Main entry:

Krautheim, Mareike, author.

Title & Author:

City and wind : climate as an architectural instrument / Mareike Krautheim, Ralf Pasel, Sven Pfeiffer, Joachim Schultz-Granberg.

Publication:

Berlin : DOM Publishers, [2014]
©2014.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.

Series:

Basics ; volume 28

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205).
Position: climate as an architectural instrument -- The invisible beauty: wind -- Wind / Kees Christiaanse -- Urban winds of change / Fritz Reusswig -- Experiencing the invisible : Sensation: experiencing the elements ; Art: wind, the invisible beauty ; The power of wind: the importance of wind in Dutch history ; Dots, gusts and molecules: a technical introduction and a little more ; Mapping wind: wind roses ; Protection: strategies of shielding ; What if...?: Predictions of wind ; Vulnerability: global impact of wind ; Myths: a metaphor for life and death ; Urban climate: impact of cities on climate ; World map of air flow -- Methods and instruments : Wind effects: a handful of principles ; Measuring the unmeasurable: a short history of measuring wind ; Wind and city: towards a methodology ; Fluidmechanics & urban space / Hans-Arno Jantzen ; Designing a comfortable breeze / Peter Mensinga ; In the nature of flow / Christophe Barlieb -- Let air in, let air out / Otto Klemm -- Designing with wind : Masdar City, Abu Dhabi ; Xeritown, Dubai ; Villa El Salvador, Peru ; Windscape City, The Netherlands ; Flowmorphology, Germany ; Sensational City, The Netherlands ; Through & beyond, Germany ; Jätkäsaari, Finland ; Mangh, Pakistan ; Badgir, Iran ; Malquaf + Dur Qa'a, Egypt ; Druk White Lotus School, India ; Lyceé Charles de Gaulle, Syria ; School complex, Burkina Faso ; Semiramis, Morocco ; Space block, Vietnam ; Climate campus, The Netherlands ; Tjibaou Center, New Caledonia ; Airtree, Spain ; Wind scales, Saudi Arabia ; Interactive facade, China ; Interior Gulf Stream, France.

Summary:

Climate as an Architectural Instrument is a call to see architecture not just as a means of protecting us against the climate, but also as a way of bringing us back to it. Spatial production is inevitably linked to climate issues. Architects and urban planners, as well as administrative bodies and developers, face a new responsibility in terms of the complexity of their conventional design and planning methods. Increasing awareness of climate issues in the design process has the potential once more to make architecture in the future more site-specific, giving it back its contextual relevancy.

ISBN:

9783869223100 (pbk.)
3869223103 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Environmental aspects.
Winds and architecture.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Vents et architecture.
Architecture and climate.
Architecture and Planning.
stedelijke planning
urban planning
stedelijke gebieden
urban areas
wind
architectuur
architecture
ontwerp
design
Urban Plans
Stedelijke plannen

Added entries:

Basics (Berlin, Germany) ; volume 28.

Climate as an architectural instrument

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297105
Call No.: BIB 243413
Status: Available