| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Living concepts ; 3 |
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Edition Wohnen. English ; 3.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Darker living: how artificial light teaches to love daylight / Gerhard Auer -- Well lighted?: on the status quo of the hunger for light : irreplaceable daylight ; The call for brightness ; Habits and positive attributions ; Artificial light ; The myth of light ; The myth of glass ; Overexposures -- Modern living: light-flooded houses : Modern = bright ; Hygiene through light and housing reform ; Modern architecture, modern living ; Equal heights for equal people ; Floor plans and typology: into the light ; Increasing density and lighting: rows, blocks, and towers ; In healthy light: balconies, loggias, terraces ; Continuing to build with distinction -- Light, sight, space: experiencing light, perceiving space, and looking out : Light and sight ; Between inside and outside ; Looking out: information and contemplation ; The window's loss of importance ; The spatial box: discretion in muted light ; The framed view ; Bursting the box: new spaces of experience ; Flowing spaces: visual boundlessness and clarifying brightness ; The form of windows and the interior ; The mise-en scène of prospects ; Last stop: glass house ; Rehabilitating darkness ; From the form to the shell ; New pleasure in transparency: "the un-private house" ; Semitransparent shells: veiled views and the diffusion of light ; Metamorphoses of the facade ; Reveiling the unveiled: protection from the sun and prying eyes ; Multiple layouts ; Shown in a good light -- Illuminating: seeing well and seeing comfortably: qualities of natural light and rules of thumb for design : Good light planning? The given situation and local conditions: designing the exterior ; Quantitative objectives : Interior design and functional lighting ; Rules of thumb for interior design ; Increasing and optimizing light ; Qualitative objectives : Interior design and seeing comfortably ; Directing light and shade ; Glare control ; Solar control and directing sunlight ; Daylight as design medium -- Lighting effects: beyond seeing comfortably: well-being, mood, experience : The consequences of flooding with light ; A loss of homeyness? ; Physiological and psychological comfort ; One's own four walls ; Buffer zones and transitional space ; The veiled gaze ; The hiding place ; The island of light ; The home as a place of memory ; Lighting and the experience of space ; A play with lights and a theater of materials -- Best of: eleven masters of natural light: landmark concepts of light : Le Corbusier: purifying light ; Richard Neutra: invigorating light ; Frank Lloyd Wright: vitalizing light ; Alvar Aalto: ephemeral light ; Louis I. Kahn: purist light ; Luis Barragán : meditative light ; Tadao Ando: spiritual light ; Jean Nouvel: illusionistic light ; Toyo Ito: atmospheric light ; SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nichizawa: suggestive light ; Steven Holl: animating light |
| Summary |
"The image of open working and living spaces flooded with light has, more than any other, become fixed in our minds as a symbol of modernity and the spirit of the times. While the workplace has always been the focus of ergonomic studies and optimization with respect to a good provision of daylight, large glass surfaces have now become the order of the day for living spaces as well. But does this automatically make for better illumination?" "Taking this question as its starting point, this publication details central aspects of light planning, including the connection between the provision of daylight and architectural design, building orientation, the nature of the facade, the ground plan, comfort, and the proportions and atmosphere of rooms. In the process, general characteristics and fundamental principles as well as subtle facets of an intelligent treatment of daylight are discussed and critically examined within an expanded architecture- and culture-historical context." "This book is written for: architects, interior designers, specialist audiance in the field of architecture and design, professors, lecturers and students, and clients."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Daylighting.
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Architecture, Domestic.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Residential.
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HOUSE & HOME -- Design & Construction.
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Architecture, Domestic
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Daylighting
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Wohnung -- Tageslicht.
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Tageslicht -- Wohnung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spechtenhauser, Klaus
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| ISBN |
9783038216414 |
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3038216410 |
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