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Bioclimatic Design, Ken Yeang

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sumber dari http://ecocity.wordpress.com/tag/ken-yeang/ http://www.jetsongreen.com/2006/11/skyscraper_sund_3.html Ken Yeang Video: Defining the concept of Vegetated Architecture led me to identify some of the key players in the field. Rather than continue the segregation of disciplines, Veg.itecture spans disciplines, further blurring the lines of established practice regimes. This does not demark territories where only the few architect/LA dual practicioners are allowed to have this mantle, but rather it is indicative of a unique approach - one where building and landscape are not discernable as individual elements. Ken Yeang epitomizes the concept, perhaps stronger than any current architect. His concepts of bioclimatic high-rise design has been a signature of his designs - maxing aesthetic and technical principles.   These include the following strategies (from daaq.net ): “Bioclimatic skyscrapers are skyscrapers that use environmentally and clima...