Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Architecture: Environmental Sustainable Design

This subject is where we get to learn about the interaction between human, built environment and the surrounding nature. It's where we get exposed to the true meaning of sustainable in designs. And for this module, we were given the first and also the only assignment which was to write a research and reflective essay about an environmental issue chosen by us in a group of 3 and also to produce a poster that help to raise environmental awareness in the society.

The objectives for this assignment are as listed :

1. To increase awareness of current environmental issues locally and globally.
2. To explore the local and global context of growth and therefore realizing the relationship between the growth and its impact on the environment.

Part I - Research and Reflective Essay
For this part, we had chosen non-renewable energy as our main topic and did further research about it through the sources of books, journals and internet as well. We had chose to focus on 3 types of energy resources which included natural gas, oil and nuclear power. The main body of this essay is basically about the impacts these three types of energy brought to the environment and more about the bad sides of it.

Essay

Part II - Essay For this part, we were required to create a poster that brings out a strong message of the environmental issue that will raise the awareness in public.
Poster

After completing this assignment, I had definitely gained more knowledge about the built environment. Besides, I got to explore the concept of environmental ecological sustainability and recognized the role and responsibility of an architect towards the nature environment and society. While doing this project, I was exposed to different types of non-renewable energy sources and got to know in detail about the process of extraction, usage, efficiency and also the pollution it brought to the environment and the impact to the society. I think it was a good experience to have an introduction into the built environment sustainability which will later help me out in designing buildings that are visually yet environmental friendly at the same time.
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