Atmosphere Anatomies: On Design, Weather, and Sensation

Silvia Benedito, Iwan Baan (Photography), foreword by Christophe Girot, afterword by James Corner

Lars Müller Publishers, 2021

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How will the human body, collective and individual, cope with the estimated increases in global air temperatures and in the earth’s corresponding thermal stress? Atmosphere Anatomies: On Design, Weather, and Sensation offers an in-depth examination of design strategies that situate the body and its bioclimatic milieu at the core of their spatial formation.

Drawing upon ten paradigmatic projects in urban design and landscape architecture – from Rousham Gardens, Oxfordshire, to the city of Chandigarh in India – the book investigates the designers’ bioclimatic aims and their spatial outcomes. Woven throughout the book, the evocative photographic essays of Iwan Baan showcase the selected projects as inhabited spaces for everyday life.

ISBN: 9783037786123

350 pages, 335 illustrations, 24 x 16,5 cm, paperback, English