ECOWEEK Book#2:
15 Paths to Sustainability: from Innovation to Social Design
Elias Messinas & Despoina Kouinoglou, Editors
Sustainable Design > Circularity > Public Participation > Social Design > Innovation
“Often, architects think of design sustainability as … about technology… And this is why I really love about what you are talking about in the book. The social aspect of sustainability.”
Arthur Mamou-Mani, Mamou-Mani Architects
148 pages | 224 images | English | Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 0.70 cm
ISBN: 978-618-83112-2-0
The book includes articles from 15 architects and designers from around the world, sharing their extraordinary work in the fields of sustainable design. The book includes examples of projects in architecture and design, in nanotechnology and innovation, on social design and design-build, on circular practices and the reuse of plastics into 3d print designs and urban furniture, on collaborative design and public participation in decision making, on the reuse of organic waste in cities, on the reuse of PET bottles for 3d printing and new designs, on the rehabilitation of buildings, and more. The book serves as a resource and inspiration for architects, designers, innovators, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in the practice of sustainability.
Learning from experts how to design in a sustainable way is what this book is about. Supported by Galenica SA, it hosts writings by Arthur Mamou-Mani, Elias Messinas, Despoina Kouinoglou, Stefanie Leontiadis, Benjamin Gill, Theodora Kyriafini and Fotini Lymperiadou, Radu Negulescu and Ana Muntean, Margarita Kyanidou, Maria Carmela Frate, Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki, Maria Anastasiadou and Ellie Petridi, Lorin Nicuale and Alexandra Purnichescu, Luis Rossi, Nicolas Le Roux and Paula Lemos, Lena Beigel and Georg Sampl, Ulrike Schartner, Kostas Giannakopoulos and Nafsika Mouti, Katerina Novakova, and Anna Tsagkalou.
ECOWEEK was created with the passion to change people’s habits and the mission to raise awareness and public participation in sustainability through design. For more than fifteen years, ECOWEEK is connecting extraordinary professionals, academics and students from around the world, with local communities, governments and organizations, to generate creative and innovative solutions through sustainable and social design.
Sample reading: HERE | Order on AMAZON: HERE
