Coping with Urban Climates Comparative Perspectives on Architecture and Thermal Governance

While 20th century architecture learned to control the climate of a building, the architecture of the 21st century needs to learn to cope with the climate of cities. Problems such as urban heat and air pollution need to be included in planning and design. The book argues for a new type of "ther...

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Main Authors Roesler, Sascha, Kobi, Madlen, Stieger, Lorenzo
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Boston Birkhäuser 2022
De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Edition1
SeriesKlima Polis
Subjects
21st century
Architecture
Area planning (Civic art)
Book Industry Communication
Cairo
Chongqing
City & town planning - architectural aspects
City and town planning: architectural aspects
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
Geneva
Landscape architecture and design
Landscape art & architecture
micro climate
Regional & area planning
Regional and area planning
Santiago de Cile
The Arts
thema EDItEUR
Theory of architecture
Urbanism
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Summary:While 20th century architecture learned to control the climate of a building, the architecture of the 21st century needs to learn to cope with the climate of cities. Problems such as urban heat and air pollution need to be included in planning and design. The book argues for a new type of "thermal governance" that considers the interdependency of climatic and socio-economic phenomena in contemporary cities.
ISBN:3035624240
9783035624243
3035624216
9783035624212
DOI:10.1515/9783035624243