Overview
- Examines the merits of lightweight materials and membrane structures in terms of design and the environment
- Explains how to improve the urban landscape through minimal use of materials and energy
- Discusses the cultural and environmental context of lightweight landscape design
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Lightweight Architecture
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Lightweight Landscape
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lightweight Landscape
Book Subtitle: Enhancing Design through Minimal Mass Structures
Editors: Alessandra Zanelli, Luigi Spinelli, Carol Monticelli, Paolo Pedrali
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21665-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21664-5Published: 23 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21665-2Published: 13 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 109
Number of Illustrations: 136 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Light Construction, Steel Construction, Timber Construction, Energy Efficiency, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning