Buildings, Culture and Environment: Informing Local and Global Practices

Cover......Page 1
ISBN 1-4051-0004-4......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Contributors......Page 14
1 Introduction: Knowledge, Values and Building Design......Page 16
Section I: Understanding Context......Page 24
2 Section introduction Understanding Context......Page 26
3 Globalisation – Entangled Places, Interface Buildings, Generic Design......Page 33
4 Trading Places – Sharing Knowledge about Environmental Building Techniques......Page 52
5 Green Buildings – Reconciling Technological Change and Occupant Expectations......Page 72
6 Cultural Issues for a Sustainable Built Environment......Page 98
7 Section commentary......Page 124
Section II: Understanding Expectations......Page 140
8 Section introduction......Page 142
9 The Role of the Client in Shaping the Satisfactory Outcome of the Construction Process......Page 145
10 User Needs and Expectations......Page 169
11 Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations......Page 192
12 BEQUEST – an International Cross-cultural Cooperation and Information Exchange......Page 217
13 Section commentary Reconciling Expectations......Page 243
Section III: Understanding Process......Page 256
14 Section introduction Understanding Process......Page 258
15 Technology Transfer – a Vernacular View......Page 261
16 Social and Organisational Understanding of Stakeholder Interests......Page 284
17 Contemporary Chinese Architectural and Planning Practice – Aspirations and Challenges......Page 303
18 A Bio-regional Approach to Environmental Building – a Case Study of the KST House......Page 322
19 Cultural Aspects of Environmental Housing in Japan......Page 347
20 Section commentary Understanding Delivery Processes......Page 374
Section IV: Afterword......Page 388
21 Afterword: Towards a New Social Contract?......Page 390
Index......Page 410