Tuesday, 12 May 2015

9. Sustainable Environments Book - Response to Place part 1

Contemporary Design in Detail - Sustainable Environments Yenna Chan  (pp 14-36).

Response to Place Part 1


-The land and its characteristics are used as a starting point and inspiration to the houses featured. 

-Focus on how the buildings are connected to the ground by being built into the earth.

-Buildings blend into and become part of the landscape, at the same time preventing changes to ecological & topological conditions throughout building site.

-The landscape (vegetation and the surrounding view) determines the design of the houses.  This may lead to specific profiles or materials used for the building.

-For every case featured in the book, different structures and forms are adapted according to the conditions of the unique site.

-Yenna Chan also talks about the visual impact the buildings have on the landscape and how the designers worked around it.

-When a building does not impose on the site, it aspires the inhabitants to appreciate, and have a deeper understanding and greater connection with the environment.

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