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Living Architecture
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Author : Graeme Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Release Date : 2011-05-16
Living Architecture written by Graeme Hopkins and has been published by CSIRO PUBLISHING this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-16 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, Living Architecture highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. Cities around the world are becoming denser, with greater built form resulting in more hard surfaces and less green space, leaving little room for vegetation or habitat. One way of creating more natural environments within cities is to incorporate green roofs and walls in new buildings or to retrofit them in existing structures. This practice has long been established in Europe and elsewhere, and now Australia and New Zealand have begun to embrace it. The installation of green roofs and walls has many benefits, including the management of stormwater and improved water quality by retaining and filtering rainwater through the plants’ soil and root uptake zone; reducing the ‘urban heat island effect’ in cities; increasing real estate values around green roofs and reducing energy consumption within the interior space by shading, insulation and reducing noise level from outside; and providing biodiversity opportunities via a vertical link between the roof and the ground. This book will appeal to a wide range of readers, from students and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and ecology, through to members of the community interested in how they can more effectively use the rooftops and walls of their homes or workplaces to increase green open space in the urban environment.
Living Architecture
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Author : Vibe Udsen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Living Architecture written by Vibe Udsen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.
Toward A Living Architecture
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Author : Christina Cogdell
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2019-01-01
Toward A Living Architecture written by Christina Cogdell and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-01 with Architecture categories.
A bold and unprecedented look at a cutting-edge movement in architecture Toward a Living Architecture? is the first book-length critique of the emerging field of generative architecture and its nexus with computation, biology, and complexity. Starting from the assertion that we should take generative architects’ rhetoric of biology and sustainability seriously, Christina Cogdell examines their claims from the standpoints of the sciences they draw on—complex systems theory, evolutionary theory, genetics and epigenetics, and synthetic biology. She reveals significant disconnects while also pointing to approaches and projects with significant potential for further development. Arguing that architectural design today often only masquerades as sustainable, Cogdell demonstrates how the language of some cutting-edge practitioners and educators can mislead students and clients into thinking they are getting something biological when they are not. In a narrative that moves from the computational toward the biological and from current practice to visionary futures, Cogdell uses life-cycle analysis as a baseline for parsing the material, energetic, and pollution differences between different digital and biological design and construction approaches. Contrary to green-tech sustainability advocates, she questions whether quartzite-based silicon technologies and their reliance on rare earth metals as currently designed are sustainable for much longer, challenging common projections of a computationally designed and manufactured future. Moreover, in critiquing contemporary architecture and science from a historical vantage point, she reveals the similarities between eugenic design of the 1930s and the aims of some generative architects and engineering synthetic biologists today. Each chapter addresses a current architectural school or program while also exploring a distinct aspect of the corresponding scientific language, theory, or practice. No other book critiques generative architecture by evaluating its scientific rhetoric and disjunction from actual scientific theory and practice. Based on the author’s years of field research in architecture studios and biological labs, this rare, field-building book does no less than definitively, unsparingly explain the role of the natural sciences within contemporary architecture.
Hylozoic Ground
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Author : Hayley Isaacs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Hylozoic Ground written by Hayley Isaacs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art and architecture categories.
Living Architecture
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Author : Kenneth Bayes
language : en
Publisher: SteinerBooks
Release Date : 1994-04
Living Architecture written by Kenneth Bayes and has been published by SteinerBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04 with Architecture categories.
Rudolf Steiner has given us a "biography of architecture"-- architecture as a living being from its birth at the beginning of history until today, and with indications for the future. We see it with its own rhythms and patterns as with a human life. In Steiner's cosmology, architecture has reached (in terms of a human lifespan) the age and energy of the early thirties--so it is a biography in progress. Here is a concise, richly illustrated introduction to the architectural ideas of Rudolf Steiner. He was an early exponent of what has come to be called organic design in architecture, and this little volume clearly shows Steiner's influence on architects and designers around the world.
In Search Of A Living Architecture
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Author : Albert Frey
language : en
Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls
Release Date : 1999
In Search Of A Living Architecture written by Albert Frey and has been published by Hennessey & Ingalls this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
Living Architecture How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities And Reshape Our Lives
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Author : Rachel Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: TED Books
Release Date : 2012
Living Architecture How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities And Reshape Our Lives written by Rachel Armstrong and has been published by TED Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architectural design categories.
Eco Living
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Author : Karen Christensen
language : en
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Release Date : 2000
Eco Living written by Karen Christensen and has been published by Piatkus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Medical categories.
Fuelled by continuing media coverage of issues such as food safety, pollution, GM foods and the risks of new technologies, the public want to know what they can do to protect themselves and their families from harm and their environment from damage. Eco Living is the essential handbook for green living today.
Vertical Living
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Author : Robert Klanten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Vertical Living written by Robert Klanten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Architecture categories.
Mass urbanization. Population growth. All happening faster than we can build for. As global populations are projected to shift to 80-90% urban in the next 30 years, architects are faced with a growing challenge: how to accommodate all this growth in limited space? At the same time, movements around downsizing and living with less are redefining how we live. Vertical Living explores the future of residential architecture in growing cities. The book looks at ingenious architectural solutions: impossibly skinny houses wedged into narrow plots, spacious homes built into neglected infill sites and comfortable homes created in tiny spaces. By combining inspirational projects, in-depth features and engaging profiles of architects around the world, Vertical Living will offer a new way of looking at how we live in the built environment.
Living Architecture Living Cities
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Author : Christopher Day
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Living Architecture Living Cities written by Christopher Day and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Architecture categories.
It's widely accepted that our environment is in crisis. Less widely recognized is that three quarters of environmental damage is due to cities - the places where most of us live. As this powerful new book elucidates, global sustainability is therefore directly dependent on urban design. In Living Architecture, Living Cities Christopher Day and Julie Gwilliam move beyond the current emphasis on technological change. They argue that eco-technology allows us to continue broadly as before and only defers the impending disaster. In reality, most negative environmental impacts are due to how we live and the things we buy. Such personal choices often result from dissatisfaction with our surroundings. As perceived environment has a direct effect on attitudes and motivations, improving this can achieve more sustainable lifestyles more effectively than drastic building change - with its notorious performance-gap limitations. As it's in places that our inner feelings and material reality interact, perceived environment is place-based. Ultimately, however, as the root cause of unsustainability is attitude, real change requires moving from the current focus on buildings and technology to an emphasis on the non-material. Featuring over 400 high quality illustrations, this is essential reading for anyone who believes in the value and power of good design. Christopher Day's philosophy will continue to inspire students with an interest in sustainable architecture, urban planning and related fields.