Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature ConnectionIsland Press, 26 сент. 2012 г. - Всего страниц: 264 Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," award-winning author Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability. In Building For Life, Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of people and nature, and how the loss of this connection results in a diminished quality of life. This thoughtful new work illustrates how architects and designers can use simple methods to address our innate needs for contact with nature. Through the use of natural lighting, ventilation, and materials, as well as more unexpected methodologies-the use of metaphor, perspective, enticement, and symbol-architects can greatly enhance our daily lives. These design techniques foster intellectual development, relaxation, and physical and emotional well-being. In the works of architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, and Michael Hopkins, Kellert sees the success of these strategies and presents models for moving forward. Ultimately, Kellert views our fractured relationship with nature as a design problem rather than an unavoidable aspect of modern life, and he proposes many practical and creative solutions for cultivating a more rewarding experience of nature in our built environment. |
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... Economics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data. Kellert, Stephen R. Building for life : designing and understanding the human-nature connection / Stephen R. Kellert. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index ...
... economics. In poll after poll in the United States and in other countries, the majority of respondents cite the environment as important.5 The stubborn belief persists that the natural environment is profoundly related to people's ...
... economic materialism or the unrealistic idealism of nature's value independent of human welfare. This broad utilitarian ethic recognizes and affirms how the natural world serves as an indispensable basis for what it means to be not only ...
... economic and social aspiration and striving. The location shifts to a large West Coast city and a modern Japanese metropolis, both places of intense activity and ambition. Human invention and technology predominate, the natural world ...
... are also occasionally associated with economic gains. Improved natural lighting and Illustration 2. Recent research suggests that natural lighting improves the Science and Theory of Connecting Human and Natural Systems 23.
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Nature and Childhood Development | 63 |
Harmonizing the Natural and Human Build Environments | 90 |
Biophilic Design | 123 |
Ethics of Sustainablilty | 178 |
Narrative Epilogue | 185 |
Notes | 219 |
Index | 243 |