TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hensel,Michael
TI  - Performance-oriented architecture: rethinking architectural design and the built environment 
T2  - AD primers
SN  - 0470973323
AV  - NA2542.35 .H46 2013
U1  - 720.47 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - Architectural design
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index; Dedication --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword; David Leatherbarrow --; Introduction: The Task at Hand --; Chapter 1; A Brief History of the Notion of Performance --; Chapter 2; A Brief History of the Notion of Performance in Architecture --; Chapter 3; Non-Discrete Architectures --; Chapter 4; Non-Anthropocentric Architectures --; Chapter 5; Traits of Performance-Oriented Architecture --; Local Climate and Microclimate --; Material Performance --; The Active Architectural Boundary, the Articulated Envelope and Heterogeneous Environments --; The Extended Threshold --; Second-Degree Auxiliarity: Supplementary Architectures --; First-Degree Auxiliarity: Embedded Architectures --; Multiple Grounds and Settlement Patterns --; Chapter 6; The Road(s) Ahead --; Select Bibliography --; Index --; Picture Credits
ER  -