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City, climate, and architecture : a theory of collective practice / Sascha Roesler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roesler, Sascha, 1971- author.
- Series:
- Klima Polis ; Vol. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and climate.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- City planning.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Sustainable architecture.
- Urban ecology (Biology).
- urban environments.
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel : Birkhäuser, [2022]
- Summary:
- The publication rethinks climate control a key concern of the discipline of architecture through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integration of indoors and outdoors in order to reduce environmental and thermal loads in cities. Just as heating and cooling practices inside the buildings are affecting the (urban) climate outdoors, urban heat islands are influencing the energy requirements and thermal conditions inside the buildings.While the first part of the book focuses on the interwar period in Europe, the publication's second part considers examples from all over the globe, tracing the growing significance of ecological thinking for the design of urban environments.
- Contents:
- European development before 1945: the field of knowledge : Urban studies of man-made climates: an introduction ; Thermal geographies of the European city: urban hygiene and the heat economy ; Man-made climate by design: urban climatology and modern architecture ; Democratizing urban nature: infrastructure of climate control at large scales
- Global adaptations after 1945 : Design metaphors of man-made climates: an introduction ; Thermal heritage: collective memory and the natural history of cities ; Microclimatic islands: thermal spectacles and closed-system imaginaries ; Energy-synergy: energy ecologies and settlement structures
- Epiloge : Singapore as a model? Urban climate control in practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783035624144
- 3035624143
- OCLC:
- 1285919667
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