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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... lead to a sudden and dramatic decrease in the availability of oil, which in turn would send prices soaring and economies into depression10. Some might rightly observe that we have faced such problems 3 Our collapsing global bridge.
... lead to a sudden and dramatic decrease in the availability of oil, which in turn would send prices soaring and economies into depression10. Some might rightly observe that we have faced such problems 3 Our collapsing global bridge.
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... lead to a collapse. Architects, for example, design only about 2–5 per cent of all that gets built and most of that for the wealthiest individuals, organizations, and governments, while remaining largely uninvolved in the 'design for ...
... lead to a collapse. Architects, for example, design only about 2–5 per cent of all that gets built and most of that for the wealthiest individuals, organizations, and governments, while remaining largely uninvolved in the 'design for ...
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... leads us to dispose of goods prematurely, along with the finite resources and embodied energy they contain. The construction and demolition waste stream alone is now over 100 million tonnes annually, having exceeded the landfill space ...
... leads us to dispose of goods prematurely, along with the finite resources and embodied energy they contain. The construction and demolition waste stream alone is now over 100 million tonnes annually, having exceeded the landfill space ...
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... leads to unintended and unwanted consequences? Consider the construction industry. While it addresses the essential human need for shelter, that industry, through building materials manufacturing, construction, and operations, consumes ...
... leads to unintended and unwanted consequences? Consider the construction industry. While it addresses the essential human need for shelter, that industry, through building materials manufacturing, construction, and operations, consumes ...
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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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