Earth, water, air, fire : the four elements and architecture /
Earth, water, air, fire : the four elements and architecture / [Book] :
Josep Llu©Ưs Mateo & Florian Sauter (eds.).
- 213 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Forced to interact with the natural elements that invigorate a built structure and co-determine a building’s experiential reality during construction, one ought to keep in mind their brute powers – earth’s crushing heaviness, the erratic character of water, air’s thermo-dynamic cataclysms, or the dangerous benignity of fire. Affective in a direct way, they act as guiding principles in the process of realization: While the earth targets the foundations, the roof shields from water, the openings control the flow of air, and the walls protect from the gleaming sun.
All.
9781940291468
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
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Forced to interact with the natural elements that invigorate a built structure and co-determine a building’s experiential reality during construction, one ought to keep in mind their brute powers – earth’s crushing heaviness, the erratic character of water, air’s thermo-dynamic cataclysms, or the dangerous benignity of fire. Affective in a direct way, they act as guiding principles in the process of realization: While the earth targets the foundations, the roof shields from water, the openings control the flow of air, and the walls protect from the gleaming sun.
All.
9781940291468
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
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