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Crisis? What Crises?

Over its 300-year history, sustainability has come full circle—from a pragmatic tool for resource management in 17th-century Germany, to an environmental ideal embraced by the 1960s counterculture, and back to a market-driven instrument in contemporary architecture, reduced to certification systems and box-ticking exercises.

12 students

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Over its 300-year history, sustainability has come full circle—from a pragmatic tool for resource management in 17th-century Germany, to an environmental ideal embraced by the 1960s counterculture, and back to a market-driven instrument in contemporary architecture, reduced to certification systems and box-ticking exercises. What is the relevance of the concept today? And what might truly sustainable architecture look like?

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Crisis? What Crises?

Crisis? What Crises?

Over its 300-year history, sustainability has come full circle—from a pragmatic tool for resource management in 17th-century Germany, to an environmental ideal embraced by the 1960s counterculture, and back to a market-driven instrument in contemporary architecture, reduced to certification systems and box-ticking exercises. What is the relevance of the concept today? And what might truly sustainable architecture look like?

Enrolled Learners: 12