The Routledge companion to ecological design thinking : healthful ecotopian visions for architecture and urbanism /
This companion investigates the ways in which designers, architects and planners address ecology through the built environment by integrating ecological ideas and ecological thinking into discussions of urbanism, society, culture and design. Exploring the innovation of materials, habitats, landscape...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2023].
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| Series: | Routledge companions.
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| Summary: | This companion investigates the ways in which designers, architects and planners address ecology through the built environment by integrating ecological ideas and ecological thinking into discussions of urbanism, society, culture and design. Exploring the innovation of materials, habitats, landscapes and infrastructures, it furthers novel ecotopian ideas and ways of living, including human-made settings on water, in outer space, and in extreme environments and climatic conditions. Chapters of this extensive collection on ecotopian design are grouped under five different ecological perspectives, design manifestos and ecological theories, anthropocentric transformative design concepts, design connectivity, climatic design and social design. Contributors provide plausible, sustainable design ideas that promote resiliency, health and well-being for all living things, while taking our changing lifestyles into consideration. This volume encourages creative thinking in the face of ongoing environmental damage, with a view to making design decisions in the interest of the planet and its inhabitants. With contributions from over 79 expert practitioners, educators, scientists, researchers and theoreticians, as well as planners, architects and engineers from the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, this book engages theory, history, technology, engineering and science, as well as the human aspects of ecotopian design thinking and its implications for the outlook of the planet. |
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| Physical Description: | xxviii, 648 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032023892 1032023899 9781032023908 1032023902 |