What is the sustainable method enough for our built environment?

Abstract

The sustainable movement has grown and evolved rapidly in the 21 st century. This movement is a response to the various problems of the relationship between humans and the earth that appear more disruptive and seemingly intractable problems. After the era of sustainable development emerges, many concepts and new methodologies such as biophilia, cradle-to-cradle, resilience planning, natural step, permaculture, living buildings, eco-districts, transition cities, and integrative and biomimetic design, etc. The superabundance of these theories indicates the notion of sustainability that is still not yet rigid and massive and rises curiosity to seek its end-line. This paper has done the extensive literature reviews on the field of Green Building Sustainable Development, Biophilic, Biomimetic, Resilience, Restorative and Regenerative for mapping it, created the constellation, and seed the relationship between these strategies and how they fit together. The mapping results with the matrix method of relevant research factors have succeeded in displaying the focus and assumptions built by each sustainability method. The results of this study have also provided a picture of a complex and complicated universe of how to achieve sustainability. One way or one method is not enough to gain sustainability Therefore, situational and contextual problems encountered must be handled with various approaches, and complex strategy must be elaborated in a systemic, organic, holistic and nonlinear way. The wave of sustainability ideas still seems continuously find the united and rigid concepts based on the existing theory and method.