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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... urban environment. It is sobering to realize that only two centuries ago, Great Britain was the first nation to have a majority of its population residing in an urban area, now arguably the most common feature of modern life.2 Today ...
... urban society. Despite the evident connections, contemporary society still fails to recognize and defend the importance of healthy and diverse natural systems to sustaining the quality of people's lives, especially in urban areas ...
... urban, suburban, and rural communities located within a single watershed. This wide range of inquiry will hopefully provide sufficient support for the hypothesized link between contact with nature and human physical and mental well ...
... urban areas.8 This perception, for example, contributed strongly to the creation of the national parks system in the United States. In urban areas, designers, such as the pioneering landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (designer of ...
... urban park, another that walked for forty minutes in an attractive urban area dominated by buildings and human activity, and a third that remained indoors seated in comfortable chairs while listening to music and reading for the same ...
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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 |