TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rao, Kushal Sohan
AU  - Pantojee, Arpita (Guide)
TI  - Environment management as an integral aspect of architectural resolution (Also available on CD) 
U1  - A TH-1131 
PY  - 2013///
N1  - 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
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