Buildings are for people : human ecological design / Bill Caplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caplan, Bill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Human factors.

Architecture.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, [England] : Green Frigate, 2016.

Summary:

Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design offers a new approach to the process of conceiving architectural design, one that considers the interactions of the built environment with people and the natural environment. The book exposes our visceral and experiential connections to buildings, and how buildings intervene directly with our ecosystem, natural environment and sense of place. It brings to light our ability to utilize a building's surfaces, shape and materiality to synergize with the energy and forces of nature for a more green and sustainable architecture. It points out many of the roadblocks to successful design including issues in education, the profession, regulation and the industry's institutions, providing an awareness that heretofore is rarely discussed. Most importantly, Buildings are for People: Human Ecological Design highlights the obvious, that buildings are built for people, a fact that seems to have been overlooked in the last half-century.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Series Editor; Preface; Introduction; 1 Buildings Intervene; 1 Interfaces Enable Change; INTERFACIAL ARCHITECTURES -Natural and Manmade Transformations; ARCHITECTURE INTERVENES -Affordance and Intrusion; BUILDINGS ARE FOR PEOPLE -Human Shelter; 2 Manifestations of the Building Envelope; PHYSICAL, SENSIBLE AND OPERATIVE -Embodied as One; MATERIAL INTERFACE -The Physical Presence of Architecture; EXPERIENTIAL INTERFACE -The Sensible Presence of Architecture; PERFORMATIVE INTERFACE -The Operative Presence of Architecture

BARRIERS AND PORTS - Selective Action3 People; THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE -Visual, Corporeal and Cognitive; VISUALISATION -We See with the Mind's Eye; ENERGY, MATTER AND PEOPLE -The Human Response; 2 The Struggle for Green; 1 Sustainable Design is Human-centric; SUSTAINABLY GREEN -Now and Forever; BUILDING DESIGN MAKES A DIFFERENCE -Whole Systems Thinking; 2 Obstacles to Successful Execution ; "PR" VERSUS FACT -Misinformation and Technical Complexity; WHEN LOOKS IGNORE FUNCTION -The Dominant Role of Aesthetics; TECHNOLOGY OVERLOAD -The Educational Dilemma; 3 Human Ecological Design; 1 The Concepts

CONSIDERATIONS -People and Environments, Energy and MatterSINGULARITIES -Architecture Generates Change; AFFORDANCES -Surfaces Rule, Substances Regulate; 2 The Parameters of Human Ecology; RELATIONSHIPS - Parametric Design; PARAMETERS -Vectors from N, S, E, W; from Above, Below and Within; 3 Performative Expression; TROPE AND STYLE -Symbol or Substance; SYMBOLISM -Image versus Essence; HELICOPTER ARCHITECTURE -Altering Sense of Place; FUNCTIONAL AESTHETICS -Performing Art; 4 Architecture: Interfacing People and Environments; THE MODEL -Visualising Intersections; MODELLING BY SECTOR

CASE STUDIESUNLEASHING THE HOLISTIC APPROACH -Human Ecological Design; Acknowledgments; List of Photographs and Illustrations; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed August 14, 2023).

ISBN:

0-9933706-7-5

0-9933706-6-7