Understanding Sustainable ArchitectureTaylor & Francis, 2003 M09 2 - 176 pages Understanding Sustainable Architecture is a review of the assumptions, beliefs, goals and bodies of knowledge that underlie the endeavour to design (more) sustainable buildings and other built developments. Much of the available advice and rhetoric about sustainable architecture begins from positions where important ethical, cultural and conceptual issues are simply assumed. If sustainable architecture is to be a truly meaningful pursuit then it must be grounded in a coherent theoretical framework. This book sets out to provide that framework. Through a series of self-reflective questions for designers, the authors argue the ultimate importance of reasoned argument in ecological, social and built contexts, including clarity in the problem framing and linking this framing to demonstrably effective actions. Sustainable architecture, then, is seen as a revised conceptualisation of architecture in response to a myriad of contemporary concerns about the effects of human activity. The aim of this book is to be transformative by promoting understanding and discussion of commonly ignored assumptions behind the search for a more environmentally sustainable approach to development. It is argued that design decisions must be based on both an ethical position and a coherent understanding of the objectives and systems involved. The actions of individual designers and appropriate broader policy settings both follow from this understanding. |
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Contents
ESD ? | 3 |
The manageable but fragile earth | 9 |
Images | 19 |
Architectural expression | 26 |
Overlapping images | 33 |
Ethics | 42 |
Rights and duties | 48 |
Discourse ethics | 59 |
Buildings as systems | 84 |
The occupants | 91 |
Life cycle sustainability assessment | 97 |
Recognizing assumptions | 104 |
The science of global warming | 111 |
Global warming and building design | 119 |
The appropriate objectives | 125 |
Credibility transferability dependability and confirmability | 131 |
Objectives | 64 |
Design advice | 70 |
Local contexts | 77 |
A partial checklist for sustainable architecture | 138 |
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Other editions - View all
Understanding Sustainable Architecture Helen Bennetts,Antony Radford,Terry Williamson Limited preview - 2003 |
Understanding Sustainable Architecture Terry J. Williamson,Antony Radford,Helen Bennetts Limited preview - 2003 |
Understanding Sustainable Architecture Terry J. Williamson,Antony Radford,Helen Bennetts Limited preview - 2003 |
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