TROPICAL SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE: SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS; ED. BY JOO HWA BAY

The tropical belt - where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located - forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. The context for architecture here is fraught with conflicts between tradition and modernization, massive influx of rural poor into urban areas, poorly managed rapid urban development as well as the cultural and social strain of globalization. Many local and overseas architects, planners and city fathers are interested in the social and environmental dimensions of these areas that contribute towards short terms solutions and long term sustainable developments. This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics. * Provides a holistic view of the subject, covering both technical and cultural issues* Includes a variety of tropical case studies by an international team of experts* Essential reading for architects wishing to develop their skills, technology and knowledge of these rapidly changing cities The Authors And Contributors To This Volume Raise Relevant Questions And Offer Significant And Promising Answers Of How Best To Build In The Tropical Climates. This Publication Frames The Terms For A Continuing Productive Investigation Of These Ideas. Social And Environmental Dimensions In Tropical Sustainable Architecture : Introductory Comments / Joo-hwa Bay And Boon-lay Ong -- Rethinking Design Methodology For Sustainable Social Quality / Alexander Tzonis -- The Selective Environment : Environmental Design And Cultural Identity / Dean Hawkes -- Green Design In The Hot Humid Tropical Zone / Ken Yeang -- Socio-environmental Dimensions In Tropical Semi-open Spaces Of High-rise Housing In Singapore / Joo-hwa Bay ... [et Al.] -- Beams And Architectural Design In Singapore Public Housing / Boon-lay Ong And Chi-nguyen Cam -- Policy And Evaluation System For Green Building In Subtropical Taiwan / Hsien-te Lin -- In Search Of A Habitable Urban Space-built Ratio : A Case Study Of Building And Planning Regulation In Dhaka City / Q.m. Mahtab-uz-zaman ... [et Al.] -- Designing High Density Cities : Parametric Studies Of Urban Morphologies And Their Implied Environmental Performance / Edward Ng ... [et Al.] -- The Urban Heat Island Effect In Singapore / Wong Nyuk-hien And Chen Yu -- Tropical Urban Street Canyons / Elais Salleh -- Tropical And Traditional : Inventing A New Housing Model For The Old 36 Streets Quarter In Hanoi, Vietnam / Shoichi Ota -- Ecopet 21 : An Innovative Sustainable Building System For Ecological Communities In Tropical Regions / José Roberto Garciá Chávez -- Is Sustainability Sustainable? Interrogating The Tropical Paradigm In Asian Architecture / Anoma Pieris. Joo-hwa Bay And Boon Lay Ong. Selected Conference Papers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The tropical belt OCo where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located OCo forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. The context for architecture here is fraught with conflicts between tradition and modernization, massive influx of rural poor into urban areas, poorly managed rapid urban development as well as the cultural and social strain of globalization. Many local and overseas architects, planners and city fathers are interested in the social and environmental dimensions of these areas that contribute towards short terms solutions and long term sustainable developments. This book, developed from the first conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture, supplies a wealth of information from experts worldwide covering the cultural, environmental and technical aspects of thinking, researching and designing for the tropics." Offers design insights into a region experiencing unprecedented growth and development