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Holistic Housing. Concepts, Design Strategies and Processes; is a fundamental reference work on housing construction. The book deals with the issue of sustainability in a planning context but also analyses a building's usage and ageing over its 'life cycle'. A system of criteria speci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Drexler, Hans (Hans Heinrich), 1972- (Autor), Khouli, Sebastian El (Autor)
Otros Autores: Gauzin-Müller, Dominique, Gysin, Bob, Bruce, Laura, 1959- (Traductor), Peat, Raymond D. (Traductor), Schwaiger, Elizabeth (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: München, Germany : Edition Detail : Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co., 2012.
Edición:1st edition.
Colección:Edition Detail.
Temas:
Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction.
Architecture > Environmental aspects.
Architecture durable.
Architecture > Aspect de l'environnement.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Residential.
HOUSE & HOME > Design & Construction.
Architecture > Environmental aspects
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 2 POSITIONS
  • 2.1 A short history of sustainable architecture
  • 2.2 Sustainable design. A statement
  • PART 1: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE. BASICS AND STRATEGIES
  • 3 FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
  • 3.1 Sense and sensibility of sustainable design 3.2 Systemic approach
  • 3.3 Sustainable design is contextual design and process orientation
  • 3.4 Aspects of sustainable design
  • Local versus global
  • The temporal dimension of architecture
  • Identifying the basic parameters (cause and leverage) instead of optimising and minimising the negative effects (end of pipe) Low-tech versus high-tech
  • Efficiency, consistency, sufficiency
  • Doing the right things and doing things right
  • 4 THE BUILDING AND ITS CONTEXT
  • 4.1 Impact: the building's influence on context The global consequences of human building
  • The city as a model of the future
  • The effect building has on the environment
  • Lighting and shadows
  • Urban ventilation
  • Urban building block: the building as added value for the urban environment The water cycle
  • 4.2 Building performance: the effects of urban design and the physical
  • Site factors and urban structure (macro level)
  • Linking the building to the urban structure

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