Integral sustainable design : a transformative perspective

DeKay, Mark. (Author). Bennett, Susanne. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781849713122 (hardback)
ISBN: 9781849712026 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxxviii, 490 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Four Perspectives Of Integral Sustainable Design: Touching AH the Bases of the Sustainable Design World -- Introduction -- 1. Design Principles from the Four Perspectives -- 2. Exploring Deeper into the Behaviours Perspective -- 3. Exploring Deeper into the Systems Perspective -- 4. Exploring Deeper into the Cultures Perspective -- 5. Exploring Deeper into the Experiences Perspective -- pt. I Conclusion -- pt. II Levels of Complexity in Sustainable Design: The Four Contemporary Structures -- Introduction -- 6. Levels and Lines: The Development of Sustainable Design -- 7. Developmental View of Design History -- 8. Design Awareness: The Six Essential Lines -- 9. 16 Prospects of Sustainable Design -- 10. Unfolding Prospects of the Interior Perspectives -- 11. Unfolding Prospects of the Exterior Perspectives -- 12. Expanding the Design Self: Transforming the Sustainable Designer -- pt. II Conclusion -- pt. III Ecological Design Thinking: The Six Perceptual Shifts -- Introduction -- 13. Shift from Objects to Relationships to Subject-Object Relations -- 14. Shift from Analysis to Context to Analysis-Context-Ground -- 15. Shift from Structure to Process to Unfolding -- 16. Shift from Materiality to Configuration to Pattern Languages -- 17. Shift from Parts to Wholes to Holons -- 18. Shift from Hierarchies to Networks to Holarchies -- pt. III Conclusion -- pt. IV Designing Relationships to Nature: Metaphors and Injunctions for Deep Connections -- Introduction -- 19. Nature of Nature from Five Levels -- 20. Designing in Relationship to Traditional Nature -- 21. Designing in Relationship to Modern Nature -- 22. Designing in Relationship to Postmodern Nature -- 23. Designing in Relationship to Integral Nature -- 24. Designing in Relationship to Transpersonal Nature -- pt. IV Conclusion.