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  title info:
    title: Design for an Empathic World
    sub title: Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self
  name:
    name part: Ryn, Sim Van der.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Allen, Francine.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXVIII, 161 p. 29 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-building pioneer Sim Van der Ryn says, “greening” our buildings is not enough. He advocates for “empathic design”, in which a designer not only works in concert with nature, but with an understanding of and empathy for the end user and for ones self. It is not just one of these connections, but all three that are necessary to design for a future that is more humane, equitable, and resilient. Sim’s lifelong focus has been in shifting the paradigm in architecture and design. Instead of thinking about design primarily in relation to the infrastructure we live in and with—everything from buildings to wireless routing—he advocates for a focus on the people who use and are affected by this infrastructure. Basic design must include a real understanding of human ecology or end-user preferences. Understanding ones motivations and spirituality, Sim believes, is critical to designing with empathy for natural and human communities. In Design for an Empathic World Van der Ryn shares his thoughts and experience about the design of our world today. With a focus on the strengths and weaknesses in our approach to the design of our communities, regions, and buildings he looks at promising trends and projects that demonstrate how we can help create a better world for others and ourselves. Architects, urban designers, and students of architecture will all enjoy this beautifully illustrated book drawing on a rich and revered career of a noted leader in their field. The journey described in Design for an Empathic World will help to inspire change and foster the collaboration and thoughtfulness necessary to achieve a more empathic future.
  table of contents: Preface: A Journey to Connect with the Natural World -- Foreword: A Sustained Awakening of the Human Heart -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Human-Centered Design -- Chapter 3. Nature-Centered Design -- Chapter 4. Lifetime Learning Design -- Chapter 5. Opportunities for Empathic Design -- Chapter 6. Journey to the Inner Self and Outer World -- Notes -- Index.
  note: by Sim Van der Ryn, Francine Allen.
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Urban planning
  subject:
    topic: City planning
  subject:
    topic: Design
  subject:
    topic: Pollution
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Pollution, general
  subject:
    topic: Urbanism
  subject:
    topic: Design, general
  classification: TD172-193.5
  classification: 363.73
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9781610915052
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-505-2
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    record creation date: 131126
    record change date: 20151204152416.0
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