Buildings are for people : human ecological design /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Caplan, Bill (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Faringdon, Oxfordshire : Green Frigate Books, Libri Publishing, 2016.
Subjects:	Architecture > Human factors. Architecture > Environmental aspects. Sustainable architecture. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Series Editor; Preface; Introduction; 1 Buildings Intervene; 1 Interfaces Enable Change; INTERFACIAL ARCHITECTURES -Natural and Manmade Transformations; ARCHITECTURE INTERVENES -Affordance and Intrusion; BUILDINGS ARE FOR PEOPLE -Human Shelter; 2 Manifestations of the Building Envelope; PHYSICAL, SENSIBLE AND OPERATIVE -Embodied as One; MATERIAL INTERFACE -The Physical Presence of Architecture; EXPERIENTIAL INTERFACE -The Sensible Presence of Architecture; PERFORMATIVE INTERFACE -The Operative Presence of Architecture
BARRIERS AND PORTS
Selective Action3 People; THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE -Visual, Corporeal and Cognitive; VISUALISATION -We See with the Mind's Eye; ENERGY, MATTER AND PEOPLE -The Human Response; 2 The Struggle for Green; 1 Sustainable Design is Human-centric; SUSTAINABLY GREEN -Now and Forever; BUILDING DESIGN MAKES A DIFFERENCE -Whole Systems Thinking; 2 Obstacles to Successful Execution ; "PR" VERSUS FACT -Misinformation and Technical Complexity; WHEN LOOKS IGNORE FUNCTION -The Dominant Role of Aesthetics; TECHNOLOGY OVERLOAD -The Educational Dilemma; 3 Human Ecological Design; 1 The Concepts
CONSIDERATIONS -People and Environments, Energy and MatterSINGULARITIES -Architecture Generates Change; AFFORDANCES -Surfaces Rule, Substances Regulate; 2 The Parameters of Human Ecology; RELATIONSHIPS
Parametric Design; PARAMETERS -Vectors from N, S, E, W; from Above, Below and Within; 3 Performative Expression; TROPE AND STYLE -Symbol or Substance; SYMBOLISM -Image versus Essence; HELICOPTER ARCHITECTURE -Altering Sense of Place; FUNCTIONAL AESTHETICS -Performing Art; 4 Architecture: Interfacing People and Environments; THE MODEL -Visualising Intersections; MODELLING BY SECTOR
CASE STUDIESUNLEASHING THE HOLISTIC APPROACH -Human Ecological Design; Acknowledgments; List of Photographs and Illustrations; Notes; Index