Designing the Ecocity-In-the-Sky
Subtitle: The Seoul Workshop
Publisher: Antique Collectors' Club; Images Publishing Dist Ac
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781864705928
Subjects: Architecture
Description: Designing the ecocity-in-the-sky' is a comprehensive resource on vertical urbanism and how to plan and design a vertical ecocity of 100 stories. The book covers the main objectives: ecodesign, concepts, habitats, and designing for biodiversity. There are detailed drawings, diagrams, and photos that work through the technical, research, analytic, and engineering issues of ecotowers and ecoengineering designs. The book is also helpful for anyone looking to understand multi-elevatoring concepts for multiuse towers, floor-plate designs for various usages, the effects of wind on towers, and other sustainable eco-engineering concepts.