02804nam 22005173u 450 991078605420332120230803025120.01-134-37866-11-280-04719-40-203-56127-91-134-37867-X0-203-34838-9(CKB)2670000000326192(EBL)200370(OCoLC)85893024(MiAaPQ)EBC200370(EXLCZ)99267000000032619220130418d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Environmental Diversity in Architecture[electronic resource]Hoboken Taylor and Francis20131 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-31477-1 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 perception12. Exploring thermal comfort and spatial diversityPart 5: Design; 13. Experiencing climate: architecture and environmental diversity; IndexThis 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.Architectural designArchitecture - Environmental aspectsArchitecture -- Human factorsArchitectureArchitectural design.Architecture - Environmental aspects.Architecture -- Human factors.Architecture.729Steane Mary Ann861377Steemers Koen296983AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786054203321Environmental Diversity in Architecture3706565UNINA