Abstract
Contemporary architectural practices focused on sustainable design and materials evidence the increasingly important role art, architecture, and design occupy in conversations and solutions around climate change. As carbon emissions continue to rise and global climate change becomes ever harder to ignore, it is imperative that architectural design incorporate sustainable materials and practices accessible to all. Using data from artists, architects, and designers committed to sustainability one can address the changing responses and developing technologies used to address climate impact. This article focuses on sustainable architecture, its historical roots, and its contemporary application to geographic areas particularly susceptible to climate change. I incorporate my first-hand research and analysis of Utah-specific solutions to climate change, including the state’s overall sustainability practices, and the construction of LEED-certified buildings and environment-friendly designs. This includes a case study I conducted on-site at Community Rebuilds in Moab, UT, and examples of sustainable architecture and design practices in Salt Lake City and Maharashtra, India. Sustainable architecture and design is an exceptionally relevant and pressing issue. By bringing these disciplines into conversation with each other, my research addresses the impactful ways art and design may lead the discourse around sustainability.
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Miner, Sara
(2024)
"Moab to Maharashtra: A Study in Sustainability,"
Undergraduate Research: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58361/2766-3590.1074
Available at:
https://kb.gcsu.edu/undergraduateresearch/vol4/iss1/6