Background: Less is more – or is it? On sufficiency in building

Office building in Lustenau (A) be baumschlager eberle. Due to an intelligent building management system, the building requires no active heating or cooling.
The question “How much is enough?” has become a hotly discussed topic in architecture of late – at least in parts of Central Europe. In ecological theory, sufficiency – i.e. moderate consumption – is regarded as the third component of effective sustainability strategies. The first two of these are efficiency (which aims to achieve more with less resources) and consistency...
Office building in Lustenau (A) be baumschlager eberle. Due to an intelligent building management system, the building requires no active heating or cooling.