{"id":19209,"date":"2018-07-02T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=19209"},"modified":"2018-07-05T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:22:20","slug":"constructive-alps-social-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/constructive-alps-social-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructive Alps: what if sustainability was also social?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architecture, Alps and Attention to sustainability: these are the 3 “A”s of the Constructive Alps project. A contest that awards eco-friendly\u00a0buildings\u00a0not only from the environment’s perspective, but also from the social one… is this the new frontier of sustainability?<\/h4>\n
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Alps, Jonas Verstuyft via Unsplash<\/div><\/div>\n

What is “Constructive Alps”?<\/h2>\n

Here’s our firts “A”: Architecture.\u00a0Constructive Alps<\/strong>\u00a0is literally the International Prize for sustainable constructions and renovations in the Alps<\/em>. It is announced every two years by Liechtenstein and Switzerland and it’s opened to all countries in the\u00a0Alpine regions:<\/strong>\u00a0 Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco and France. Newly built projects or recently renovated buildings in these countries can take part in the competition.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0in order\u00a0to understand how this contest works, we first have to ask ourselves why it is called like that. Constructive Alps means Alps that\u00a0have the potential to build and create something useful. In fact, the contest does not aim at celebrating the most beautiful architectures and neither the most extravagant ones. What the\u00a0project creators\u00a0want is to go beyond this idea of architecture and find the\u00a0one\u00a0integrated in daily life<\/strong> of the Alps and of the locals living in the\u00a0mountains.<\/p>\n

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Itinerant exhibition\u00a0Constructive Alps 2015, constructivealps.net<\/div><\/div>\n

Constructive Alps evaluates the projects according to the 4 golden rules of the third “A”, the one of Attention to\u00a0the environment:<\/p>\n

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  • Ecology<\/strong>, because building materials should respect the environment (…but this doesn’t merely mean wood) and the overall building should be energy-efficient, as well as accessible with public transportation;<\/li>\n
  • Economy<\/strong>, because energy and money-sparing should help architecture integrate in the surroundings;<\/li>\n
  • Culture<\/strong>,\u00a0because local history should be always taken into consideration and the project should represent it in the best way possible;<\/li>\n
  • Social dimension<\/strong>, because buildings should not only be symbols for architectural innovation, but also something useful for those who live\u00a0close to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Alps that construct<\/em>\u00a0look for the architecture that is able to deeply understand<\/strong> the landscape where it is located.<\/p>\n

    Constructive Alps 2017:\u00a0here’s who stepped on the podium<\/h2>\n
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    Constructive Alps Exhibition in Bled, Slovenia – photo by Emma Trevisan<\/div><\/div>\n

    For the 2017 edition, the jury awarded 4 different alpine buildings, two of them with a bronze medal. Let’s discover together what does it make them so special to be the winners!<\/p>\n

    1\u00b0 Prize: a school complex in\u00a0Austria<\/h4>\n\n\t\t