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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... highly familiar settings and domesticated animals, such as pet animals and backyard gardens, to—at the other extreme—wilderness-dependent wildlife and pristine environments, with the middle ground occupied by, for example, captive zoo ...
... observed in park-like settings and gardens with such highly preferred features as savanna-like meadows, New York City's Central Park, were often rationalized as places Science and Theory of Connecting Human and Natural Systems 13.
... highly strained social relationships.27 Boys suffering from ADHD were randomly assigned to two groups experiencing different kinds of contact with nature: (1) an outdoor challenge activity involving canoeing, water safety training, and ...
... highly active outdoor scenes (such as ocean surfing), and a third to no pictures. Significantly lower blood pressure levels were observed among patients who viewed the serene nature depictions.38 Another study conducted by Aaron Katcher ...
... highly vegetated areas. In place of sewers, drains, and underground aboveground vegetated channels (or “swales”) to control stormwater, which followed. pipes, the development obtained regulatory permission (after much difficulty) to ...
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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 |