Architecture-Shaping the Built Environment

The conventional approach to design has been to focus specifically on the inner core. There is attenuation in relevance as the outer core approaches. This treatise calls for an outside in approach wherein the inside core should adapt, synthesize and amalgamate with the environs. It stresses on the fact that architectural expression should not just be cosmetic but positively shape the built environment. It also seeks to establish how this approach will ensure that architecture will be sustainable, eco-friendly and has the least impact on the environment. The various measures for achieving this are enumerated, discussed and presented.