This manual covers the principles and practices of designing for a vulnerable planet, focusing on innovative approaches that foster regeneration and resilience. It explores how designers and planners can move beyond traditional sustainability concepts to create environments that minimize impact while improving living conditions. The content draws on ecological and democratic foundations, informed by critical regionalism and reflection, to advocate for design practices grounded in a broad understanding of both human and natural systems.
The manual serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding and implementing ecological design strategies. It examines historical precedents and contemporary case studies, including responses to natural and human-caused disasters, to offer a blueprint for designing with nature. This resource is intended for architects, planners, and anyone interested in developing sustainable and resilient built environments that address the planet's vulnerabilities.
We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such as the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chile-as well as the ongoing depletion and degradation of the world's natural resources caused by a burgeoning human population-have made it clear that "business as usual" is no longer sustainable. We need to find ways to improve how we live on this planet while minimizing our impact on it. Design for a Vulnerable Planet sounds a call for designers and planners to go beyond traditional concepts of sustainability toward innovative new design that fosters regeneration and resilience.Drawing on his own and others' experiences across three continents, Frederick Steiner advocates design practice grounded in ecology and democracy and informed by critical regionalism and reflection. He begins by establishing the foundation for a more ecological approach to planning and design, adopting a broad view of ecology as encompassing human and natural, urban and wild environments. Steiner explores precedents for human ecological design provided by architect Paul Cret, landscape architect Ian McHarg, and developer George Mitchell while discussing their planning for the University of Texas campus, the Lake Austin watershed, and The Woodlands. Steiner then focuses on emerging Texas urbanism and extends his discussion to broader considerations beyond the Lone Star State, including regionalism, urbanism, and landscape in China and Italy. He also examines the lessons to be learned from human and natural disasters such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the BP oil spill. Finally, Steiner offers a blueprint for designing with nature to help heal the planet's vulnerabilities.
Author: Steiner, Frederick
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Design for a Vulnerable Planet
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2011-05-16
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780292723856
Category: Architecture : Sustainability & Green Design
Category: Architecture : Planning
We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such as the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chile-as well as the ongoing depletion and degradation of the world's natural resources caused by a burgeoning human population-have made it clear that "business as usual" is no longer sustainable. We need to find ways to improve how we live on this planet while minimizing our impact on it. Design for a Vulnerable Planet sounds a call for designers and planners to go beyond traditional concepts of sustainability toward innovative new design that fosters regeneration and resilience.Drawing on his own and others' experiences across three continents, Frederick Steiner advocates design practice grounded in ecology and democracy and informed by critical regionalism and reflection. He begins by establishing the foundation for a more ecological approach to planning and design, adopting a broad view of ecology as encompassing human and natural, urban and wild environments. Steiner explores precedents for human ecological design provided by architect Paul Cret, landscape architect Ian McHarg, and developer George Mitchell while discussing their planning for the University of Texas campus, the Lake Austin watershed, and The Woodlands. Steiner then focuses on emerging Texas urbanism and extends his discussion to broader considerations beyond the Lone Star State, including regionalism, urbanism, and landscape in China and Italy. He also examines the lessons to be learned from human and natural disasters such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the BP oil spill. Finally, Steiner offers a blueprint for designing with nature to help heal the planet's vulnerabilities.
Author: Steiner, Frederick
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Design for a Vulnerable Planet
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2011-05-16
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780292723856
Category: Architecture : Sustainability & Green Design
Category: Architecture : Planning
