Designing for the Climate Emergency: A Guide for Architecture Students

ISBN-13: 9781859469644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str.

Sofie Pelsmakers; Aidan Hoggard; Urszula Kozminska

Opis

We are in a climate emergency. Architects must be part of the radical change needed. This book guides architecture student to create truly sustainable designs. Demonstrating holistic design approaches through 10 key themes, it guides students through the different stages of the design process in five illustrated chapters.

Spis treści

Introduction Chapter 0: Climate Emergency Fundamentals Chapter 1: Exploring Your Context: Researching and Analysing Your Site (Step 1) Chapter 2: Defining a Design Concept, Creating Values and Goals (Step 2) Chapter 3: Imagining Climate Emergency Design Strategies (Step 3) Chapter 4: Testing and Developing Climate Emergency Design Strategies (Step 4) Chapter 5: Validating and Communicating Your Approach (Step 4 & 5) Afterword Annex I: Technical insulation data table Annex II: Worked Example of U-Value Calculation Glossary Further Reading