Environment management as an integral aspect of architectural resolution (Also available on CD)
Rao, Kushal Sohan
Environment management as an integral aspect of architectural resolution (Also available on CD) - 2013 - xiv,227p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS Acknowledgement iii CONTENTS v Introduction vii CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 1 1.1. Need for Shelter 3 1.2. Orientation: An aspect of Design 3 1.3. Need for Comfort 5 1.4. Celebration of Natural Elements 7 1.5. Exploration of Materials and Techniques 7 1.6. Technological Innovations 11 CHAPTER 2: BUILTFORM AND THE NATURAL ELEMENTS 15 2.1. Land, Water, Vegetation 17 2.2. Attitudes to the Natural Elements in Builtforms 19 2.3. Siting and Orientation 21 2.3.1. Contrast through Siting 23 2.3.2. Merging through Siting 37 2.4. Form and Massing 49 2.4.1. Notional Association / Simulation 51 2.4.2. Merging through Form and Massing 55 2.4.2. Contrast through Form and Massing 65 2.5. Spatial Organisation 67 2.5.1. Influences from the Existing Site Conditions 69 2.5.2. As Organizing or Design Elements 73 2.6. Elements and Articulation 77 CHAPTER 3: CASE STUDIES 91 3.1. Case Study 1. Ashokbhai Mehta’s Residence 93 3.2. Case Study 2. Ahmedabad Textile Mill-Owners Association Building 111 3.3. Case Study 3. Sangath 131 3.4. Case Study 4. Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya 147 3.5. Case Study 5. Center for Environmental Education 163 3.6. Case Study 6. Environmental Sanitation Institution 181 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 203 CONCLUSION 213 Illustration Credits 217 Bibliography 221
A TH-1131 / RAO
Environment management as an integral aspect of architectural resolution (Also available on CD) - 2013 - xiv,227p.,CD-ROM
CONTENTS Acknowledgement iii CONTENTS v Introduction vii CHAPTER 1: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 1 1.1. Need for Shelter 3 1.2. Orientation: An aspect of Design 3 1.3. Need for Comfort 5 1.4. Celebration of Natural Elements 7 1.5. Exploration of Materials and Techniques 7 1.6. Technological Innovations 11 CHAPTER 2: BUILTFORM AND THE NATURAL ELEMENTS 15 2.1. Land, Water, Vegetation 17 2.2. Attitudes to the Natural Elements in Builtforms 19 2.3. Siting and Orientation 21 2.3.1. Contrast through Siting 23 2.3.2. Merging through Siting 37 2.4. Form and Massing 49 2.4.1. Notional Association / Simulation 51 2.4.2. Merging through Form and Massing 55 2.4.2. Contrast through Form and Massing 65 2.5. Spatial Organisation 67 2.5.1. Influences from the Existing Site Conditions 69 2.5.2. As Organizing or Design Elements 73 2.6. Elements and Articulation 77 CHAPTER 3: CASE STUDIES 91 3.1. Case Study 1. Ashokbhai Mehta’s Residence 93 3.2. Case Study 2. Ahmedabad Textile Mill-Owners Association Building 111 3.3. Case Study 3. Sangath 131 3.4. Case Study 4. Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya 147 3.5. Case Study 5. Center for Environmental Education 163 3.6. Case Study 6. Environmental Sanitation Institution 181 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 203 CONCLUSION 213 Illustration Credits 217 Bibliography 221
A TH-1131 / RAO