Naturally Animated Architecture: Using The Movements Of The Sun, Wind, And Rain To Bring Indoor Spaces And Sustainable Practices To Life

Naturally Animated Architecture: Using The Movements Of The Sun, Wind, And Rain To Bring Indoor Spaces And Sustainable Practices To Life
Author: Kevin Nute
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2018-09-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1786344408

This video-augmented book explains how the natural movements of the sun, wind and rain can be used to improve the well-being of people in buildings and raise awareness of sustainable living practices. In demonstrating how buildings can be designed to reconcile their traditional role as shelter from the elements with the active inclusion of their movement, the book shows how, in the process of separating us from the extremes of the natural world, architecture can also be a means of reconnecting us with nature.Related Link(s)

Naturally Animated Architecture

Naturally Animated Architecture
Author: Kevin Nute
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781786344380

This video-enhanced book illustrates how the natural movements of sunlight, wind and rain can be used to animate indoor spaces. Based on decades of research confirming our continuing need for contact with nature, the book shows how the natural animation o

Visual Delight in Architecture

Visual Delight in Architecture
Author: Lisa Heschong
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000378969

Visual Delight in Architecture examines the many ways that our lives are enriched by the presence of natural daylight and window views within our buildings. It makes a compelling case that daily exposure to the rhythms of daylight is essential to our health and well-being, tied to the very genetic foundations of our physiology and cognitive function. It describes all the subtlety, beauty, and pleasures of well-daylit spaces and attractive window views, and explains how these are woven into the fabric of both our everyday sensory experience and enduring cultural perspectives. All types of environmental designers, along with anyone interested in human health and well- being, will fi nd new insights offered by Visual Delight in Architecture. The book is both accessible and provocative, full of personal stories and persuasive research, helping designers to gain a deeper understanding of the scientific basis of their designs, scientists to better grasp the real-world implications of their work, and everyone to more fully appreciate the role of windows in their lives.

This Here Now: Japanese Building And The Architecture Of The Individual

This Here Now: Japanese Building And The Architecture Of The Individual
Author: Kevin Nute
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2020-11-04
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1786349671

This Here Now explains how traditional Japanese buildings respond to distinctive materials, objects and moments, and argues that the built acknowledgment of such events can help to affirm the individuality of our own being. The book also shows how buildings can help us to overcome our separateness by enabling us to share the normally subjective experiences of this, here and now.

Embodied Time

Embodied Time
Author: Kevin Nute
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2024-03-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0429751389

The word time occurs more than seven times as often as space in written English, yet in the design of the indoor environments where we now spend most of our lives these priorities are typically reversed, with time often being little more than an afterthought. Embodied Time endeavors to correct that imbalance by demonstrating how built environments can be designed to evoke positive recollections of the past, interactions with the present, and anticipations of the future.

The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the Western Mind

The Constructed Other: Japanese Architecture in the Western Mind
Author: Kevin Nute
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0429751354

The Constructed Other argues that the assumed otherness of Japanese architecture has made it both a testbed for Western architectural theories and a source of inspiration for Western designers. The book traces three recurring themes in Western accounts of Japanese architecture from the reopening of Japan in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day: a wish to see Western architectural theories reflected in Japanese buildings; efforts to integrate elements of Japanese architecture into Western buildings; and a desire to connect contemporary Japanese architecture with Japanese tradition. It is suggested that, together, these narratives have had the effect of creating what amounts to a mythical version of Japanese architecture, often at odds with historical fact, but which has exercised a powerful influence on the development of building design internationally.

Place, Time, and Being in Japanese Architecture

Place, Time, and Being in Japanese Architecture
Author: Kevin Nute
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780419240105

"In addition to highlighting the human benefits of built environments which relate to particular place, time and being, many of the Japanese buildings examined illustrate practical strategies for revealing these universal parameters which are equally applicable beyond Japan. It is suggested that wider use of some of these approaches could not only help to sustain both environmental and cultural identities against the homogenising effects of globalisation, but also has the potential to heighten our appreciation of the peculiar condition of being here now."--Jacket.

Innovative Production And Construction: Transforming Construction Through Emerging Technologies

Innovative Production And Construction: Transforming Construction Through Emerging Technologies
Author: Wu Peng
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2019-05-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9813272503

Throughout the 38 chapters, this must-have volume outlines essential information about the implementation of emerging technologies, from building information modeling and 3D printing, to life cycle assessment and information technology in construction and engineering projects.It covers practical case studies to demonstrate the implementation of emerging technologies in a compact style, ensuring that practitioners can adopt these methods to realize immediate benefits in productivity, safety and performance improvement.

Composite Architecture

Composite Architecture
Author: Quang Truong
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3035619522

Composite materials in architecture.