the hannover principles - 20 years design of sustainability
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20THE
HANNOVERPRINCIPLES
Design for Sustainabil ity
William McDonough & Michael Braungart
1992 CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS 2012
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THEH
ANNOV
ERPRIN
CIPLES
Insistontherightofhumani
tyandnaturetocoexistinah
ealthy,
supportive,d
iv
erseandsustainablecondition
.
Recognizeinterdependence.
Theelementsofhumandesig
n
interactwithanddependuponthenaturalworld,w
ithbroad
and
diverseimplica
tionsateveryscale.Expandde
signconsiderat
ionsto
recognizeeven
distanteffects.
Respectrelationshipsbetweenspiritandm
atter.Considerall
aspectsofhum
ansettlement,
includingcomm
unity,
dwelling
,
industryandtrade,
intermsof
existingandev
olvingconnect
ions
betweenspiritualandmaterialconsciousness
.
Acceptrespon
sibilityforthe
consequences
ofdesigndecisions
uponhumanw
ell-being,t
hev
iabilityofnatur
alsystemsandtheir
righttocoexist
.
Createsafeob
jectsoflong-termv
alue.
Donotburdenfutu
re
generationswithrequirementsformaintenan
ceorvigilant
administration
ofpotentialdangersduetothecarelesscreationof
products,processesorstandards.
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mMcDonough&MichaelB
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Eliminatetheconceptofwas
te.
Evaluatean
doptimizethefulllife
cycleofproduc
tsandprocessestoapproachthestateofnatural
systems,inwhichthereisnow
aste.
Relyonnatura
lenergyflows
.Humandesign
sshould,l
ikethe
livingworld,de
rivetheircreativeforcefromp
erpetualsolarincome.
Incorporatethisenergyefficientlyandsafelyforresponsibleuse.
Understandth
elimitationso
fdesign.
Nohumancreationlasts
forever,andde
signdoesnotsolveallproblem
s.Thosewhocreate
andplanshoul
dpracticehumilityinthefaceofnature.Treat
nature
asamodeland
mentor,notas
aninconvenien
cetobeevadedor
controlled.
Seekconstant
improvement
bythesharing
ofknowledge
.
Encouragedire
ctandopencommunicationb
etweencolleag
ues,
patrons,manufacturersandus
erstolinklong-termsustainab
le
considerations
withethicalres
ponsibilityand
toreestablisht
he
integralrelationshipbetween
naturalprocess
esandhumanactivity.
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TheHannoverPrinciplesarecommittedtotran
sformationand
growthinthe
understandingo
fourinterdepend
encewithnature
andmayb
eadaptedasourknowledgeofthe
worldevolves.
Pre
paredin1992byWilliamMcDonoughArchitects,N
Y.
Com
missionedbytheCityofHannover,German
y,asdesignprinciples
forExpo2000,T
heWo
rldsFair.
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Copyright 1992-2012 by William McDonough + Partners and McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry. All rights reserved.Twentieth Anniversary Printing by William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville + San Francisco.
William McDonough + Partners
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www.mcdonoughpartners.com
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC)
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November 2012
As an architect and designer, I am someone who spends time thinking about how we can imagine
a future of abundance for our children. In 1991, at the suggestion of Dr. Michael Braungart, I was
commissioned by the City of Hannover, Germany, to craft sustainable design principles for Expo
2000, The Worlds Fair. The result was The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability, which was
officially presented by Hannover as a gift to the 1992 Earth Summits World Urban Forum in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.
If design is the first signal of human intention, our intention today can be to love all ten billion people
who will live on our planet by 2050. We can do this. If we imagine and embrace our cities as part of
the same organism as the countryside, the rivers and the oceans, then we can celebrate ourselves,
all species and the natural systems we support and that support us. This is our design assignment.
If we are principled and have positive goals, we can rise to this occasion. It will take us all; it will take
foreverthat is the point.
William McDonough, FAIA, Int. FRIBA