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Cole / Lorch Buildings, Culture and Environment

Informing Local and Global Practices
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75881-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

Informing Local and Global Practices

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, E-Book

ISBN: 978-0-470-75881-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)



With accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy ofdesign solutions not embedded within regional culture has beenprone to failure - technically, socially and economically.Environmental problems and questions surrounding how to achieve asustainable built environment are now posing urgent challenges tobuilt environment practitioners and researcher. However,international cooperation in setting targets and standards as wellas an increasing exchange of environmental information andpractices present designers, clients and occupants with newproblems that comprise local needs and the built environment.
This book addresses the role regional culture play in thesuccessful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adaptingenvironmental practices and standards in the built environment.Using the specific case of the design of environmentally soundbuildings, the book identifies a number of issues from differentperspectives:
* * The conflict between regionally appropriate environmentalbuilding practices within a global technical and economiccontext.
* * How human, social and cultural expectations limit technologicaladvances and performance improvements.
* * To what extent information on environmentally progressivebuildings can be transferred across cultures without compromisingregional and local practices.
* * Which ideas travel successfully between regions - genericprinciples, specific ideas or specific solutions?
How the idea of regional identity is being redefined as the processof globalisation both widens and accelerates.

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Preface.
Contributors.
1. Introduction: Knowledge, Values and Building Design (RaymondJ. Cole and Richard Lorch).
SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT.
2. Section Introduction: Understanding Context (Ian Cooper).
3. Globalisation - Entangled Places, Interface Buildings,Generic Design (Rob Shields).
4. Trading Places - Sharing Knowledge About EnvironmentalBuilding Techniques (David M. Gann).
5. Green Buildings - Reconciling Technological Change andOccupant Expectations (Raymond J. Cole).
6. Cultural Issues for a Sustainable Built Environment (NiklausKohler).
7. Section Commentary: What is the Problem (Ian Cooper).
SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING EXPECTATIONS.
8. Section Introduction: Understanding Expectations (Nick V.Baker).
9. The Role of the Client in Shaping the Satisfactory Outcome ofthe Construction Process (George Seaden).
10. User Needs and Expectations (Adrian Leaman).
11. Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations(Gail S. Brager and Richard J. de Dear).
12. BEQUEST - An International Cross-Cultural Cooperation andInformation Exchange (Steve Curwell).
13. Section Commentary: Reconciling Expectations (Nick V.Baker).
SECTION III: UNDERSTANDING PROCESS.
14. Section Introduction: Understanding Process (JeffreyCook).
15. Technology Transfer - A Vernacular View (Paul Oliver).
16. Social and Organisational Understanding of StakeholderInterests (Pascale Michaud).
17. Contemporary Chinese Architectural and Planning Practice -Aspirations and Challenges (Joe Carter).
18. A Bio-Regional Approach to Environmental Building - A CaseStudy of the KST House (David H. Cohen, Akira Yamaguchi and John D.Spengler).
19. Cultural Aspects of Environmental Housing in Japan (KazuoIwamura).
20. Section Commentary: Understanding Delivery Processes(Jeffrey Cook).
SECTION IV. AFTERWORD.
21. Afterword: Towards a New Social Contract (SteveCurwell).
Index.


Raymond J. Cole is Professor of Architecture at theUniversity of British Columbia, Canada.
Richard Lorch is an architect and editor of theinternational journal, Building Research and Information.



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