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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786944403321

Titolo

Beyond environmental comfort / / edited by Boon Lay Ong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-30921-7

0-415-45369-0

1-136-30922-5

0-203-11833-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Classificazione

ARC000000TEC005000

Disciplina

720/.47

Soggetti

Architecture - Human factors

Human comfort

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Environmental Comfort and Beyond; 2 Sensory Pleasure and Homeostasis; 3 Consciousness, Well-being and the Senses; 4 Cultural Responses to Primitive Needs; 5 Acoustical Aesthetics, Sound and Space; 6 Existential Comfort: Lived Space and Architecture; 7 Outdoor Environment Indoor Space; 8 The Poetics of Environment; 9 Why does the Environment Matter?; 10 Biophilia, Topophilia and Home; 11 Green Pleasures; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Although thermal comfort is the main topic of this book, the sense of comfort is so integral to our general sense of well-being and how we experience buildings that research in this field has expanded to address that larger picture. As such, experts from different fields have contributed in their own respective ways to the overall understanding of the subject. This is the first time that these diverse views have been brought together and additionally, an attempt is made to define the field for the future"--