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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... relatively low cost and to exercise an extraordinary degree of mobility. Producing such surpluses has until now relied on the wholesale conversion of natural habitats into vast monocultures used to grow a small number of crops or raise ...
... relatively good health and long lives, which they attribute primarily to the miracles of modern medicine, whose “conquest of disease” has largely relied on suppressing other life forms through championing antiseptic conditions. All ...
... relatively undisturbed natural systems or even wilderness settings? Again, yes, as long as this contact affects people's ongoing lives. Thus, this chapter will also examine how immersion in relatively pristine settings can affect ...
... relatively self-sustaining natural features and processes—for example, walking in a forest ravine, swimming or fishing in a free-flowing stream, or hiking and camping in a desert area or on a mountaintop. Indirect contact involves ...
... relatively undisturbed natural settings. Both anecdotal and a growing body of structured research suggest that this outdoor recreational activity can exert significant and even life-changing effects on participants, particularly late ...
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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 |