Robust Architecture. Low Tech Design

Edeltraud Haselsteiner

ISBN 10: 3955536017 / ISBN 13: 9783955536015

Published by De Gruyter, DE, 2023

About this Item

Robust architecture is designed to meet needs its structures are sufficient, resilient and suited to the location. It embraces the potential of simplicity, traditional building methods and alternative ways of building sustainable architecture, with an emphasis on local building materials, solid craftsmanship, proven construction methods and user participation. Its design strategies, combined with state-of-the-art planning tools and research findings, look ahead to a climate-positive future. The book gives detailed information on the concepts behind Robust Architecture and Low-Tech Design. It illuminates various strategies and demonstrates how they can be easily implemented. Examples of realised projects with very different demands and requirement profiles show how straightforward robust building can be.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Robust Architecture. Low Tech Design
• Publisher: De Gruyter, DE
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3955536017
• ISBN 13: 9783955536015
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1056 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Robust architecture is designed to meet needs; its structures are sufficient, resilient and suited to the location. It embraces the potential of simplicity, traditional building methods and alternative ways of building sustainable architecture, with an emphasis on local building materials, solid craftsmanship, proven construction methods and user participation. Its design strategies, combined with state-of-the-art planning tools and research findings, look ahead to a climate-positive future. The book gives detailed information on the concepts behind Robust Architecture and Low-Tech Design. It illuminates various strategies and demonstrates how they can be easily implemented. Examples of realised projects with very different demands and requirement profiles show how straightforward robust building can be.

• Low-tech design for sustainable building concepts
• Analysis, approaches, methods and materials
• Low-tech matrix for easy navigation
• Best practice – how implementation works

About the Author

Edeltraud Haselsteiner: founder research institute URBANITY