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portada Elemental Architecture: Temperaments of Sustainability (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
194
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780815391906
Edition No.
1

Elemental Architecture: Temperaments of Sustainability (in English)

Phillip James Tabb (Author) · Routledge · Paperback

Elemental Architecture: Temperaments of Sustainability (in English) - Phillip James Tabb

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Synopsis "Elemental Architecture: Temperaments of Sustainability (in English)"

Elemental Architecture presents a new and refreshing approach to sustainable architectural practice. Going beyond the standard performance-based and quantitative sustainable measures, it incorporates a broader framework of considerations, including the more poetic and noetic possibilities of environmental design. The book is structured around the ancient Greek and medieval alchemists' system of the Five Temperaments: fire, earth, air, water, and ether. Phillip James Tabb examines how these elements produce both positive and negative environmental forces which have an impact on architectural design - from drinking water and fresh air to torrential floods and tornados. He shows how responding to or enhancing these forces can help us to create a more sustainable, healthy, and purposeful architecture. To illustrate this, each chapter draws on seminal contemporary works of architecture, from Peter Zumthor's Bruder-Klaus Field Chapel to Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece at Fallingwater. These examples are accompanied by over a hundred high-quality illustrations. Expanding the discussion of sustainability to include phenomenological as well as qualitative considerations, Elemental Architecture is ideal for students and researchers with an interest in sustainable architecture and architectural theory.

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