Robust Architecture. Low Tech Design / / ed. by Edeltraud Haselsteiner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2023 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Auer, Thomas,; Bertino, Gaetano,; Haselsteiner, Edeltraud,; Kisser, Johannes,; Klinge, Andrea,; Lipp, Bernhard,; Muñoz-Czerny, Ute,; Negelein, Bertram von,; Roswag-Klinge, Eike,; Schneider, Ursula,; Schöberl, Helmut,; Wirth, Maria,; Zelger, Thomas,
• HerausgeberIn: Haselsteiner, Edeltraud,
• Place / Publishing House: München : : DETAIL, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: DETAIL Special
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.) :; zahlreiche Abbildungen und Fotos

Robust architecture is designed to meet needs; its structures are sufficient, resilient and suited to the location. It embraces the potential of simplicity, traditional building methods and alternative ways of building sustainable architecture, with an emphasis on local building materials, solid cra...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Robust Architecture
• Introduction
• Low Tech — Utopia or Realistic Option?
• The Sustainable Low-tech Building
• probBuilding with Natural Materials and Local Resources
• Analysis
• Low-tech Focus: Design, Concept, System
• Low-tech Focus: Building Technology
• Low-tech Focus: Materials Choosing Sustainable Building Materials
• Low-tech Focus: Renovation Utilising Existing Buildings
• Assessments
• Low Tech in the Context of International Building Evaluation Systems and Standards
• Building Evaluations and Life Cycle Assessments
• Best Practice
• Between Tradition and Low Tech
• 2226–Durability Instead of Technology
• Low-tech as Design Principle
• New Use for an Old Structure
• Newly Interpreted Tradition
• Strategies
• Planning and Design Strategies
• APPENDIX
• Image Credits
• Bibliography
• Authors