Title & Author:

Sustainable architecture : between measurement and meaning / edited by Carmela Cucuzzella, Concordia University, Canada and Sherif Goubran, The American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Publication:

Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press, [2020]
©2020

Description:

xxii, 150 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Series:

Series in Built Envirronment

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Walking the wire - sustainability + design in an uncertain ethos / Brian R. Sinclair, University of Calgary -- Caught between measurement and meaning / Carmela Cucuzzella, Concordia University, Sherif Goubran, The American University in Cairo -- Zoom-in, zoom-out - sustainability in the scale(s) of architecture / Anne Cormier, Université de Montréal -- Sustainable architecture as facticity, perception, and potential / Carmela Cucuzzella, Concordia University -- Technological trajectories: assessing the role of sensing in design / Nada Tarkhan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) -- Recognising effectiveness in sustainable design / Tom Jefferies, Queen's University Belfast, Laura Coucill, Manchester School of Architecture -- Connections of immaterial to sustainable tectonics / Izabel Amaral, Laurentian University -- Intentions and consequences: prototyping and appropriate technology / Ted Cavanagh, Dalhousie University.

Summary:

"'Sustainable Architecture - Between Measurement and Meaning' takes a step back to reflect on how sustainability in the built environment can be theorized and practiced critically. This book exposes that architecture remains a human and social science that lies at the intersection of measurements and meanings. It reveals that sustainable architecture can still operate in a dialectic space of expression, rather than serving as a manifesto for either the technical or socio-cultural extremes. It purports that the human intuition, senses, and skills still holds the key to unravelling alternative futures of sustainable built spaces. And that most importantly, humans still have a place in sustainable architecture. This book will be of interest to students, early career scholars, established researchers and practitioners studying sustainability in the built environment. It can be used as a referencee [sic] to those in the fields of design, architecture, landscape and urban design, urban studies, geography, social sciences, and engineering."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781648890475 (hardcover)
1648890474 (hardcover)

Subject:

Sustainable architecture.
Sustainable design.
Architecture durable.
Écoconception.
sustainable architecture.

Added entries:

Cucuzzella, Carmela, 1962- editor, contributor.
Goubran, Sherif, 1991- editor, contributor.
Sinclair, Brian R., contributor.
Cormier, Anne, 1959- contributor.
Tarkhan, Nada, contributor.
Jefferies, Tom, contributor.
Amaral, Izabel, contributor.
Cavanagh, Ted, contributor.
Built environment series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308905
Call No.: BIB 254225
Status: Available