Tropical Sustainable Architecture

Joo-Hwa Bay, Boon-Lay Ong

300 pages, parution le 17/07/2006

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Résumé

The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. The context for architecture here is fraught with conflicts between tradition and modernization, massive influx of rural poor into urban areas, poorly managed rapid urban development as well as the cultural and social strain of globalization.

Many local and overseas architects, planners and city fathers are interested in the social and environmental dimensions of these areas that contribute towards short terms solutions and long term sustainable developments. This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics.

L'auteur - Joo-Hwa Bay

Joo Hwa Bay (Editor) University of Singapore, Singapore

L'auteur - Boon-Lay Ong

Boon Lay Ong (Editor) : University of Singapore, Singapore

Sommaire

Sustainable Social Quality
The Selective Environment: Environmental Design and Cultural Identity
The Ecological Design of Large Buildings and Sites in the Tropics
High-rise High-Density Living
Socio-Environmental Dimensions: In Tropical Semi-open Spaces of High-rise Housing in Singapore;Building Environmental Assessment Methods from Sustainable Architecture Perspective: An Analysis in Singapore Public Housing Context
Building and Planning Requirements
Policy and Evaluation System for Green Building in Subtropical Taiwan
In Search of a Habitable Urban Space-Built Ratio: A Case Study of Building and Planning Regulation in Dhaka City
Urban Environmental Impacts
Designing High Density Cities - Parametric Studies of Urban Morphologies and Their Implied Environmental Performance;Exploring the Urban Heat Island Effect in Singapore;Thermal Environment Study of Urban Canyons
Experimental Sustainable Projects
Tropical and Traditional: Inventing a New Housing Model for the Old 36 Street Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam
ECOPET 21: An Innovative Sustainable Building System for Ecological Communities in Tropical Regions
Critique on Tropical Architecture
Is Sustainability Sustainable? Interrogating the Tropical Paradigm in Asian Architecture

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Architectural Press
Auteur(s)	Joo-Hwa Bay, Boon-Lay Ong
Parution	17/07/2006
Nb. de pages	300
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	680g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750667975
ISBN13	978-0-7506-6797-5