Main entry:

Benedito, Silvia, author.

Title & Author:

Atmosphere anatomies : on design, weather, and sensation / Silvia Benedito ; photographs by Iwan Baan.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2021]
©2021

Description:

359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans, portrait ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword. Breathing shades of design / Christophe Girot -- Preface. Dissecting atmosphere in five spatial propositions -- Introduction. The necessary paradigm shift: space as atmosphere -- Atmosphere as immersive journey -- Rousham Garden, William Kent -- Rousham Garden: a meteorological foray for the sensible body -- Villa d'Este, Pirro Ligorio -- Atmosphere as thermal threshold -- Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, with Pierre Jeanneret, Jane B. Drew, and E. Maxwell Fry -- Chandigarh: on breathing, landscape, and bioclimatic space -- Ortega House and Gardens, and residential subdivisions, Luis Barragán -- Atmosphere as program -- Paley Park, Robert Zion and Harold Breen -- Paley Park: a microenvironment for well-being and delight -- Bamboo Garden, Alexandre Chemetoff -- Atmosphere as shared situation -- SESC Pompéia Community Center, Lina Bo Bardi -- Making weather apparent: curating situations for Life to occur in the SESC Pompéia Community Center -- University City of Caracas, Carlos Raúl Villanueva -- Atmosphere as thermal contrast -- Geometric Hot Springs, Germán del Sol -- On atmosphere and space: Silvia Benedito in conversation with architect Germán del Sol -- Sea Ranch, Lawrence Halprin -- Infrared images -- Afterword. Effect/affect / James Corner.

Summary:

Atmosphere Anatomies' illustrates how the atmosphere can affect sensory and physiological well-being when incorporated as a meteorological medium into the disciplines of design, particularly urban design and landscape architecture. Using paradigmatic projects, the essays discuss the diverse techniques and contexts that have focused on the atmosphere as an essential part of the design process. Woven throughout the book, the evocative photographic essays of Iwan Baan showcase selected design projects in their function as everyday spaces, which should be both delightful and inhabited. The critical and visual examination of these various projects illustrates that the integration of atmosphere creates spaces of social, emotional, and environmental relevance. Atmosphere Anatomies builds on this premise and explores the role of architecture and design in the context of increasing climate change, health challenges, and the sustainable use of our resources.

ISBN:

9783037786123 paperback
3037786124 paperback

Subject:

Landscape architecture Environmental aspects.
City planning Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Sustainable design.
Climate Change
Architecture du paysage Aspect de l'environnement.
Climat Changements.
Écoconception.
climate change.
sustainable architecture.

Added entries:

Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309166
Call No.: BIB 254441
Status: Available