Aquatecture : buildings and cities designed to live and work with water /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Barker, Robert
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Coutts, Richard (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : RIBA Publishing, [22016]
• Θέματα: Νερό και αρχιτεκτονική; Αειφόρος αρχιτεκτονική; Βιοκλιματική αρχιτεκτονική; Αρχιτεκτονική > Περιβαλλοντικές απόψεις

Water plays a vital role in shaping our built environment, as it has done for centuries. We depend on it, we use it, we live with it and we must respect it. Aquatecture is the first book to outline new ways of designing for water, using examples from around the world to illustrate methods of utilizi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Water: friend or foe?
• Life: integrating design with water
• Waterfront planning
• Hydroscapes
• Water and energy infrastructure
• Aquatecture: flood-proof buildings
• Case study: building: amphibious house
• Case study: neighbourhood: Seine Gare Vitry
• Case study: city: Shanghai, future city
• Case study: regional, Nijmegen and Lent.