Architectural Design and EthicsRoutledge, 9 de maig 2008 - 264 pàgines Architectural Design and Ethics offers both professional architects and architecture students a theoretical base and numerous suggestions as to how we might rethink our responsibilities to the natural world and design a more sustainable future for ourselves. As we find ourselves on the steep slope of several exponential growth curves – in global population, in heat-trapping atmospheric gases, in the gap between the rich and poor, and in the demand for finite resources, Fisher lays down a theory of architecture based on ethics and explores how buildings can and do provide both social and moral dimensions. The book also has practical goals, demonstrating how architects can make better and more beautiful buildings whilst nurturing more responsible, sustainable development. Architectural Design and Ethics will prove an invaluable text not only to those in the architecture field, but to anyone simply interested in the ethical issues surrounding our built environment. |
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Pàgina vi
... diversity of a site, improve it Chapter 6: The needs of duty Places Corporations Office Store Factory Principles Instead of creating objects to possess, build community Instead of specialized things that can only have one use, make them ...
... diversity of a site, improve it Chapter 6: The needs of duty Places Corporations Office Store Factory Principles Instead of creating objects to possess, build community Instead of specialized things that can only have one use, make them ...
Pàgina ix
... diverse the solutions we can all generate, the more likely life on this planet will thrive in the centuries ahead. About the only prescription you will find in the book is that, whatever the specific solutions may be, they will almost ...
... diverse the solutions we can all generate, the more likely life on this planet will thrive in the centuries ahead. About the only prescription you will find in the book is that, whatever the specific solutions may be, they will almost ...
Pàgina 3
... diversity, and farmable soil, before we begin to reach a ceiling on inexpensive fossil fuels, accessible fresh water, and plant growth per acre, and before we start to be overcome by toxic chemicals in the air and water, invasive plant ...
... diversity, and farmable soil, before we begin to reach a ceiling on inexpensive fossil fuels, accessible fresh water, and plant growth per acre, and before we start to be overcome by toxic chemicals in the air and water, invasive plant ...
Pàgina 13
... diverse ecosystems around our cities and towns. Poorly done, design overly orders things. But when well done, design ... diversity, the more care we give to ourselves. Now that we have come, as McKibben says, to the end of nature, there ...
... diverse ecosystems around our cities and towns. Poorly done, design overly orders things. But when well done, design ... diversity, the more care we give to ourselves. Now that we have come, as McKibben says, to the end of nature, there ...
Pàgina 14
... diversity and acknowledge the fact that we are, ultimately, all in this together. Would any of us want to live in a village of 100 people if two people had half of all the wealth and 50 people just 1 per cent of it, if 80 out of 100 had ...
... diversity and acknowledge the fact that we are, ultimately, all in this together. Would any of us want to live in a village of 100 people if two people had half of all the wealth and 50 people just 1 per cent of it, if 80 out of 100 had ...
Continguts
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How nature suffers in the naturalistic fallacy | 35 |
Why having less is more | 69 |
When virtues are no vice | 103 |
Drafting a new social contract | 135 |
The needs of duty | 171 |
The consequences of ignoring consequences | 203 |
References | 237 |
Index | 245 |
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