Holistic housing : concepts, design strategies and processes / Hans Drexler, Sebastian El khouli ; translation from German into English, Laura Bruce, Raymond D. Peat, Elizabeth Schwaiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drexler, Hans (Hans Heinrich), 1972-

Contributor:

Bruce, Laura, 1959-

Khouli, Sebastian El.

Peat, Raymond D.

Schwaiger, Elizabeth.

Series:

DETAIL Special

Standardized Title:

Nachhaltige Wohnkonzepte. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Environmental aspects.

Architecture.

Sustainable architecture.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations (some color), plans (some color).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Munich, Germany : Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Holistic Housing. Concepts, Design Strategies and Processes" is a fundamental reference work on housing construction. The book deals with the issue of sustainability in a planning context but also analyses a building's usage and ageing over its 'life cycle'. A system of criteria specially developed in an accompanying research project can be used to compare and evaluate buildings. It can also be used as a tool for optimizing the sustainability of buildings in development during the planning process. By contrast, most existing sustainability systems are conceived not as design and planning tools, but as instruments for evaluating finished buildings and completed planning. 15 practical examples explain the ways in which these criteria and other aspects of sustainable building can be implemented in sophisticated architecture and how these can then be experienced. A system developed from analyzing the examples is used to classify and compare the buildings. The building's significance as a lived environment is also not neglected here: sustainability develops in a dialogue between a building and its users, with an emphasis on residential usage.

Sustainability from the ground up - Building a home for the future

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

1. PREFACE

2. POSITIONS

A SHORT HISTORY OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE / Gauzin-Müller, Dominique

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN. A STATEMENT / Gysin, Bob

PART 1: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE. BASICS AND STRATEGIES

3. FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN / Mcdonough, William / Braungart, Michael

4. THE BUILDING AND ITS CONTEXT

5. ARCHITECTURE AS A PROCESS

6. ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY

PART 2: SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN. PROJECTS

7. PROJECTS

KEEP THINKING

DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE PROTOTYPE

SOLAR VERUS POLAR

THE DO TANK

AS GROWN

EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE

OUTSIDE THE WHITE CUBE

RECOVERED

IN A FOREST

PALACES INSTEAD OF SHACKS

EARTH TO EARTH

DESIGN TO DISSEMBLE

HOLZBOX

ARCHITECTURE IN TIME AND SPACE

ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PEOPLE!

SUMMARY OF THE ANALYSES OF THE PROJECTS / Gilb, Tom

8. TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Overview of assessment criteria - foldout

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-95553-146-5

OCLC:

861692293