SOUPERgreen!: Souped-up Green Architecture
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1940291534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
By leveraging the inherently expressive nature of technology in order to dramatize the constantly negotiated relationship between humanity and the natural world, the "souped up" green architecture featured in SOUPERgreen! transforms "greenness" from a calculation of environmental fitness into a dramatic performance of new environmental realities that reveal ways of engaging and understanding the world that are inherently more ecological.SOUPERgreen! features projects and essays by:Doug JacksonWes JonesMarc NeveuAryan Crawford OmarSteven PurvisRandolph RuizMohamed SharifSCI-Arc + CaltechThe book also features a foreword by Sanford Kwinter.. Instead, the projects and essays in SOUPERgreen! demonstrate how green technology can not only perform from a measurable standpoint, but can also produce engaging experiences that profoundly alter, enhance, and transform the public's understanding of the environment. This work stands in sharp contrast to contemporary examples of "green" or "sustainable" architecture that rely primarily on
He is the author of SOUPERgreen!--Souped Up Green Architecture, for which he received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and is also the editor for the forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Architectural Education titled "Environments." Formerly a partner at the award-winning and internationally recognized office of Jones, Partners: Architecture, he is now the principal of the Doug Jackson Design Office, whose work has been widely published and exhibited. About the Author Doug Jackson is an architect and educator whose work examines new conditions of formal, spatial, and experiential agency occasioned by the dynamic spatial realities of contemporary networks and ecologies. He is also an Associate Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA.
He is also an Associate Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. Doug Jackson is an architect and educator whose work examines new conditions of formal, spatial, and experiential agency occasioned by the dynamic spatial realities of contemporary networks and ecologies. He is the author of SOUPERgreen!--Souped Up Green Architecture, for which he received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, a