The publication rethinks climate control – a key concern of the discipline of architecture – through the lens of city climate phenomena over the course of the 20th century. Based on a history of climate control on urban scales, it promotes the integration of indoors and outdoors in order to reduce environmental and thermal loads in cities. Just as heating and cooling practices inside the buildings are affecting the (urban) climate outdoors, urban heat islands are influencing the energy requirements and thermal conditions inside the buildings.
While the first part of the book focuses on the interwar period in Europe, the publication’s second part considers examples from all over the globe, tracing the growing significance of ecological thinking for the design of urban environments.
Pages: 276
Language: English
22 × 28 cm
60 b/w ill., 30 col. ill., 140 line drawings
Prof. Dr. Sascha Roesler, Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland
„In einer dicht recherchierten Analyse widmet er [Sascha Roesler] sich aktuellen wie historischen Ansätzen zur Klimaforschung innerhalb der Architektur und Stadtplanung.“ (Ariann Schwarz in: https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Zwei_Baende_aus_der_Reihe_Klima_Polis_8049556.html (03.01.2023))
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„Like the first volume, it is thoroughly researched and produced in an engaging, informative and aesthetically pleasing manner.“ (Noa Levin in: Urban Studies, 2023/5, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00420980231168300 )