Building Green: Environmental Architects And The Struggle For Sustainability In Mumbai

ISBN: 9780520296008 出版年：2017 页码：223 Rademacher, Anne University of California Press

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through luminos, university of california press's open access publishing program. Visit www.Luminosoa.Org to learn more. Building green explores the experience of environmental architects in mumbai, one of the world's most populous and population-dense urban areas and a city iconic for its massive informal settlements, extreme wealth asymmetries, and ecological stresses. Under these conditions, what does it mean to learn, and try to practice, so-called green design? by tracing the training and professional experiences of environmental architects in india's first graduate degree program in environmental architecture, rademacher shows how environmental architects forged sustainability concepts and practices and sought to make them meaningful through engaged architectural practice. The book's focus on practitioners offers insights into the many roles that converge to produce this emergent, critically important form of urban expertise.