The Role of Sustainable Architecture in Urban Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Hong Kong Bank

Abstract

Quick urban development in the recent decades has affected the human life in different social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental aspects. Introduction of sustainable development as the main theme of the third millennium is due to the impacts of cities on the range of the biosphere and human various aspects. Undoubtedly, the discussion of sustainability and sustainable development without considering the cities and urban areas would be meaningless. Cities are considered as the main factors causing inconsistency in the world and in fact, urban and global sustainability are both the same concepts. And urban space as one of the elements of spatial construction of the city can be shaped and transformed along with the history of a nation occurs at different times. Therefore urban sustainable development means change in urban land use and density to meet the human’s basic needs in the field of housing, transport, leisure, etc. So that environmentally the city becomes habitable and economically viable. This article studies the principles of urban sustainable development and the role of sustainable architecture and its effect on stabilizing the environment. Today utilizing only natural materials instead of artificial ones is not enough, but a viable product in addition to be recyclable must have intrinsic aesthetic attractions that its sample was run on a bank in Hong Kong. This article studies the role of sustainable architecture on urban sustainable development and the case study of a bank in Hong Kong.