Места, где обитает душа. Архитектура и среда как лечебное средство

Our surroundings affect us physically and spiritually: they can contribute to stress and general malaise or balance and strengthen us. Although personal preferences differ widely, there is a level of aesthetic response that we all share. If we look objectively at this, we can understand how different qualities of environment can either nurture or poison us ? body and soul. At a time when the environment is increasingly under the spotlight, 'Places of the Soul' examines how we can put the the human factor back into the building equation. Challenging conventional architectural practice, Christopher Day demonstrates how building design can start with people and place and how buildings can develop organically from these foundations "Treating buildings as environments intrinsic to their surroundings the book explores consensus design, economic and social sustainability, and how architectural ideas can grow organically from the requirements of places and people. This second edition, revised to incorporate new knowledge and address new issues, continues a departure from orthodox contemporary architecture, offering Day's eye-opening ideas and practical design principles. These philosophies and guidelines will be of interest and value to architects, builders, planners, developers and homeowners alike."--BOOK JACKET Beginning with a discussion on how modern architecture can lead to alienation, physical, psychological and social health problems, the author argues that through careful planning and sensitivity architecture can elevate the human spirit "...one of the seminal architecture books of recent times." --Professor Tom Wooley, Architects Journal