The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design

226 Pages·2012·8.58 MB·English

by  Hosey

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| THE SHAPE OF GREEN
| THE SHAPE OF GREEN
Aesthetics,
Ecology,
and Design
LANCE HOSEY
Washington | Covelo | London
© 2012 Lance Hosey All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hosey, Lance.
The shape of green : aesthetics, ecology, and design / Lance Hosey.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-61091-214-3 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-61091-031-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-61091-031-1
(cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61091-032-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-61091-032-X (pbk. : alk.
paper) 1. Sustainable design. 2. Sustainable architecture. 3. Green technology. 4. Aesthetics. 5.
Sustainability. 6. Environmentalism. I. Title.
NK1520 .H672012
745.2—dc23 2011049246
Printed using Minion
Text design by Maureen Gately Typesetting by Sztrecska Publishing Printed on recycled, acid-free
paper Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Keywords: architectural design, biomimicry, biophilia, corporate style, circumstantial style, e-waste,
ecological design, energy-efficient design, environmental design, epochal style, fractal, green architecture,
happy product index, history-based form, industrial design, market-based form, nature, place-based form,
populist style, regional style, self-sustaining form, sustainability, thermal comfort, urban design, urban
ecology Note: The background image on page 34 shows a Shinkansen 500 Bullet Train. The background
image on page 125 shows a serpentine garden wall at the University of Virginia that was designed by
Thomas Jefferson.
For my brothers,
who were there
when I woke up
It is only shallow people
who do not judge by appearances.
The true mystery of the world is the visible,
not the invisible.
—Oscar Wilde
| Table of Contents
1 The Sustainability of Beauty
2 The Aesthetic Imperative
3 Three Principles
4 Many Senses
5 Ecology and Imagery
6 The Animation of Everyday Things
7 The Architecture of Difference
8 The Natural Selection of Cities
9 Visions of Earth
Epilogue: A Beauty Manifesto
Acknowledgments
Selected References
Illustration and Photograph Credits
Index