The Big Picture

big number

s

one

6.8 billion

Source: US Census Bureau

One of1.6

million +Source: WWF

Visionary

Resilience

Prosperity

Health Beauty Happiness

SocialSustainabilit

y

Population Bomb?Source: United

Nations

Human Life

Source: United Nations

Human Health

Human Health

In the developing world the top causes of death are

Pneumonia and HIV/AIDS.

Source: World Health Organization

Human Health

In the developed world the top cause of death is Heart

Disease.

Source: World Health Organization

In the developed world LIFESTYLE

is our biggest health risk

factor.

Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

No Data <10% 10%–14%

Obesity Rates1986

Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

No Data <10% 10%–14 15%–19% ≥20%

Obesity Rates2000

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC.

No Data <10% 10%–14 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30%

Obesity Rates2008

Aging World

Source: US Dept. of State

Immigration

82 percent of the US’s increase in population from 2005-2050 will be due to

immigrants and their US-born descendants.

Source: Pew Research Center

Source: Persuasive Games, Point of Entry

Environmental Refugees

Environmental Refugees

Source: United Nations University

Economic Migrants

Economic Migrants

Over one million people move to a city each

week.

Source: Gapminder.org

Source: Gapminder.org

Source: Gapminder.org

< $1.25 / Day

52%1981

26%2005

Extreme Poverty

Source: The World Bank

Urbanization

Source: United Nations

City Planet

Economic

Social

Environmental

Nexus

Source: Adbusters, Rory Brady, London

210 = 1

Source: Adbusters, Marc Arroyo Ortiga, Berlin

Marc’s Flag

Source: Adbusters, Jennifer White-Torres, Baltimore

Cultivation

Source: Adbusters, Ojasvi Mohanty Bangalore

Handshake

Source: Adbusters, Bizhan Khodabandeh, Richmond

All For One

Source: Adbusters, Alejandro Gonzalez, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

One Symbol

One Earth

Global Citizen

Identity

OlderDiverse

UrbanConnecte

d

Mobile

Eco-Citizen

Artist: Mondolithic Studios, Chris Wren and Kenn BrownMeta Sims

Meta-Citizen

Societal Values

Remember Big Brother?

Meet Little Sister!

Personal Technology

“Living by Numbers”

Source: Wired

Social Media

Info-Activism

Source: eyesondarfur.org

Geomapping

In 2007, 45 out 100

inhabitants in the

developing world had a cell phone.

Source: International Telecommunications Union

Earth Witness Project

Planetary SkinSource: Cisco and NASA

Global Monitoring

Alternative Reality GamesSource: Institute for the Future

Understanding Consumption

Artist: Chris JordonPlastic Cups, 2008

Artist: Chris JordonPlastic Cups, 2008

Depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours.

Artist: Chris JordonPlastic Cups, 2008

“We shape our buildings;

thereafter they shape us.”

Winston Churchill

Shaping Green Behavior

Source: New Buildings Institute, Energy Performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings

26% 32% 44%

Source: Lucid Design Group

Energy Performance

Human Performance

Productivity

Productivity

Source: Carnegie Mellon

Office Cost Distribution

Office Cost Distribution

Office Cost Distribution

RMI Study – Productivity increase of 6% for improvements in thermal control, lighting, acoustics and indoor quality

USGBC Study – West Bend Mutual Insurance increased productivity by 16% from old building to new green building (a $2m value per year).

Johnson Controls Study- 5 to 15% performance impact related to indoor environmental quality

Source: “The Commercial Real Estate Revolution”

Productivity Value

Health Benefits

Health BenefitsHealth Benefits

Health Benefits

Walkable Neighborhood

Walkable Buildings

Walk a mile in someone else’s

shoes.

The Empathetic Designer

Source: MIT, Connected Sustainable Cities

Maslow’s Pyramid

Qualitative Measures

Biophilia

Green Branded BuildingsSource: LivingHomes

Community Design and

Building

Source: DesignBuildBLUFF

Source: Zaha Hadid Lotus

Occupant Reconfiguration

Source: REX Wyly Theatre

Buildings that Teach

Source: Google

Buildings that Enable Missions

The Power of Design

Source: Apple

Source: Apple

Beauty

Experience and SystemSource: Apple

Design Thinking

Creative Social Capital

“Design is a renewable resource” Cameron Sinclair