Design with Climate : Bioclimatic Approach to Architectural Regionalism - New and expanded Edition / Victor Olgyay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olgyay, Victor, author.

Contributor:

Lyndon, Donlyn.

Olgyay, Victor.

Reynolds, John.

Yeang, Ken.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Architecture and climate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

New and expanded

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying climate control and building functionality, of securing a managed environment within a natural setting-and combating the harsh forces of wind, water, and sun-presented a new set of obstacles to architects and engineers in the mid-twentieth century.First published in 1963, Design with Climate was one of the most pioneering books in the field and remains an important reference for practitioners, teachers, and students, over fifty years later. In this book, Victor Olgyay explores the impact of climate on shelter design, identifying four distinct climatic regions and explaining the effect of each on orientation, air movement, site, and materials. He derives principles from biology, engineering, meteorology, and physics, and demonstrates how an analytical approach to climate management can merge into a harmonious and aesthetically sound design concept.This updated edition contains four new essays that provide unique insights on issues of climate design, showing how Olgyay's concepts work in contemporary practice. Ken Yeang, John Reynolds, Victor W. Olgyay, and Donlyn Lyndon explore bioclimatic design, eco design, and rational regionalism, while paying homage to Olgyay's impressive groundwork and contributions to the field of architecture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE TO THE 2015 EDITION

FROM BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN TO ECO DESIGN / Yeang, Ken

THE ROOTS OF BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN / Reynolds, John

A RATIONAL REGIONALISM / Olgyay, Victor W.

LEARNING TO DESIGN WITH CLIMATE / Lyndon, Donlyn

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

PART 1. CLIMATIC APPROACH

PART 2. INTERPRETATION IN ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES

PART 3. APPLICATION

APPENDIX A.

APPENDIX B.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

"2015 edition"--Page v.

Originally published in 1963.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400873685

1400873681

OCLC:

915155997