出国留学ReearchPlan.docx

DE0884 Research PlanProject Title : Exploring ApplicableTechniques to Design anEco-friendlyHousein IndonesiaINTRODUCTIONBased on Bachelor Degree experience which is Architecture and current programme which is MA Interior Design, writer is interested in nowadays issues, which is global warming issue.Realizing that designers are able to take part on answering this issue, writer is interested in gaining more knowledge to find the solutions for this issue.Strengthened by another reason which is writer’s home country, Indonesia especially Jakarta, the capital city. Jakarta is a very dense and high polluted city, a big different with Newcastle’s condition. Therefore, interior design with consideration to those issues is a necessity for Indonesia. Considering that zero usage of electricity is almost impossible, eco-friendly in this research means to maximize the natural energy whenever possible in order to minimize the use of electricity, create a passive design concept. Hopefully, it will save more money for users and reduce negative impact to environment. Currently, house designs in Indonesia are not concerned enough about this eco-friendly issue, only a small part of it which is starting to introduce this concept. To be able put it into practice; writer needs to be equipped with more knowledge from this research. This research would be useful for persons who are trying to find a way of how to design an environmentally friendly architecture or interior design. And hopefully, this research could be useful as well for persons who are undertaking similar research around environmentally friendly design, or green design, especially for tropical countries. The outcome of this research could be valuable for urban area designers, since most urban area are having the same problem. Furthermore, if more people realize that we need to consider these issues in our designs, they will implement it on their next project. And we could create a better living environment for us and gene