City, Climate, and Architecture: A Theory of Collective Practice

by Sascha Roesler

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3035624143
• ISBN13: 9783035624144
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.2"