Insulating Modernism: Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics

Insulating Modernism: Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture

Â No other concept has disturbed and disfigured our understanding of energy more than the seemingly innocent idea of isolation. Further,Â no other material practice in architecture has systemicallyÂ reinforced this errant idea than insulation.Â In too many cases, architectsÂ and engineers treat buildings as increasingly "efficient" isolated systems without any regard for the larger energy hierarchies of a building. This is the exact opposite of how architects should engage energy.
Â This book is a history of a most common material/energy practice in architecture: heat transfer and insulation. But this history aims for decidedly uncommon futures for architecture: fulfilling the potential of non-isolated thermodynamics in architecture. Much more than walls was insulated in modernity: in the course of modernity, insulation became a highly active physical, conceptual, and historical agent in the determinant habits of twentieth century architectural design and its associated construction practices.
Â Non-isolated, non-equilibrium thermodynamics drive every building, city, and form of life. Their understanding helps architects grasp century-old thermodynamic concepts that position designers to finally capture, channel, intercept, store, accelerate, and modulate the total energetic dissipation of buildingÂ through design.
Country USA
Brand Birkhauser
Manufacturer Birkhäuser
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 70 colour illustrations, 50 colour line
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783038215394
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Birkhauser
Manufacturer	Birkhäuser
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	70 colour illustrations, 50 colour line
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783038215394
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Insulating Modernism: Isolated and Non-isolated Thermodynamics in Architecture

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