Structural Sustainability - Heuristic Approach

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rostański, Krzysztof

2017-10-01

choose the related actions. As there is no need and, probably, no possibility to implement all of them in a particular case, we must find our own way. The holistic model shows the effects of our actions and thus enabling us to compare them with our own targets. Following the method will help us to make conscious decisions, but not to implement all possible tasks in our program. In nature, every species has its own capabilities to adjust and creates its habitat accordingly, disregarding the universal idea of taking all possible benefits offered by nature. In order to follow the principles of sustainability we have to act similarly. When designing we should rather try to approach perfection than create ideal solutions, because what is perceived as ideal at the present state of knowledge, will always be imperfect. The paper describes three case studies of the heuristic approach in landscape design. They are all located in Silesia, Poland. The first is GPP Business Park in Katowice, whose building and its surrounding with the greenery designed according to the discussed method received the Outstanding BREEAM Certification. The second is the recreation area of Rybaczowka near Strzelce Opolskie, whose redeveloping design won the highest rating in a government competition for the ecological fund investments. The third is Row Rudzki - an ecological area in the center of an industrial city.