Description
This book explores the theories, practices and principles of new approaches to solar architecture that foster both design excellence and low-energy use. In response to the challenges of global warming and climate change, design and technology enable architects to achieve greater performance standards while at the same time developing an environmental aesthetic.
The book showcases ten award-winning buildings to illustrate the aesthetic and technological design integration of solar response in contemporary zero-energy and low-energy architecture.
Towards Zero-Energy Architecture is a much-needed call for the design professions to redefine architecture to help solve ecological problems.
CONTENTS
Chapter I: Fostering an ecological vision
- Ray Kappe Architects/Planners and LivingHomes: First LivingHome Model Home, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Sheppard Robson: Kingspan Lighthouse, Watford, UK
Chapter II: Prioritizing passive design
- Rolf Disch Architects: Solarsiedlung am Schlierberg, Freiburg, Germany
- The Kubala Washatko Architects: Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA
Chapter III: Defining an ethic of enough
- Lake|Flato Architects: Tim and Karen Hixon (Government Canyon) Visitor Center, Helotes, Texas, USA
- Nielsen and Rubow, Cenergia, Kuben Byfornyelse Danmark, and Velux Danmark: SOLTAG Energy Housing, Hørsholm, Denmark
Chapter IV: Using responsive envelopes
- Troppo Architects: Rozak House, Lake Bennett, Northern Territory, Australia
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany: Year 2015 Prototype Home—Made in Germany
Chapter V: Expressing an ecological aesthetic
- Randall Stout Architects and Archimedes GmbH: Steinhude Sea Recreational Facility, Steinhude, Germany
- Mario Cucinella Architects: Sino-Italian Ecological and Energy Efficient Building (SIEEB), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
208 pages, color ills / 22 x 28,5 cm / English
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