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9780415314787

Environmental Diversity in Architecture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415314787

  • ISBN10:

    041531478X

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2004-11-04
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This book takes the position that the dynamic of the architectural environment is a key aspect of good design, yet one which is not well anticipated or understood. Environmental variety is a design characteristic closely related to our experience of architecture - an architecture of the senses. Each chapter demonstrates how an understanding of a particular context or environmental characteristic in dynamic terms informs design. The book is an antidote to the misconceptions of 'optimum' environmental performance or fixed criteria, instead embracing the richness of environmental variety.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgements viii
Contributors ix
Illustration credits
xiv
Part 1 Introduction
1(16)
Environmental diversity in architecture
3(14)
Mary Ann Steane
Koen Steemers
Part 2 Framework
17(66)
Social, architectural and environmental convergence
19(12)
Elizabeth Shove
The ambiguity of intentions
31(16)
Peter Carl
Human nature
47(18)
Nick Baker
Designing diverse lifetimes for evolving buildings
65(18)
John E. Fernandez
Part 3 Urban
83(74)
Urban diversity
85(16)
Koen Steemers
Marylis Ramos
Maria Sinou
Outdoor comfort
101(20)
Marialena Nikolopoulou
Intermediate environments
121(22)
Andre Potvin
The reverential acoustic
143(14)
Tim Lewers
Part 4 Interior
157(58)
Environmental diversity and natural lighting strategies
159(20)
Mary Ann Steane
Daylight perception
179(16)
Katerina Parpairi
Exploring thermal comfort and spatial diversity
195(20)
Abubakr Merghani
Part 5 Design
215(18)
Experiencing climate: architecture and environmental diversity
217(16)
Peter Fisher
Index 233

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