Beyond Environmental Comfort.

Beyond Environmental Comfort.

Beyond Environmental Comfort highlights some of the key ideas that form the foundation of the field of environmental comfort and, at the same time, gives voice to some of the concerns and considerations on the limitations of the field as it stands today. Bringing together a range of foremost thinker...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ong, Boon Lay
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Architecture > Human factors.
Human comfort.
comfort (sensation)
Architecture > Human factors
Human comfort
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; 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 Outdoor Environment Indoor Space; 8 The Poetics of Environment; 9 Why does the Environment Matter?; 10 Biophilia, Topophilia and Home; 11 Green Pleasures; Index

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