The Green Imperative : Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture (Paperback)

Introduction: The Power of Design

1. HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW?
Our damaged planet ? The historical view ? The acceleration of disaster ? Healing on a human scale ? Is time on our side?
2. DESIGNING FOR A SAFER FUTURE
Production and pollution ? Product assessment ? Packaging and shrouding ? The problem with plastics ? Millions of tyres ? Green Design ? Profit and politics ? Design in the 21st century
3. TOWARD THE SPIRITUAL IN DESIGN
The function of beauty ? The designer’s intent ? Design for Disassembly ? Exploiting every scrap ? People participation ? Designer as entrepreneur ? Evaluating new technologies ? Design ethics ? Transforming the assignment
4. SENSING A DWELLING
Mood and environment ? The dimension of light ? Footfalls ? Feeling the fabric ? The sense of smell ? Responses to space ? Sounds and rhythms ? Organic geometry ? The collective unconscious ? Benign architecture
5. THE BIOTECHNOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES
Finding the centre once more ? People not traffic ? The aesthetics of site ? The sense of location ? Nature’s magic numbers ? Ideal community size
6. THE LESSONS OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Too humble for history ? Six fallacies about vernacular architecture ? Process not Product ? Six explanations ? The dynamic web
7. FORM FOLLOWS FUN
Designing for the moment ? The fun object ? Fashions in form ? ‘Anti-design’ ? Toy or tool ? The meaning of objects
8. IS CONVENIENCE THE ENEMY?
Longing and dissatisfaction ? Ten ‘convenience’ traps ? Design as signifier ? Chair as design gesture ? Fashion and cuteness
9. SHARING NOT BUYING
The consumer triangle ? The quality of life ? Ten questions before buying ? Three further questions ? Possible answers
10. GENERATIONS TO COME
Drawing from different disciplines ? The search for good form ? Design education for all ? World information network ? The quality of learning ? Creative problem-solving
11. THE BEST DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD?
The edge of survival ? Inuit design skills ? Space concepts ? Thinking in three dimensions ? Art is life ? Learning from the Inuit
12. THE NEW AESTHETIC: MAKING THE FUTURE WORK