City, Climate, and Architecture: A Theory of Collective Practice

Sascha Roesler

Open Access Published by Birkhäuser 2022

City, Climate, and Architecture

A Theory of Collective Practice

Sascha Roesler

Volume 1 in the series Klima Polis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035624168

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About this book

The publication rethinks climate control – a key concern of the discipline of architecture – through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integration of indoors and outdoors in order to reduce environmental and thermal loads in cities. Just as heating and cooling practices inside the buildings are affecting the (urban) climate outdoors, urban heat islands are influencing the energy requirements and thermal conditions inside the buildings.
While the first part of the book focuses on the interwar period in Europe, the publication’s second part considers examples from all over the globe, tracing the growing significance of ecological thinking for the design of urban environments.

Main outcome of a six-year research project on "architecture and urban climates," funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

A new series highlighting design-driven approaches to urban climates across the globe

Author / Editor information

Prof. Dr. Sascha Roesler, Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland

Reviews

„In einer dicht recherchierten Analyse widmet er [Sascha Roesler] sich aktuellen wie historischen Ansätzen zur Klimaforschung innerhalb der Architektur und Stadtplanung.“ (Ariann Schwarz in: https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Zwei_Baende_aus_der_Reihe_Klima_Polis_8049556.html (03.01.2023))

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„Like the first volume, it is thoroughly researched and produced in an engaging, informative and aesthetically pleasing manner.“ (Noa Levin in: Urban Studies, 2023/5, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00420980231168300 )

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Open Access Download PDF	7
I European Developments before 1945: The Field of Knowlegde
Urban Studies of Man-made Climates An Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
1 Thermal Geographies of the European City Urban Hygiene and the Heat Economy Open Access Download PDF	17
2 Man-made Climate by Design Urban Climatology and Modern Architecture Open Access Download PDF	43
3 Democratizing Urban Nature Infrastructures of Climate Control at Large Scales Open Access Download PDF	75
II Global Adaptations after 1945: Three Design Metaphors
Design Metaphors of Man-made Climates An Introduction Open Access Download PDF	113
4 Thermal Heritage Collective Memory and the Natural History of Cities Open Access Download PDF	121
5 Microclimatic Islands Thermal Spectacles and Closed-system Imaginaries Open Access Download PDF	155
6 Energy-Synergy Energy Ecologies and Settlement Structures Open Access Download PDF	179
III Epilogue
7 Singapore as a Model? Urban Climate Control in Practice Open Access Download PDF	211
Appendices
Endnotes Open Access Download PDF	227
References Open Access Download PDF	256
Indexes Open Access Download PDF	265
About the Author Open Access Download PDF	272
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	273
Illustration Credits Open Access Download PDF	274

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architects, urbanists, students, librairies, climate researchers
Pages
- Main content: 276
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
- Coloured Illustrations: 50
Keywords: Urbansim; micro climate; 20th century; Europe; USA

eBook

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624168

Hardcover

Published: June 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624144