Robust Architecture. Low Tech Design

Edeltraud Haselsteiner

• Publisher: DETAIL
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9783955536015
• eBook ISBN: 9783955536022
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Sustainability in Architecture

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 craftsmanship, proven construction methods and user participation. Its design strategies, combined with state-of-the-art planning tools and research findings, look ahead to a climate-positive future. The book gives detailed information on the concepts behind Robust Architecture and Low-Tech Design. It illuminates various strategies and demonstrates how they can be easily implemented. Examples of realised projects with very different demands and requirement profiles show how straightforward robust building can be.

Table of contents

• 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