hand the effects of climate change – the loss of lives and property during the 2018 floods left me feeling helpless, prompting me to select a major in disaster mitigation and management as an elective in my 9th Semester. I learned how important it is to identify disaster risks and what steps we can take to lessen the effects of such disasters during the course.
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A strong well-distributed organizational framework is required to handle the various disasters that terrorize a country as big as India. At the grassroots’ level, we, as designers can adhere to building codes and land use regulations to ensure that the new developments are proposed in a risk-free zones and existing structures are retrofitted to minimize greater losses.
Simple actions like preventing construction in wetlands and regular de-silting of riverbeds to prevent floods, creating ecological buffers and green shore belts to break the high velocity cyclones and tsunamis, and practicing various retrofitting techniques are all steps we can take as a community.” – FEBY SUSAN PHILIP, Junior Urban Designer @ ADAM Architecture, London, UK
To be continued…..
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