روح و مکان: بهبود محیط زیست ما: بهبود محیط

Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially. Spirit & Place shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body. This book's unique arguments identify important, but often unrecognised, principles and illustrate their applicability in a wide range of situations, price-ranges and climates. It shows how to reconcile the apparently incompatible demands of environmental, economic and social sustainability; how to moderate climate to make places of delight, and realign social pressures so places both support society and maximise economic viability. Thought provoking and easy to understand, Christopher Day uses everyday examples to relate his theories to practice and our experience. * Learn from Day's 30 years experience of the ecological debate * Provides important technical information regarding sustainability * Comprehensively outlines the issues in an easy to understand and inspiring style Spirit & Place......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Author’s note......Page 10 Foreword......Page 14 Us and it......Page 16 Part One: Issues for the twenty-first century......Page 18 A new way for our time......Page 20 Beyond individualism: the journey from style to purpose......Page 26 Human impact......Page 30 Conscious reconnection......Page 32 From past to future......Page 38 The nourishing elements......Page 44 Rooting earth......Page 48 Water for life......Page 53 Fresh air......Page 57 Nurturing warmth......Page 66 Hidden costs......Page 92 Part Two: People, place and process......Page 124 How environment works on us: unseen influences......Page 126 Objects or places: the form and space of our surroundings......Page 135 Living with traffic......Page 149 At home in place: de-alienating environment......Page 156 Social inclusion: participatory design......Page 166 What places say: subliminal messages......Page 170 Organic development of place......Page 177 Growing places......Page 182 Part Three: Building to heal......Page 194 Life, soul, spirit and place: multi-level health issues......Page 196 Building for health......Page 202 Material factors......Page 205 Daylight and health......Page 215 Life-energizing surroundings......Page 221 Soul, place and health......Page 227 Spirit nourishment......Page 235 Healing environment: not just for the ill......Page 244 Sanctifying the everyday......Page 252 It and us......Page 258 Bibliography......Page 260 List of photographs......Page 262 Index......Page 264 Color Plate Section......Page 270 Spirit & Place 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Author’s note 10 Foreword 14 In the beginning 16 Us and it 16 Part One: Issues for the twenty-first century 18 Chapter 1. Beneath the surface of today 20 Our world, our time, our opportunities 20 A new way for our time 20 Beyond individualism: the journey from style to purpose 26 Human impact 30 Conscious reconnection 32 From past to future 38 Chapter 2. The elements of life 44 The nourishing elements 44 Rooting earth 48 Water for life 53 Fresh air 57 Nurturing warmth 66 Chapter 3. Design in the context of life 92 Hidden costs 92 Part Two: People, place and process 124 Chapter 4. Place and people 126 How environment works on us: unseen influences 126 Objects or places: the form and space of our surroundings 135 Living with traffic 149 At home in place: de-alienating environment 156 Chapter 5. Process-based design 166 Social inclusion: participatory design 166 What places say: subliminal messages 170 Organic development of place 177 Growing places 182 Part Three: Building to heal 194 Chapter 6. Environment and health 196 Life, soul, spirit and place: multi-level health issues 196 Building for health 202 Material factors 205 Daylight and health 215 Life-energizing surroundings 221 Soul, place and health 227 Spirit nourishment 235 Chapter 7. Healing by design 244 Sanctifying the everyday 252 Healing environment: not just for the ill 244 Part Four: A new beginning 258 It and us 258 Bibliography 260 List of photographs 262 Index 264 Color Plate Section 270 Built environment surrounds us for 90per cent of our lives but only now are we realizing its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially. Spirit & Place shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body. This book's unique arguments identify important, but often unrecognized, principles and illustrate their applicability in a wide range of situations, price-ranges and climates. It shows how to reconcile the apparently incompatible demands of environmental, economic and social sustainability; how to moderate climate to make places of delight, and realign social pressures so places both support society and maximize economic viability. Thought provoking and easy to understand, Christopher Day uses everyday examples to relate his theories to practice and our experience. Spirit and Place has been written to emphasise the importance of the environment on the way we think, feel and behave. In order to heal ourselves, we must first heal the environment. Day outlines the issues that must be addressed to achieve this