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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... space and protected areas can enhance human functioning and well-being, especially when compared to situations with little or no access to such natural settings • How the experience of nature can affect human health and healing ...
... space, and park-like settings include rest, relaxation, contemplation, restoration from illness, and spiritual renewal.6 This universal assumption is reflected in the ancient tradition of “sacred” groves and spaces, largely undisturbed ...
... well as greater. Illustration 1. Urban open spaces created in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, such as pipes, the development obtained regulatory permission (after much difficulty) to. Building for Life 14.
... space. Like any experience of nature, the physical and mental effects depend on the kind of experience and activity ... spaces stem from four observed characteristics of these settings: “coherence, complexity, mystery, and legibility ...
... spaces. One productivity study reported statistically fewer errors and more efficient performance on a computer task among workers assigned to offices with plants in comparison to those lacking vegetation. Another investigation found ...
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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 |