Habitat : vernacular architecture for a changing Planet

By:

Piesik, Sandra Ed

Publication details: Thames & Hudson Ltd. London 2017Description: 600pISBN:

9780500343241

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

728 PIE

Contents:

Contents Foreword by Tomasz Chruszczow 14 Introduction by Sandra Piesik 16 General essays The influence of climate on building design and materials by Catherine Souch 28 A geological classification of earth materials in vernacular construction by Graham Lott 32 Plants in the built environment by William Miliken 38 An anthropological introduction to vernacular architecture by Andre Singer 42 The value of the vernacular by Jim Coleman and Henry Fletcher 46 Tropical 52 Dry 176 Temperate 300 Continental 362 Polar 412 Appendix 1: Contemporary Vernacular 426 Wind and Water Bar 428 Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse 432 Modern Education and Training Institute 436 Dipshikha Electrical Skill Improvement Training Centre 438 Fale Pasifika, University of Auckland 442 Sabia: The Palm•Leaf Shelters 444 Jeffry's House 446 The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia 448 Muir Craig Cottage 452 Jianamani Visitor Centre 458 China Resources University 462 Shiv Temple of Wadeshwar 466 Maria Grazia Cutuli Primary School 468 Primary School Complex, Gando 470 Primary School Library, Gando 472 Rufisque Women's Centre 474 Technology School of Guelmim 478 Tambabox 484 The Brighton Waste House 486 Appendix 2: Natural Disasters 490 An Overview of the Range and Effects of Natural Disasters 492 Creating Seismic Protection in Earthen Buildings 502 Designing with Bamboo for Earthquake Resistance 506 Flood Adaptations in the Asian Vernacular 508 Lessons on Culture, Nature and Resilience in Post• Katrina New Orleans 514 Borrowing from Asia's Vernacular to Protect Against Typhoons 518 Appendix 3 : Materials Science Building with Plant Materials 526 Thermal Properties of Plant• and Earth•based Building Materials 532 Softwood Buildings in the United Kingdom 538 Snow as a Building Material 548 Textile Applications for Architecture Today 552 Spinifex Structures in Central Australia 566 Building with Bamboo 560 Structural Applications of Date•palm Leaves 562 Advancing the Vernacular: High•tech Meets Low•tech 564 Notes 570 Bibliography 575 Author Biographies 582 Picture Credits 588 Index 591 Acknowledgments 600

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Contents
Foreword by Tomasz Chruszczow 14
Introduction by Sandra Piesik 16
General essays
The influence of climate on building design and materials by Catherine Souch 28
A geological classification of earth materials in vernacular construction by Graham Lott 32
Plants in the built environment by William Miliken 38
An anthropological introduction to vernacular architecture by Andre Singer 42
The value of the vernacular by Jim Coleman and Henry Fletcher 46
Tropical 52
Dry 176
Temperate 300
Continental 362
Polar 412
Appendix 1: Contemporary Vernacular 426
Wind and Water Bar 428
Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse 432
Modern Education and Training Institute 436
Dipshikha Electrical Skill Improvement Training Centre 438
Fale Pasifika, University of Auckland 442
Sabia: The Palm•Leaf Shelters 444
Jeffry's House 446
The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia 448
Muir Craig Cottage 452
Jianamani Visitor Centre 458
China Resources University 462
Shiv Temple of Wadeshwar 466
Maria Grazia Cutuli Primary School 468
Primary School Complex, Gando 470
Primary School Library, Gando 472
Rufisque Women's Centre 474
Technology School of Guelmim 478
Tambabox 484
The Brighton Waste House 486
Appendix 2: Natural Disasters 490
An Overview of the Range and Effects of Natural Disasters 492
Creating Seismic Protection in Earthen Buildings 502
Designing with Bamboo for Earthquake Resistance 506
Flood Adaptations in the Asian Vernacular 508
Lessons on Culture, Nature and Resilience in Post• Katrina New Orleans 514
Borrowing from Asia's Vernacular to Protect Against Typhoons 518
Appendix 3 : Materials Science
Building with Plant Materials 526
Thermal Properties of Plant• and Earth•based Building Materials 532
Softwood Buildings in the United Kingdom 538
Snow as a Building Material 548
Textile Applications for Architecture Today 552
Spinifex Structures in Central Australia 566
Building with Bamboo 560
Structural Applications of Date•palm Leaves 562
Advancing the Vernacular: High•tech Meets Low•tech 564
Notes 570
Bibliography 575
Author Biographies 582
Picture Credits 588
Index 591
Acknowledgments 600

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