{"id":2132,"date":"2015-04-08T12:33:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T12:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.joind.co.uk\/?page_id=2132"},"modified":"2019-03-16T10:42:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T10:42:31","slug":"inspirations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/design\/inspirations\/","title":{"rendered":"inspirations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>World religions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We have been inspired by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plumvillage.org\/about\/thich-nhat-hanh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thich Nhat Hahn<\/a>, \u00a0a Zen Buddhist monk who wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/plumvillage.org\/book\/love-letter-to-the-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love Letter to the Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pope Francis in his encyclical letter <a href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/dam\/francesco\/pdf\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laudato Si on Care for Our Common Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li>the Islamic Declaration on <a href=\"http:\/\/islamicclimatedeclaration.org\/islamic-declaration-on-global-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Climate Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenfaith.org\/programs\/speaking-engagements-workshops\/rabbi-lawrence-troster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rabbi Lawrence Troster<\/a> who wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/bjpa.org\/Publications\/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=4659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tikkun Olam and Environmental Restoration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download<a href=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015.09.10-we-are-the-earth.pdf\">\u00a0We are the earth<\/a>\u00a0(PDF \u00a07MB) to see how we displayed the quotations from these sources at our latest\u00a0zero carbon house open days.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wabi-sabi<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy about valuing imperfection &#8211; the quality or patina that comes with age or wear or repair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wabi sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It is a beauty of things modest and humble.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> It is a beauty of things unconventional<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Leonard Koren: Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers)<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0exposed internal brick work of <strong>zero carbon house\u00a0<\/strong>and created cracked earth floors, delighting in the qualities of age, imperfection and humility echo the wabi-sabi aesthetic.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Antony Gormley<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>The sculptor Sir Antony Gormley says: &#8220;The carbon crisis calls for a re-examination of our faith in the technological basis of western progress. A change in belief is a cultural change.\u201d \u00a0(Art&#8217;s Lost Subject, Long Horizons, British Council 2010). In resisting the use of brash high energy materials, <strong>zero carbon house<\/strong> embodies a change in culture.<\/div>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2132 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/design\/inspirations\/richard-long\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Richard-Long-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3513\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3513'>\n\t\t\t\tRichard Long\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/design\/inspirations\/james-turrell\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/James-Turrell-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3512\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3512'>\n\t\t\t\tJames Turrell\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Richard Long<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The English artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardlong.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Long<\/a>\u00a0 has worked for many years with very simple materials including earth or mud.\u00a0 The same year <b>zero carbon house<\/b> was completed (2009) saw his exhibition Heaven and Earth at the Tate in London. Richard Long&#8217;s work shows there are no limits to the imaginative use of earth&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>James Turrell<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The precisely-framed slot of glazing (top picture) runs full length over the double-height living room.\u00a0 With its long angled wall, it&#8217;s a small homage to the American artist <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesturrell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Turrell<\/a>.\u00a0 His Skyspace installations focus contemplative views of ever-changing colours and moods of the sky and clouds. \u00a0It is entrancing that a small piece of the sky can become so intense&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2132 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/design\/inspirations\/sir-john-soane\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Sir-John-Soane-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-3514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-3514'>\n\t\t\t\tSir John Soane\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>John Soane <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>John Soane, who lived between 1753 and 1837, was a wonderfully original and idiosyncratic architect. His home is now the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soane.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soane Museum<\/a> in north London. There he experimented with opening internal shutters, unexpected to-lit vertical spaces, \u00a0mirror linings to windows&#8230;all finding echoes in <b>zero carbon house.\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-2132 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/design\/inspirations\/bedzed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BedZED-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3511\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3511'>\n\t\t\t\tBedZED\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/design\/inspirations\/aalto-chair\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Aalto-chair-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-3510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Aalto-chair-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Aalto-chair-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Aalto-chair.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-3510'>\n\t\t\t\tAlvar Aalto\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Alvar Aalto<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/85390\/ad-classics-villa-mairea-alvar-aalto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alvar Alto<\/a> was Finland&#8217;s leading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c20society.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C20 Modern architect<\/a>. The hallmarks of his approach are still highly relevant today. \u00a0Natural building materials. Natural lighting and roof-lighting, sometimes coupled with subtle angles or unexpected organic building geometry in plan and section. Seamless design of internal and external spaces. Timeless furniture design.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>BedZED<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioregional.com\/bedzed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BedZED<\/a> was the brainchild of Bill Dunster (architect) and Pooran Desai (visionary developer). The name comes from Beddington (in London) Zero Emissions Developmemt. 182 zero carbon homes were built, 2002, and low embodied energy, transport, passive heat recovery ventilation (with funky wind cowls) all integrated.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Brenda and Robert Vale<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Brenda and Robert Vale taught for a while at the Nottingham School of Architecture. They built their own ultra-low energy house in the 1990s and described their whole approach in the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1178558.The_New_Autonomous_House\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Autonomous House<\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i>Both the house and the thinking behind it were pioneering steps in UK sustainable building, in the days when hardly anyone took it seriously.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8fb258;\">You might also be interested in:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Architectural design\" href=\"\/design\/architectural-design\/\">architectural design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/awards-media\/awards\/\">awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #8fb258;\"><a href=\"\/about\/john-christophers\/\">meet the architect<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World religions We have been inspired by: Thich Nhat Hahn, \u00a0a Zen Buddhist monk who wrote Love Letter to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3387,"parent":2030,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2132","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4384,"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2132\/revisions\/4384"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zerocarbonhousebirmingham.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}