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020 _a0470721650 (paperback)
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245 1 0 _aTerritory :
_barchitecture beyond environment :
_barchitectural design /
_cDavid Gissen.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aLondon :
_bWiley,
_c2010.
300 _a136 p. :
_bill ;
_c28 cm.
520 _aAdvancing a new relationship between architecture and nature, Territory emphasises the simultaneous production of architectural objects and the environment surrounding them. Conceptualised within a framework that draws from physical and human geographical thought, this title of Architectural Design examines the possibility of an architecture that actively produces its external, ecological conditions. The architecture here scans and modifies atmospheres, arboreal zones, geothermal exchange, magnetic fields, habitats and toxicities – enabling new and intense geographical patterns, effects and sensations within architectural and urban experience. Territory charts out a space, a territory, for architecture beyond conceptualisations of context or environment, understood as that stable setting which pre-exists the production of new things. Ultimately, it suggests a role for architecture as a strategy of environmental tinkering versus one of accommodation or balance with an external natural wor
650 1 0 _aArchitectural design.
_93851
650 1 0 _aArchitecture
_xEnvironmental aspects.
_93852
700 _aGissen, Dav
_93853
856 _3Amazon.com
_uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470721650/chopaconline
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_cBK
_k720.47 TER 2010
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