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Green house, green engineering : environmental design at Gardens By the Bay

Title

Green house, green engineering : environmental design at Gardens By the Bay / Patrick Bellew and Meredith Davey of Atelier Ten ; [with contributions by Andrew Grant, Paul Baker, Neil Thomas].

Author

Bellew, Patrick

Publication

[Novato, Calif.] : Oro Editions, [2012]
©2012

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111 pages : color illustrations, color plans; 25 cm

Summary

This book explores the sustainable design principles and innovative engineering behind the development of two of the world's largest conditioned public conservatories or biomes. Nestled within waterfront gardens, the biomes are the centrepiece of a development that will define Singapore as the world's premier tropical garden city: gardens that are on track to become a national and international exemplar of sustainable practice. Through a combination of photographs, graphics and narratives, the book explores the challenges of building two huge enclosures to recreate, in Singapore's naturally sunny, hot and humid environment, the ideal growing conditions for plants from cool-dry Mediterranean regions and the cool-moist conditions of tropical mountain regions. While the thrust of the narrative will consider the environmental design and engineering approach of Atelier Ten, three other voices reflect upon the landscape, architectural and structural engineering issues that confronted the core members of the integrated design team.

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ISBN

9781935935568
1935935569

LCCN

2018304252

OCLC

ocn781679070
781679070
SCSB-9812492

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library