ECOLOGICAL DESIGN LOCATION: FROM THE LANDSCAPE TO THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWORK

Abstract

This article is on the notions of ecological design. It focuses on the need for starting a location process in the present context of globalization. In order to understand this process from a holistic perspective, this article first questions the modern epistemological bases where the individual and the environment are separated resulting in serious consequences for design. Secondly, it presents the notion of landscape as dynamic, phenomenological and systemic-where the individual and the environment are inseparable-. This article subsequently states that just when a landscape is perceived as own on a local scale, the generation of a more sustainable habitat will be possible. This is referred to as everyday housework. Finally, a generic framework on this process is offered by identifying some elements which could be understood as principles for an ecological design.