Climate change and eco-anthropocentric approach to architectural and urban planning

Abstract

Ahumane and environmentally friendly urban environment is akeypriority of the modern age.An eco-anthropocentric approach to design engineering is legislated by many European countries. Federal Building Code (BauGB, Germany) commits municipalities to analyze urban development plans and identify unintended hazardous environmental consequences for urban residents. This approach assumes special importance in the context of mounting climate changes. Europe’s design practicesareeco-anthropocentric; they take account of the climate change and behavioural patterns of urban residents. In this article, eco-anthropocentric climate-conscious architectural solutions, developed by M. Eichner,the coauthor,are presented. He develops his architectural projects with account for local specificities, eco-friendly construction materials, and traditional models of dwellings. His projects are both social and ecological; they absorb the best civil engineering solutions; their impact on the biosphere and the global climate is also assessed. The findings of the self-examination, performed by the NRU MGSU students, majoring in architecture, are also contributed to the article. Students realize the importance of climate-conscious design, although they do not think there is a growing demand for projects of this kind in Russia; urban residents do not realize the importance of climate-conscious construction. The co-authors make a conclusion that both local and global patterns of influence, produced by buildings on the environment as a result of their consumption of materials, water and energy,vary from country to country, and so does the demand for climate-conscious architecture. However, given the climate changeacross the world, architectural and urban planning design will put emphasis on a combination of ecological and humane factors.