sustainable landscapes for corporate and leisure
social space as part of business units
golf course and leisure centre design promotes wellbeing
Environmental pressures are growing at an alarming rate, making it increasingly important - vital, in fact - for companies to develop active policies on sustainability. The landscape that surrounds offices, factories etc. can become the key focus of a corporate expression of sustainability.
Few mediums, apart from the architecture of a building, lend themselves to such eloquent expression of a companies green credentials. Indeed it can be argued, that as all human and business life takes place within the landscape, even in the most urban of places, that a “sustainable landscape” is the ultimate expression of green thinking.
We can go even further and declare that all new building developments should be seen as the creation of living bio-systems within which people operate and interact with their environment. Such thinking calls for the complete integration of architecture, landscape, energy generation and waste elimination to achieve a balanced, healthy, carbon-neutral living/working environment.
key benefits of sustainable design
- business needs to be “seen to be green”
- lower energy costs to infrastructure (green roofs etc)
- benign environments promote greater health & motivation
- planning permission often requires sustainable design
- leisure centres need to minimise carbon footprint
- edible landscapes can increase user interaction
- staff courtyards and gardens promote positivity
- public space/entrances inspire confidence with users
