Because of the ongoing concerns in the building profession about climate change as it relates to the built-form, the principles for designing a sustainable built system concerning the tall building need a profound discourse. Scholars and practitioners often raise questions about whether we need to build tall buildings at all. If the tall building built-form is inevitable, we must carefully examine ecological design principles to make it as green and environmentally responsible as possible. In the interim, human society needs to decide whether to continue to build tall and even taller.

Chapter Contents:

• 1.1 The idea of the sustainable tall building or skyscraper
• 1.2 Ecosystem characteristics and attributes
• 1.3 Preliminary design studies for technical, biological, and augmented solutions
• 1.3.1 Ecosystem's biotic-abiotic structure
• 1.3.2 Ecosystem biodiversity
• 1.3.3 Ecosystem connectivity and nexus
• 1.3.4 Provision of ecosystem services
• 1.3.5 Ecosystem biointegration
• 1.3.6 Ecosystem responsiveness to climate
• 1.3.7 Ecosystem's use and cycling of material
• 1.3.8 Ecosystem hydrology
• 1.3.9 Ecosystem symbiosis
• 1.3.10 Ecosystem homeostasis
• 1.3.11 Ecosystem's food production
• 1.3.12 Ecosystem's succession
• 1.4 Building physics and modeling
• 1.5 Conclusion
• References

Inspec keywords: buildings (structures); ecology; structural engineering; sustainable development; design for environment

Other keywords: climate change; ongoing concerns; tall building built-form; building profession; sustainable built system; ecological design principles; designing sustainable tall buildings; profound discourse; tall building need

Subjects: Environmental issues; Design; Heat and thermodynamic processes (mechanical engineering); Civil and mechanical engineering computing; Construction industry; Buildings (energy utilisation); Environmental factors; Building structures