For Christopher Day, architecture isn-t just about the appearance of buildings but how they-re experienced as places to be in. Occupants- experience can differ radically from designers- intentions as their concerns and thinking differ. Additionally, multi-sensory ambience, spatial sequential experience and embodied spirit resonate in the human soul. Sustainable design means much more than energy-efficiency: if sustainable buildings don-t also nourish the soul, occupant-building interaction will lack care and eco-technologies won-t be used efficiently. This major revision of his classic text builds on more than forty years of experience ecological design across a range of climates, cultures and budgets, and 25 years hands-on building.
Treating buildings as environments intrinsic to their surroundings, the book explores consensus design, economic and social sustainability, and how a listening approach can grow architectural ideas organically from the interacting, s
