Green thinking of Indonesian architects

Abstract

This study explores the environmental-based design, which is framed into green thinking as the input of the design process. Five Indonesian architects were selected as this study’s subject based on their understanding of this design concept. The qualitative strategy is employed with the tactic of in-depth interviews and content analysis with the help of NVivo software to produce themes and patterns regarding this study’s discussion. This study comes with two main findings: the concept’s inclination of Indonesian traditional architecture, which incorporates local materials and conditions employment as these five Indonesian architects’ tendency toward green thinking. The second one is green thinking’s accommodation in the design development stage, also the research and site analysis stage, which are perceived as input of the design process.