Spirit and Place: Healing Our Environment, Healing Environment

ISBN-13: 9780750653596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 268 str.

Christopher Day; Susan Roaf

Opis

This volume is written to emphasize the importance of the environment on the way we think, feel and behave. It suggests that in order to heal ourselves, we must first heal the environment. Through words and diagrams, Day attempts to illustrate how we can move towards an understanding of the context of the built environment, with the aim of explaining the processes which will develop an architecture that is both responsive and responsible. It deals with social issues, ecological sustainability, and holistic health and spirituality.

Recenzje

'Christopher Day's commitment to the creation of a sustainable environment is well known and, in many respects, beyond criticism.'
Architect's Journal

'I have never read a book about architecture that so comfortably combines an intensely pragmatic approach with an innately spiritual understanding.'
Resurgence Magazine

'This book is unusual in its genuinely spiritual approach to creating buildings...the book is well presented and easy to read. Overall it provides a good introduction to the principles of ecological design within the wider context of social and environmental sustainability.'
EcoTech Magazine

Spis treści

Introduction

Part One - Issues for the Twenty-First Century. Beneath the Surface of Today; A New Way for Our Time; Beyond Individualism; The Journey from Style to Purpose; Conscious Reconnection; From Past to Future.

Part Two - The Elements of Life. The Nourishing Elements; Rooting Earth; Water for Life; Fresh Air; Nurturing Warmth.

Part Three - Design in the Context of Life. Hidden Costs; Sustaining Sustainability.

Part Four - People Places and Process.

Part Five - Process-based Design.

Part Six - Environment and Health.

Conclusion.

Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Christopher Day