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Informationen zum Autor Boon Lay Ong currently teaches Environmentally Sustainable Design as course subjects and design studio at the University of Melbourne in Australia. He is also noted for developing the Green Plot Ratio, a sustainability metric that is used in Singapore to encourage greenery density. Klappentext Bringing together a range of foremost thinkers in their respective fields - Michel Cabanac, Derek Clements-Croome, Nick Baker, Harold Marshall, Juhani Pallasmaa, Dean Hawkes, and Constance Classen - this book argues for a deeper appreciation of how environmental comfort may be understood in terms of our relationship with the environment rather than as independent qualities. Zusammenfassung Bringing together a range of foremost thinkers in their respective fields - Michel Cabanac, Derek Clements-Croome, Nick Baker, Harold Marshall, Juhani Pallasmaa, Dean Hawkes, and Constance Classen - this book argues for a deeper appreciation of how environmental comfort may be understood in terms of our relationship with the environment rather than as independent qualities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction: Environmental Comfort and Beyond 2. Sensory Pleasure and Homeostasis 3. Consciousness, Well-being and the Senses 4. Cultural Responses to Primitive Needs 5. Acoustical Aesthetics, Sound and Space 6. Existential Comfort: Lived Space and Architecture 7. Airport Restrooms: Outdoor Environment Indoor Space 8. The Poetics of Environment 9. Why Does the Environment Matter? 10. Biophilia, Topophilia and Home 11. Green Pleasures
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Preface 1. Introduction: Environmental Comfort and Beyond 2. Sensory Pleasure and Homeostasis 3. Consciousness, Well-being and the Senses 4. Cultural Responses to Primitive Needs 5. Acoustical Aesthetics, Sound and Space 6. Existential Comfort: Lived Space and Architecture 7. Airport Restrooms: Outdoor Environment Indoor Space 8. The Poetics of Environment 9. Why Does the Environment Matter? 10. Biophilia, Topophilia and Home 11. Green Pleasures
