TY - BOOK ED - Edeltraud Haselsteiner TI - Robust architecture: low-tech design. SN - 9783955536015 AV - NA2542.36 R63 2023 PY - 2023/// CY - München PB - Edition Detail KW - ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design KW - Sustainable architecture Design and construction KW - Design and Construction KW - Sustainable architecture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-198); PREFACE 4 -- Robust Architecture -- INTRODUCTION 6 -- Low Tech - Utopia or Realistic Option? 8 -- The Sustainable Low-tech Building 22 -- Building Using Natural Materials and Local Resources 32 -- ANALYSIS 36 -- Low-tech Focus: Design, Concept, System 38 -- Design Strategies 40 -- Nature-based Solutions 48 -- Climate-sensitive Construction 52 -- Low-tech Focus: Building Technology 56 -- Energy Potential of the Environment 58 -- Sufficient Energy Design 68 -- Robust Building Design 72 -- Low-tech Focus: Materials 78 -- Sustainable Choice of Building Materials 78 -- Recyclable Construction and Renovation 86 -- Low-tech Focus: Renovation 92 -- Utilising Existing Buildings 92 -- Renovation Strategies and Concepts for Existing Buildings 98 -- ASSESSMENTS 106 -- Low Tech in the Context of International Building Evaluation Systems and Standards 108 -- Building Evaluations and Life Cycle Assessments 118 -- BEST PRACTICE 124 -- Ten Realised Example Projects -- STRATEGIES 180 -- Planning and Design Strategies -- APPENDIX 192 -- Picture Credits, Bibliography, Authors -- N2 - 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 realized projects with very different demands and requirement profiles show how straightforward robust building can be ER -