ECOLOGY BEYOND BUILDING

摘要

As the designers of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) building in Zeist, the Netherlands a CO_2-neutral, self-sufficient office complex, RAU has set the bar for sustainable research and design. Guest-editor Terri Peters visited the firm's studio in Amsterdam to talk to principal Thomas Rau. As Peters relates, Rau prefers to put the onus on the dwindling supply of raw materials rather than the immediate problems of energy consumption for which there are solutions within reach. With the emphasis on a more far-reaching approach, he places buildings in a wider context of ecological thinking and systems.