Tropical sustainable architecture : social and environmental dimensions / Joo-Hwa Bay and Boon Lay Ong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bay, Joo-Hwa.

Ong, Boon Lay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Tropical--Congresses.

Architecture, Tropical.

Sustainable architecture--Congresses.

Sustainable architecture.

Architecture--Environmental aspects--Tropics--Congresses.

Architecture.

Architecture and society--Tropics--Congresses.

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Environmental aspects.

Tropics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 292 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Architectural Press, 2006.

Summary:

The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions share common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. The context for architecture here is fraught with conflicts between tradition and modernization, massive influx of rural poor people into urban areas, poorly managed rapid urban development, as well as the cultural and social strain of globalization.

Many local and overseas architects, planners and city fathers are interested in the social and environmental dimensions of these areas that contribute towards short-term solutions and long-term sustainable developments. This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics.

Contents:

1 Social and Environmental Dimensions in Tropical Sustainable Architecture: Introductory Comments / Joo-Hwa Bay, Boon-Lay Ong 1

Part I Architectural and Environmental Theories 15

2 Rethinking Design Methodology for Sustainable Social Quality / Alexander Tzonis 17

3 The Selective Environment: Environmental Design and Cultural Identity / Dean Hawkes 29

4 Green Design in the Hot Humid Tropical Zone / Ken Yeang 45

Part II High-rise High-density Living 57

5 Socio-Environmental Dimensions in Tropical Semi-open Spaces of High-rise Housing in Singapore / Joo-Hwa Bay, Na Wang, Qian Liang, Ping Kong 59

6 BEAMs and Architectural Design in Singapore Public Housing / Boon-Lay Ong, Chi-Nguyen Cam 83

Part III Building and Planning Requirements 99

7 Policy and Evaluation System for Green Building in Subtropical Taiwan / Hsien-Te Lin 101

8 In Search of a Habitable Urban Space-Built Ratio: A Case Study of Building and Planning Regulation in Dhaka City / Q. M. Mahtab-uz-Zaman, Fuad H. Mallick, A. Q. M. Abdullah, Jalal Ahmad 125

Part IV Urban Environmental Impacts 149

9 Designing High Density Cities - Parametric Studies of Urban Morphologies and their Implied Environmental Performance / Edward Ng, Tak-Yan Chan, Vicky Cheng, Nyuk Hien Wong, Meiqi Han 151

10 The Urban Heat Island Effect in Singapore / Wong Nyuk-Hien, Chen Yu 181

11 Tropical Urban Street Canyons / Elias Salleh 201

Part V Experimental Sustainable Projects 219

12 Tropical and Traditional: Inventing a New Housing Model for the Old 36 Streets Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam / Shoichi Ota 221

13 ECOPET 21: An Innovative Sustainable Building System for Ecological Communities in Tropical Regions / Jose Roberto Garcia Chavez 241

Part VI Critique on Tropical Architecture 265

14 Is Sustainability Sustainable? Interrogating the Tropical Paradigm in Asian Architecture / Anoma Pieris 267.

Notes:

Selected conference papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750667974

OCLC:

69732685

Publisher Number:

9780750667975 (pbk.)