Sustainable Thinking and Environmental Awareness through Design Education

Abstract

Environmentally aware design aims to convert global socio-environmental concerns to investigate ecological principles and interactions with design decisions, which determine levels of sustainable usage of environmental resources. The aim of this study is to analyze the changing role and responsibility of designers and the importance of environmentally aware design education as crucial factors to acquire knowledge through the viewpoint of sustainability. The outputs and findings of the workshop conducted with design professionals and educators will be analyzed to consider the obstacles and fundamentals of sustainable design education for developing countries to create environments, buildings and products in a sustainable way. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.