Title & Author:

Thermodynamic interactions : an exploration into physiological, material and territorial atmospheres / Javier García-Germán [editor].

Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2017.

Description:

269 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Machine generated contents note: "Shaping the Future with the Past" / Luis Fernandez-Galiano -- "Thermodynamic Interactions" / Javier Garcia-German -- Physiological Atmospheres / Philippe Rahm -- "Foreword" / Javier Garcia-German -- "Weather Architecture: A Historical Perspective" / Jonathan Hill -- "Thermodynamic Space" / Javier Garcia-German -- "Architecture of the Senses" / Harry Francis Mallgrave -- "The Unbounded Boundary" / Michelle Addington -- Jade Meteo Park / Philippe Rahm architectes, Mosbach paysagistes, Ricky Liu & Associates -- Material Atmospheres / Inaki Abalos -- "Foreword" / Javier Garcia-German -- "Thermodynamic Materialism" / Inaki Abalos -- "Geometric Diagrams of Energy Flow" / Toni Kotnik -- "The Architectural and Performative Potential of Porous Structures" / Pierluigi D'Acunto -- "Cellular Solidarity: Matter, Energy, and Formation" / Kiel Moe -- "Regaining Authority" / Inaki Abalos -- Thermodynamic Prototype / Inaki Abalos -- Territorial Atmospheres / Silvia Benedito -- "Foreword" / Javier Garcia-German -- "Landscape and Atmosphere: Genealogies of Appearance" / Silvia Benedito -- "Equilibrated Exchange: an Exploration of The Sea Ranch Bioclimatic Analysis" / Kathleen John-Alder -- "Urban Meteorology" / Javier Garcia-German -- "The Physiognomy of a Landscape" / Axel Hausler -- Campo Material / OFICINAA architecture + urbanism -- Masdar / Foster and Partners + Transsolar.

Summary:

The interconnection between the environment and its climate, its built structures and the human body requires overlying architecture with other disciplines such as meteorology, thermodynamics or physiology to engage them in a holistic way. The book is structured in three blocks--Territorial Atmospheres, Material Atmospheres and Physiological Atmospheres--which present three distinct and successive realms at which thermodynamic exchanges are taking place. Territorial Atmospheres deals with the thermodynamic interaction between the environment and its built structures. Material Atmospheres focuses on the interaction between a building and the climate it generates. And lastly, Physiological Atmospheres centers on the interaction between indoor ambient and the physiological and psychological effects on human beings.

ISBN:

9781940291222 (paperback)
1940291224 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture and climate.
Architecture and science.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Thermodynamics.
Architecture et climat.
Architecture et sciences.
Architecture et économies d'énergie.
Thermodynamique.
energy efficient buildings.
thermodynamics.

Added entries:

García-Germán, Javier, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298651
Call No.: BIB 244780
Status: Available