stephan tanner > integrated design

Energy matters

Let's face it: we totally get that energy matters when we go to the pump and fill up our cars! No problem understanding the concept of gas mileage and how it impacts our pocket book. Yet when it comes to how energy matters and impacts larger issues such as our health, our culture and our planet, things get a little more difficult to understand for all of us.

While working on buildings, a personal passion of mine is to continually deepen my knowledge of how everything is interrelated when it comes to resource use, especially energy use, and to figure out innovative ways to make the most of the least!

With the hope of inspiring some new approaches, here are some questions I've been asking myself recently ...

-    What is the ‘gas mileage’ of humans?
-    How much of that ‘gas mileage’ is being used for buildings and what is the ‘gas mileage’ of buildings?
-    What should the ‘gas mileage’ of humans be?
-    What should the  ‘gas mileage’ of buildings be?
-    Can a building be built today achieving this ‘gas mileage’?

I'll be sharing some of my own answers in upcoming posts, but I'd love to hear yours, too. Send me your thoughts!

The Value of Integrated Planning

INTEP creates high performance buildings through integrated planning for clients who demand exceptional results.

INTEP partners with investors, private clients, communities and real estate managers to provide our high performance building consulting services outlined in the accompanying chart. (Click on it for a larger version.)

Key benefits for investors and building managers leveraging our Integrated Planning process include:

• increased real estate value through a building that offers the highest degree of sustainability, the lowest environmental impact and the most significant social benefits
• investment costs can be lowered
• maintenance and replacement costs can be planned for and costs can be well-managed

TAGS: integrated planning, real estate, architecture   

Wir sind der kompetente Partner für Investoren, private Bauherren, Kommunen und Immobilienbewirtschafter in allen Fragen des professionellen Bau- und Immobilienmanagements. Unsere Leistungen beruhen auf einem integralen Ansatz einer ganzheitlichen Sichtweise unter Berücksichtigung umfassender Wirtschaftlichkeits- und Qualitätsaspekte im Lebenszyklus einer Immobilie.

 

My Philosophy: Art/Architecture

What can I say? I'm passionate about architecture and I have a drive for the perfect building – that is, how all details of architecture come together: craft, art, culture, function, detail, etc.

I also have a passion for people, especially for the differences in our cultural perspective, which I find very enriching.

So when you search for the perfect building project, you really do end up working on a lot of different and non-traditional projects!

As a Swiss-born, Swiss- and American trained architect, I've had a lot of unique influences on my work.

My dad was an auditor. My mom escaped East Germany on her fourth attempt. I started my apprenticeship as an architect at the age of 15. As I child, I traveled the world with my family, explored it with my best friend when I was 20, then traveled for some unique project opportunities to different corners of the world. I got a degree in fine arts and oh yes, architecture. Being an architect is now a lifestyle for me.

Today, I have a strong personal belief that "nature is perfect" and that good architecture can only be achieved with a true understanding of place and its people. By incorporating our thorough, scientific process of Integrated Planning, I strive to create buildings that respect and celebrate the environment, not be in conflict with it. Of course it has to function well for its users, authentically  reflect the qualities in its expression and make efficient use of resources.

The perfect building? I don't know. It's just what I do.

TAGS:  integrated planning, architecture, perfect building, sustainable design