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Meeting Nature Halfway: Architecture Interfaced Between Technology and Environment

Colletti, Marjan; Massing, Peter; (2018) Meeting Nature Halfway: Architecture Interfaced Between Technology and Environment. [Book]. Innsbruck university press Green open access

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Abstract

The binary conventions "architecture vs. nature" and "architecture or nature" are obsolete today. On the contrary, it turned out that it requires new paradigms in architecture. Buildings must be understood as interfaces - linking and integrative between the most diverse framework conditions, especially between technology and the environment. The considerable responsibility, from an economic and especially an ecological point of view, that has been on the shoulders of architecture for some time, drastically challenges the conventional characteristics of architectural design. On the other hand, the environment can be understood as a natural environment surrounding us, which can range from urban to rural. Architecture can no longer ignore nature;

Type: Book
Title: Meeting Nature Halfway: Architecture Interfaced Between Technology and Environment
ISBN: 3903187186
ISBN-13: 978-3-903187-18-4
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buecher/9783903187184.h...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record.For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150171
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