Bøger udgivet af Birkhauser

For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry and temperate climate zones, earth offers numerous advantages over other materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great aesthetic appeal. The author's presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete execution of earth architecture.

Entwurfsidee entwickelt Moglichkeiten, wie Studenten sich einer entwurflichen Losung nahern konnen. Neben grundsatzlichen Anregungen zu kreativen Prozessen und der Entwicklung eines Entwurfsansatzes werden verschiedene Inspirationsquellen fur eine Entwurfsidee aufgezeigt. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf den drei Elementen Ort, Form und Funktion, die einerseits direkte Ausgangspunkte fur den Entwurf bieten konnen, andererseits bei allen abstrakten Ansatzen in den fortschreitenden Entwurfsprozess einbezogen werden mussen. Themen: Kreativitat im Entwurfsprozess Inspirationsquellen und Entwurfsansatze Beschaftigung mit dem Ort Beschaftigung mit der Form Beschaftigung mit der Funktion

Grading is one the most important aspects involved in landscape architecture, and, together with planting and vegetation, the most important tool in designing landscape. Landscape architects must be able to design using contour lines, as well as rapidly develop alternatives and consider options regarding design, ecology, economy, and technology. Knowledge of grading is an indispensable prerequisite.The book explains the basic aspects of grading such as land forms, scales, interpolation, elevation points, contour lines, earth mass calculation, and also introduces the topics of slope protection systems, rainwater management, or onsite grading.In the second edition, these basics have been updated to comprise new technologies including landscapingSMART, digital terrain modeling (DTM) and 3D machine control, as well as grading for roads and parking lots, and other terrain modeling construction machines. Numerous practical examples complement the theoretical foundations, and there is a section for exercises aimed at applying what has been learned.