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The green imperative: ecology and ethics in design and architecture

The green imperative: ecology and ethics in design and architecture
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10035625 NA2543.T43.P37 2021
 Urban Planning   GUtech Library . . Available .  
10034310 NA2543.T43.P37
 Urban Planning   GUtech Library . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780500296196
0500296197
Language E
Shelf Location NA2543.T43.P37 2021
Author Papanek, Victor
Title The green imperative : ecology and ethics in design and architecture
New ed.
Publisher London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson , 2021
Description xviii, 318 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
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Contents Introduction: The Power of Design 1. HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW? Our damaged planet * The historical view * The acceleration of disaster * Healing on a human scale * Is time on our side? 2. DESIGNING FOR A SAFER FUTURE Production and pollution * Product assessment * Packaging and shrouding * The problem with plastics * Millions of tyres * Green Design * Profit and politics * Design in the 21st century 3. TOWARD THE SPIRITUAL IN DESIGN The function of beauty * The designer's intent * Design for Disassembly * Exploiting every scrap * People participation * Designer as entrepreneur * Evaluating new technologies * Design ethics * Transforming the assignment 4. SENSING A DWELLING Mood and environment * The dimension of light * Footfalls * Feeling the fabric * The sense of smell * Responses to space * Sounds and rhythms * Organic geometry * The collective unconscious * Benign architecture 5. THE BIOTECHNOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES Finding the centre once more * People not traffic * The aesthetics of site * The sense of location * Nature's magic numbers * Ideal community size 6. THE LESSONS OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE Too humble for history * Six fallacies about vernacular architecture * Process not Product * Six explanations * The dynamic web 7. FORM FOLLOWS FUN Designing for the moment * The fun object * Fashions in form * 'Anti-design' * Toy or tool * The meaning of objects 8. IS CONVENIENCE THE ENEMY? Longing and dissatisfaction * Ten 'convenience' traps * Design as signifier * Chair as design gesture * Fashion and cuteness 9. SHARING NOT BUYING The consumer triangle * The quality of life * Ten questions before buying * Three further questions * Possible answers 10. GENERATIONS TO COME Drawing from different disciplines * The search for good form * Design education for all * World information network * The quality of learning * Creative problem-solving 11. THE BEST DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD? The edge of survival * Inuit design skills * Space concepts * Thinking in three dimensions * Art is life * Learning from the Inuit 12. THE NEW AESTHETIC: MAKING THE FUTURE WORK
Subject Architecture --Environmental aspects
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable design
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