How do we design in a climate emergency? A new social and ecological
prerogative demands appropriate material choices, a re-invention of
construction and evolving building programmes that look at lifecycle,
embodied energy and energy use. Highly illustrated with practical
information and simple explanations for design ideas, this book is the
perfect introduction to sustainable design for architecture students. It
presents key concepts in relation to the embodied energy of
construction, material properties and environmental performance of
buildings in an accessible way. In explaining the principles and
technologies by which we heat, cool, moderate and mitigate, it
demystifies environmental design as a technical exercise and enables
students to create sustainable buildings with impact. Keep this
sourcebook with you. Features: Amphibious House (Baca Architects), Ashen
Cabin (HANNAH), Bunhill 2 Energy Centre (Ramboll, Cullinan Studio,
McGurk Architects and Colloide), Cork House (Matthew Barnett Howland,
Oliver Wilton and Dido Milne), Dymaxion House (Richard Buckminster
Fuller), Eastgate Centre (Mick Pearce), Neuron Pod (Will Alsop - aLL
Design and AKT II), Quik House (Adam Kalkin) and Tension Pavilion
(StructureMode and Weber Industries). Covers: Acoustics, bamboo
construction, biopolymer, bioremediation, CLT, climatic envelope,
computational fluid dynamics, earthen architecture, fabric formwork,
hempcrete, insulation, mycelium biofabrication, paper construction,
passive solar heating, pneumatic structures, solar geometry, tensegrity
structures, thermal mass and more.
