02760oam 2200613I 450 991046293450332120200520144314.00-415-45369-01-136-30922-50-203-11833-210.4324/9780203118337 (CKB)2670000000387362(EBL)1244711(OCoLC)851696058(SSID)ssj0000917742(PQKBManifestationID)12393349(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917742(PQKBWorkID)10893292(PQKB)10871459(MiAaPQ)EBC1244711(Au-PeEL)EBL1244711(CaPaEBR)ebr10728225(CaONFJC)MIL502794(OCoLC)852159070(EXLCZ)99267000000038736220180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond environmental comfort /edited by Boon Lay OngNew York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-71543-5 0-415-45368-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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"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"--Provided by publisher.ArchitectureHuman factorsHuman comfortElectronic books.ArchitectureHuman factors.Human comfort.720/.47Ong Boon LayMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462934503321Beyond environmental comfort2156040UNINA