City, Climate, and Architecture: A Theory of Collective Practice

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Just as heating and cooling practices inside the buildings are affecting the (urban) climate outdoors, urban heat islands are influencing the energy requirements and thermal conditions inside the buildings.
, tracing the growing significance of ecological thinking for the design of urban environments.

Author(s): Sascha Roesler
Series: Klima Polis
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Year: 2022

Language: English
Pages: 276
City: Cham

9783035624168
9783035624168
Table of Contents
Preface
I European Developments before 1945: The Field of Knowlegde
Urban Studies of Man-made Climates
1 Thermal Geographies of the European City
2 Man-made Climate by Design
3 Democratizing Urban Nature
II Global Adaptations after 1945: Three Design Metaphors
Design Metaphors of Man-made Climates
4 Thermal Heritage
5 Microclimatic Islands
6 Energy-Synergy
III Epilogue
7 Singapore as a Model?
Appendices
Endnotes
References
Indexes
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits