"Buildings Are for People"

For Architects & Planners

"Buildings are for People". A critical analysis of architecture and the built environment, and green design and sustainability, in the context of Human Ecology and Human Ecological Theory. It offers a new approach for more effective design.

PREFACE
Architecture Transforms Space

INTRODUCTION
Human Ecology:
People/Built Environment/Natural Environment

PART 1 – BUILDINGS INTERVENE
1. Interfaces Enable Change
      Interfacial Architectures
      Architecture Intervenes
      Buildings are for People

2. Manifestations of the Building Envelope
      Physical, Sensible & Operative
      Material Interface
      Experiential Interface
      Performative Interface
      Barriers & Ports

3. People
      The Human Experience
      Visualisation
      Energy, Matter & People

PART 2 – THE STRUGGLE FOR GREEN
1. Sustainable Design is Human-centric
Sustainably Green
Building Design Makes a Difference

2. Obstacles to Successful Execution
      “PR” Vesus Fact
      When Looks Ignore Function
      Technology Overload

PART 3 – HUMAN ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
1. The Concepts
Considerations
Singularities

2. The Parameters of Human Ecology
Relationships
Parameters

3. Performative Expression
      Trope & Style
      Symbolism
      Helicopter Architecture
      Functional Aesthetics

4. Architecture – Interfacing People & Environments
      The Model
      Modelling by Sector
      Case Studies
      Unleashing the Holistic Approach

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