02832nam 2200529Ia 450 991095809510332120251117093228.01-134-37866-11-280-04719-40-203-56127-91-134-37867-X0-203-34838-9(CKB)2670000000326192(EBL)200370(OCoLC)85893024(MiAaPQ)EBC200370(EXLCZ)99267000000032619220040107d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironmental diversity in architecture /edited by Koen Steemers and Mary Ann Steane1st ed.London ;New York Spon Press20041 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-31477-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.ArchitectureHuman factorsArchitectural designArchitectureHuman factors.Architectural design.729Steemers Koen296983Steane Mary Ann861377MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958095103321Environmental diversity in architecture4497269UNINA