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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786054203321

Autore

Steane Mary Ann

Titolo

Environmental Diversity in Architecture [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

1-134-37866-1

1-280-04719-4

0-203-56127-9

1-134-37867-X

0-203-34838-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SteemersKoen

Disciplina

729

Soggetti

Architectural design

Architecture - Environmental aspects

Architecture -- Human factors

Architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Environmental Diversity and Architecture; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Illustration credits; Part 1: Introduction; 1. Environmental diversity in architecture; Part 2: Framework; 2. Social, architectural and environmental convergence; 3. The ambiguity of intentions; 4. Human nature; 5. Designing diverse lifetimes for evolving buildings; Part 3: Urban; 6. Urban diversity; 7. Outdoor comfort; 8. Intermediate environments; 9. The reverential acoustic; Part 4: Interior; 10. Environmental diversity and natural lighting strategies; 11. Daylight perception

12. Exploring thermal comfort and spatial diversityPart 5: Design; 13. Experiencing climate: architecture and environmental diversity; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.