This publication rethinks climate control—a key concern of the discipline of architecture—from the perspective of urban climate phenomena throughout the 20th century. Drawing on a history of climate control at the urban scale, it promotes the integration of interior and exterior spaces to reduce environmental and thermal loads in cities. Just as heating and cooling practices inside buildings affect the (urban) climate outside, urban heat islands influence the energy demands and thermal conditions within buildings.
While the first part of the book focuses on the interwar period in Europe, the second part explores examples from around the world, tracing the growing importance of ecological thinking in the design of urban environments.
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