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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... home, work, or play, or in their neighborhoods and communiW ties, affects their basic health and well-being. Studying the Relationship between Human and Natural Systems Negative Feedback 9 Chapter 2: Science and Theory of Connecting ...
... homes or construct our workplaces. Does this include domesticated creatures and habitats, or nature experienced in largely controlled or contrived ways—for example, a cultivated garden, a caged bird, a pet dog, a landscape painting, a ...
... Homes, Neighborhoods, and Communities The studies reviewed rarely consider the effects of contact with nature in people's homes, neighborhoods, and communities, and surprisingly little data is available on the subject. One Illustration ...
... home construction on the natural environment as well as provide residents with increased contact with nature. Known as Village Homes and constructed in the mid-1980s, the housing development consisted of 220 modest-size homes (from six ...
... homes, pedestrian paths, and common areas led to improved social relations. A study of Village Homes residents found that, on average, they knew “forty neighbors, compared with seventeen in the standard development, and had three or ...
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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 |