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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... suggests that immersion in nature can exert lifechanging effects on the lives of participants that persist long after participation. We now turn to the benefits and effects of a very different experience of the nonhuman world, the ...
... suggest that contact with companion animals can substantially enhance the ability to give and receive affection, improve self-confidence and selfesteem, engender a feeling of being needed, and promote emotional and physical healing ...
... suggests that workers who have greater contact with nature— be it natural lighting, natural ventilation, natural materials, outdoor views, or pictorial depictions—generally have better physical, emotional, and intellectual well-being ...
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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 |