Cooper, G (2008) Escaping the house: Comfort and the California garden. Building Research & Information, 36(4), pp. 373-380. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
The energy-intensive character of the current reliance on air-conditioning suggests the need for a different approach to comfort and new designs to achieve it. It is argued that there are multiple paths to personal comfort, and that residential design in a lower carbon society should provide flexible spaces for achieving personal cooling and comfort as adjuncts to mechanical systems. Of particular importance are residential gardens. In the post-war period, landscape architects developed designs for functional or social gardens that presented new ideas about the relationship of gardens to both people and houses.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | air-conditioning; comfort; cooling; landscape architecture; modern gardens; outdoor living |
| Index terms: | mechanical system, comfort, war, landscape architect, society |
| Subjects: | conflict and crisis studies, occupational health and safety management, communities and social development, profession, mechanical systems |
| Topics: | Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions, Health and Safety, Engineering Principles, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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