Responsive environments : a manual for designers /
Responsive environments : a manual for designers /
Ian Bentley ... [et al.].
- 151 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm.
Originally published by The Architectural Press, 1985. engineering bookfair2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note --
ch. 1 Permeability --
ch. 2 Variety --
ch. 3 Legibility --
ch. 4 Robustness --
ch. 5 Visual appropriateness --
ch. 6 Richness --
ch. 7 Personalisation --
ch. 8 Putting it all together --
Index.
Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings. This is a practical book about architecture and urban design. It is most concerned with the areas of design which most frequently go wrong and impresses the idea that ideals alone are not enough. Ideals must be linked through appropriate design ideas to the fabric of the built environemnt itself.
0750605669 (pbk.) 9780750605663 (pbk.)
City planning.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Architectural drawing.
Urban regions--Environment planning
711.4 / R.
Originally published by The Architectural Press, 1985. engineering bookfair2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note --
ch. 1 Permeability --
ch. 2 Variety --
ch. 3 Legibility --
ch. 4 Robustness --
ch. 5 Visual appropriateness --
ch. 6 Richness --
ch. 7 Personalisation --
ch. 8 Putting it all together --
Index.
Clearly demonstrates the specific characteristics that make for comprehensible, friendly and controllable places; 'Responsive Environments' - as opposed to the alienating environments often imposed today. By means of sketches and diagrams, it shows how they may be designed in to places or buildings. This is a practical book about architecture and urban design. It is most concerned with the areas of design which most frequently go wrong and impresses the idea that ideals alone are not enough. Ideals must be linked through appropriate design ideas to the fabric of the built environemnt itself.
0750605669 (pbk.) 9780750605663 (pbk.)
City planning.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Architectural drawing.
Urban regions--Environment planning
711.4 / R.