Integrative Relationship between Environmental Architecture and Interior Design towards Sustainability

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD, Lecturer in Department of Interior Design and Furniture, Higher Institute of Applied Arts - The 5th Settlement, Egypt

2 Professor, Department of Interior Design, Furniture, College of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Egypt

Abstract

Sustainable design is a global trend that concerns 
governments and international organizations interested in 
preserving the environment and its natural resources. The 
research is intended to clarify the concept of sustainability 
and its role in architecture and interior design and how to 
create integration and harmony between interior architecture, 
outdoor and the environment. Therefore, the design process 
requires from the designer to balance between the values of 
the technical formation and the aesthetic, so the extent of the 
relationship to the environment and its Integration with it. 
The designer must take advantage of environmental 
characteristics to integrate functional and aesthetic visions to 
create flexible designs to achieve harmony and unity between 
interior architecture and environmental vocabulary. 

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